Root, NY and Edwards Grasslands, 29 June Joe Giunta, San Jannazzo, Joe Viglietta and I (Sy Schiff) traveled to Root, NY. We arrived at the intersection of Maplewood and Donato, where we met Joan Quinlan and Andrew Baksh. After an extended wait, with the six of us scattered over the area, we were rewarded with sightings of the MISSISSIPPI KITE. Coming together and sorting out the details, there appeared, to us, to be a pale gray adult male and a darker bird, a female or first year bird. Some saw one, some saw the other, and some saw both separately. However, one of us saw TWO birds at the same time, confirming what might be a breeding pair. Since it was still early, we drove to Ft. Edwards and the grasslands to look for the Sedge Wren (without success). The various post for location turned out to somewhat contradictory, so we tried them all. However, we did manage to observe the grasslands and a fair complement of breeding birds in the fields; namely, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Killdeer, Savannah Sparrow, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird and Eastern Meadowlark.
Sy -- 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/ --
