for those who live in the n.dutchess area and are interested, after being plowed out in the late afternoon, i ventured forth into the tundra-like conditions in search of (wild) life.The howling winds, which by my estimates were in the 50-60 mph range, created 'whiteout' conditions in the farm fiel
went looking for the previosly seen lark sparrow at the entrance to the old
grumman site. Both times iv gone a sharpy or a coopers hawk scatters the
birds. I did see and here a single raven flying west then north along
grumman blvd. Calverton NY..Dan Heglund
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111th Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
Mohonk Lake / Ashokan Reservoir (NYML) - December 18, 2010
Twenty-seven observers in ten field parties recorded 11,840 individuals
of 72 species (plus one additional count week species) during our 61st
annual survey of this Ulster County CBC circle center
I drove over to WE2 late this morning to see what impact our recent blizzard
had on the area and size up the birdng possibilities for the Saturday Southern
Nassau CBC. The WE2 parking lot was open and easily navigable. There was a
considerable amount of open ground, as the high blizzard winds ap
The adult female Cooper's Hawk was back today and provided some amazing looks
and hunting behavior. Yesterday a single grackle showed up at my feeders and
was back again today. Well the hawk zeroed in on the grackle and chased it
into
an arborvitae next to my hybrid southern magnolia. The ha
Hi all,
Anne Swaim, Larry Trachtenberg and I birded Montauk for a few hours
today. At about noon, we saw a lone BLACK VULTURE fly low over the Montauk
Point SP parking lot.
I haven't spent much time seawatching at Montauk Point, but it seemed that
there was a very large number of scoters and eide
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tuesday, 28 December, 2010
That VARIED THRUSH continues in the area surrounding the eastern
"Ramble" maintenance shed, however it is ranging from as far as
Cleopatra's Needle (about 100+ yards north) to at least east and south
to near the cat statue (the
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