Ann Marie - Here are some of the best (from north to south): Route 6/202 Overlook, Westchester County Route 6/202 overlook, Bear Mountain Parkway, one mile south of Bear Mountain Bridge. Look: To the west from Bear Mountain south to Dunderberg, including Iona and Round islands.
China Pier, Westchester County Route 9 to 9A, Buchanan, just south of Peekskill (a mile). Look: To the west to Dunderberg Mountain, south down into Haverstraw Bay, and upriver across Peekskill Bay. Jones Point, Rockland County Route 9W south of Bear Mountain. Look: To the east from Charles Point south to Indian Point. Verplanck, Westchester County Route 9 to 9A, Verplanck @ Old Steamboat Dock. Look: West from Stony Point and north to Indian Point. George’s Island Park, Montrose, Westchester County Route 9, Route 9A, Montrose @ George's Island Westchester County Park Look: Look to the northwest to Dogan Point. Croton Point Park, Westchester County Route 9, Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson @ Croton Point Westchester County Park. Look: Look anywhere in the park, particularly the south end at Sarah Teller’s Point. Croton River, Westchester County Route 9, Croton-on-Hudson @ extreme south end of Metro North Train Station parking lot. Look: Look to the west to Croton Marsh, Croton Bay; south to Croton River across Innbuckie to railroad tracks. Tom Lake Estuary Naturalist NYSDEC HREP ________________________________________ From: bounce-118832218-26920...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-118832218-26920...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ann [annhi...@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:43 AM To: Larry Trachtenberg; NYSBirds-L@Cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Eagle fest Good morning, Can anyone recommend a spot to view and photograph bald eagles over the next couple of days? I am looking for a place within 1-2 hours drive of Brooklyn, NY. Thank you, Ann Marie Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 8, 2015, at 2:57 PM, Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> > wrote: > > There were well in excess of 100 bald eagles seen during eagle fest yesterday > between Tarrytown and Peekskill. High hourly counts were 39 at George's > Island 8 a.m. and 51 at Verplank pier at 10 am including 20 on an ice floe. > Other birds seen during festival were: croton train boat ramp/ croton point > park: 7 redhead ducks (6 drake), canvasback, red breasted merganser > (uncommon on the river side), ruddy duck, black duck (+/- 50), Amer. wigeon, > common raven, great Horned owl, N. Harrier (3), peregrine falcon, horned lark > (approx. 15); Black Rock park: pied billed grebe, E. Screech owl; George's > island: rough legged hawk, red shouldered hawk and brown creeper. > No gyrfalcon at any location. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
