While doing the NYS Waterfowl Count for Putnam County this afternoon, Bob Gochfeld and I stopped to eat lunch at the parking lot of the Chalet on the Hudson Restaurant in northern Putnam County, just below Breakneck Ridge: http://tinyurl.com/y92o9yg Glancing across the Hudson River from here we picked up a/the young Golden Eagle soaring over Storm King Mountain (Which is in Orange County I believe) for about 10 minutes before disappearing. This was around 12:45 PM. Also of note from the parking lot were 2 young Bald Eagles flying east over Breakneck Ridge (on the Putnam County side of the river), and 2 Common Ravens (1 on each side of the River).
The rest of the Waterfowl Count was much less eventful than this single stop and by far our easiest count ever, as there were barely any waterfowl to count. This was due to the widespread ice, and we only tallied 4 species of waterfowl: Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, and Common Merganser. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
