Was at the 79th St Boat Basin from about 3:30 to 5:30pm today. There was
little rain when I arrived, and the cafe provided a safe high-ground haven well
protected from the elements to scan the river - from chairs even. Nothing much
to report - although watching the birds battling up-river agai
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 29, 2012
* NYSY 10. 29.12
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 22, 2012 - October 29, 2012
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covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
All,
I just came back from a quick trip to the east shore of the Hudson River in
Sleepy Hollow NY. This is a very short trip for me, along neighborhood
streets. I spent ten minutes or so at each of two observation points about a
quarter mile apart.
Basically, I saw nothing; actually two H
Hi all,
I was watching the Hudson River from about 10:40am to 1:30pm. Highlights
for me was one single Black Scoter and 5 Dunlin, all of these birds were
struggling hard to fly up the river against the very strong winds.
A couple of small flocks of Canada Geese, on the other hand were setting
spee
Hi all,
The most noteworthy bird at Randall's Island this morning around 1145 was a
single Royal Tern flyby - the bird was headed south toward Manhattan.
Additionally, Randall's had many gulls on the ball fields, including a
large number of Laughing Gulls. A flock of 12 dark-winged scoters trying t
I've been watching the Hudson since around 9 AM from Jersey City and my
observations have been basically the same as Jacob's. The only thing to add
is I had 7 SURF SCOTERS flying north about 30 minutes ago fairly close to
the Jersey side of the Hudson.
It's not too bad out there now, but winds are
Hi All,
I got to the Hudson at about 8:30 this am, and though Peter Scully and I didn't
see anything too absurdly oceanic we had a few WHITE-WINGED and a BLACK SCOTER,
likely trying to avoid the storm. A PINE SISKIN was a nice surprise too. Nearly
all birds were flying up river.
The weather
