The Captree CBC was conducted yesterday on a very pleasant winter day for birding.
A couple of bouts of sustained cold prior to the count produced extensively frozen conditions, including portions of Great South Bay, and quite a few ice-sensitive species were scarce or absent. Highlights among the 119 species tallied included the following: 6 Snow Goose (Gardiner) 16 Wood Duck (Belmont) 2 Great Egret (Heckscher & East) 3 BC Night-Heron (Gardiner & Seatuck) 1 Osprey (Connetquot) 1 Bald Eagle (Heckscher) 2 Virginia Rail (Seatuck & East) 6 Killdeer (North, Gardiner, & Heckscher) 3 Wilson's Snipe (Seatuck & Heckscher) 1 Iceland Gull (Seatuck) 1 Black-legged Kittiwake (Fire Island) 5 Razorbill (Fire Island) 2 Monk Parakeet (North) 2 Great Horned Owl (North & Seatuck) 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (North, Belmont, Gardiner, Connetquot, & East) 1 Eastern Phoebe (Connetquot) 1 Marsh Wren (Seatuck) 1 Eastern Bluebird (Seatuck) 2 Brown Thrasher (Jones & Seatuck) 14 American Pipit (Fire Island) 1 Orange-crowned Warbler (Heckscher) 1 Ovenbird (Seatuck) 1 Common Yellowthroat (East) 9 White-crowned Sparrow (Jones & North) 8 Boat-tailed Grackle (Jones) 2 Purple Finch (Connetquot) Many thanks to all who participated! Patricia Lindsay & Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ Think green before you print this email. -- 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/ --
