This evening, I watched an adult plumage COMMON LOON swim by casually, southbound, on the Hudson River here in New Baltimore, The Greene County.
There were also two adult BALD EAGLES, two Belted Kingfishers, several (unseen) Chimney Swifts, a family group of six Black-capped Chickadees, an equal number of Blue Jays, and several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (they were coming and going so quickly that it was hard to get a good count). I did watch one of the hummingbirds fly clear across the river. Iv'e seen that before which leads me to believe that my feeder visitors aren't all just the local residents, but include at least one long-distant commuter. [As a side-note: I watched the first of the season batch of yearling herring doing their little leaps out of the river. They look like miniature dolphins as they jump out and come down leaving little dimples like soft raindrops as they fall back into the water. ] -- Richard Guthrie -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
