An hour's worth of hawk watching at Fort Tilden this morning from 10-11 offered us an average of one raptor ever two minutes, mostly Kestrels, Merlins, and Sharp-shinned. There were also: three Osprey; 1 Peregrine; at least 1 juvenile N. Harrier, which may have been a local bird; and a few Cooper's. The weather turned completely in that time, the wind shifting and a cold front shutting out the blue sky from the northwest.
A Belted Kingfisher was seen passing before I arrived, and a Commmon Loon flew over the western end of the peninsular the "wrong way," northwards, while I was facing the contra-migratory way. Keep watching the skies, Matthew http://matthewwills.com/ -- 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/ --
