The gate was up so I drove out to Teller's Point at first light; the large Canvasback raft is visible in the bay. It was a beautiful first morning of winter with the alpenglow (even if not the correct word, I like it) hitting the Palisades; very calm at the confluence of the Hudson River and Croton Bay, you could feel the silence. A decent number of other ducks, nothing unusual that I could pick out but a scope would certainly help.
I saw an ebird report this a.m. with photo posted on 12/20 of a Northern Shrike seen 12/19 at an Onatru Town Park appears to be in Pound Ridge near CT border. In my very limited experience with that bird in Westchester (2x lifetime) seems to be one and done; but if you try and have any luck (or not) would appreciate a timely heads-up posted here. Happy winter L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
