A light morph Rough-legged Hawk was seen hunting Croton Point Park landfill grasslands this afternoon, viewed from entrance road by the park office.
A Snowy Owl made a brief stopover at Croton Point on Christmas Day, seen by birders on Saw Mill River Audubon's Monday walk. First spotted by Karalyn Lamb who was also birding in the park that morning. Observed for several minutes at a distance and then left undisturbed, it apparently moved on within the hour -- perhaps with the high winds of the approaching cold front -- since it was not re-found. Big increase in waterfowl noted on edges of Croton Reservoir this morning especially along Route 100 with larger numbers of Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded and Common Mergansers seen. Smaller water areas and reservoir bays iced up. However, a drive today from George's Island down to Croton Point resulted in only two Bald Eagle sightings along the Hudson. Hopefully more to come. Anne Swaim Saw Mill River Audubon www.sawmillriveraudubon.org -- 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/ --
