The lower Hudson Valley has become the eastern USA's Homer/Chilkat, AK in many ways. Can't think of a more reliable place to spot bald eagles in the winter, or bring non-birders to introduce them to this rewarding activity. I know all of the roosting/viewing spots along the eastern shore of the Hudson. Are there similar locales on the western shore? My wife and I recently spotted more than we could count kettling on the western shore as viewed from George's Island County Park *Thomas Rhindress* - *Yorktown Heights, NY* • Nature Photographer • NY State Certified Earth Science & Biology Teacher • Homemaker On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, John Askildsen <[email protected]>wrote:
> today, walt fowler, john and kirsten askildsen birded several spots on the > Hudson River shore of n.westchester county, from peekskill bay to croton > point park. this was a day of casual birding and we did not focus on > covering every location possible. > > we were quite pleased with the outcome-about 200 bald eagles! there was an > amazing 106 individuals at peekskill bay, as viewed from charles > point/fleishman's pier, peekskill, alone. i have never witnessed such a > congregation as we did today. "impressive", is an understatement. > > with my knowledge of the river and BE's haunts, i would imagine that a > check of every nook and cranny, would have produced 230-250 individuals. > > JPA > > John Askildsen Millbrook, New York > -- 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/ --
