Photos are now posted on the yahoo group listed below the note. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DavidR Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MidHudsonBirds] GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH Black Dome Mt near Windham, NY While hiking today in the Blackhead mountains, a friend asked me "what's this bird that just flew off the trail?" The bird in question was a finch sized bird with an unmistakable brownish pink hue, gray and black crown and bright pink of the belly and wings; a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch! I was speechless for a moment, thinking at any second it would fly off, and surely no one would believe me! After watching it for a few minutes, I was able to WALK DIRECTLY UNDER THE BIRD, which was perched only 15' off the ground, and get to a place where I could take a picture that showed enough detail to be identifiable. It appears to be an adult of the interior race, and seemed to be waiting until we left so it could go back to feeding on the ground on the trail. I'll upload a few pictures to the group as soon as I can. The bird was near the peak of Black Dome, about 3800' in elevation. It stayed (silent) in the same area for about 15 minutes as we watched and photographed it. The photos, while not great, are diagnostic. The exact coordinates it was observed at are: 42 degrees 16.191'N, 74 degrees 07.361'.
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