Despite several efforts, the previously reported Swainson's Hawk in New Baltimore has not been seen today.
The bird was looked for in early morning (7 to 10), noon-ish, and evening in all the usual places. I did notice yesterday, that the local Red-tail was, for the first time that I've observed, behaving aggressively to the Swainson's by repeated displacing swoops on the bird. Let's hope he/she took the hint and is well on the way to Florida and perhaps Cuba (via Cape May - for the benefit of the group from upstate who missed him here this morning and are enroute there). PS with some trepidation, I did check the ditches on both sides of Rt 9-W. Thankfully, I found nothing. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County [email protected] http://blog.timesunion.com/birding -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
