A BLACK VULTURE highlighted a very nice birding day at NYBG. Other sightings included; a second male Great Horned Owl, turkey vultures, a Kestrel, 7 red tailed hawks including Rose who may be building a nest on the Library Bldg again - thanks to Pat!
Rusty blackbirds-13 Red winged blackbirds-2 Grackles-6 Red-bellied woodpeckers -3 Downy woodpeckers- 2 BlueJays-8 Cardinals -2 Tufted titmouse -9 White-breasted nuthatch -5 Mourning doves-6 White-throated Sparrows-15 Goldfinch -6 Hooded mergansers - 9 Mallards-26 Hybrid mallards-2 Canadian Geese-16 White farm duck-1 House finch-1 Turtles were basking on a log, beavers had taken down another tree and muskrats were swimming in Twin Lakes. Good birding, Debbie Becker -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
