Correction about Muttontown Red-headed Woodpecker: this bird was not a new discovery, it was the same bird that has been around and is still being seen behind the Nature Center. Another birder I bumped into luckily had it so we watched it together for around 15 minutes.
Good Birding, Avery Scott On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds) < [email protected]> wrote: > I visited Muttontown Preserve today. I found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER just > behind the Nature center. I watched it for about 15 minutes, working the > trees and sometimes flying. It also called a bit. > > I also made a stop at Tappen Beach. Both OSPREYS were on their nest, and > both PEREGRINE FALCONS were near theirs; one had a pigeon and was devouring > it. Thirty-nine BRANT were down near the water. Otherwise, that was it. the > Red-head was definitely the best find. > > -- > *Yours, * > * Avery* > > "The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our > treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous > example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only > guarantee of morality.” > > --Arthur Shopenhauer > -- 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/ --
