Hi All, Yesterday was the annual New York State Young Birder's Club meeting, a day spent birding in the morning and evening, and discussing the our club for the rest of the time in between. Our first birding stops were the Purdy's Reservoirs, Muscoot Reservoir and Deans Bridge Road, which held a variety of waterfowl, and other notable birds. Our group compilation of numbers and species from the two sites is below:
Canada Goose 557 Mute Swan 130 Gadwall 1 Mallard 27 American Black Duck 25 Ring-necked Duck 108 *Lesser Scaup* 5 Bufflehead 48 *Common Goldeneye* 3 Hooded Merganser 7 Common Merganser 6 Ruddy Duck 8 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 American Coot 6 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 6 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted titmouse 4 Brown Creeper 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 White-throated Sparrow *Snow Bunting* 1 flyover *Rusty Blackbird* 2 American Goldfinch 2 After our organizational meeting, we headed out again, towards the Hudson, stopping at Black Rock SP, the Croton Train Station, Croton Pt Park, and the Georges Island at sunset. We noted several interesting birds here, and made some spectacular counts, the highlights of which are listed below: Wood Duck--2, Black Rock SP American Black Duck--64 at Train Station Canvasback--25 in the Croton Area Common Merganser-- 1032 (!) counted from George's Island alone, sitting on water and flying by! Wild Turkey-- 6 from George's Island Pied-billed Grebe--1, black rock park Great Cormorant--2 flybies, George's Island Bald Eagle--64(!) at and coming into roost site at George's Island. Red-shouldered Hawk--Croton Trains Station, 1 Belted Kingfisher--1, Croton Train Station Northern Flicker--2 flyovers, George's Island Eastern Bluebird--4, Black Rock Park Overall, the trip was quite a success and we accomplished a lot in our meeting. We owe a huge thanks to Joan Eckels, Arthur Green and Tait Johanssen and Bedford Audubon for hosting us and acting as leaders for our endeavors. We hope and look forward to the support of other organizations. Be sure to find out more about the New York State Young Birder's Club at www.nysyoungbirders.org Best, Jacob Drucker -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
