I have posted a few photos of the Hooded Crow on my blog, which could be seen here -
http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2011/06/hooded-crow-at-crookes-point-great.html Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:45 PM, jean loscalzo <[email protected]> wrote: > Staten Island NY, Great Kills Park > Wed 6/22/11 > observers: Gary Straus & Jean Loscalzo > > > The Hooded Crow is still there today in the same location as previously > reported, and being well seen by observers. Mockingbirds are mercilessly > harassing the bird, so it sometimes hides in the woods next to the gravel > fishermen's parking lot. After it hides for a while, it comes out again in > various places in the parking lot, and then goes over to the beach somewhere > near a small rock jetty and then back to the parking lot. > > It allows close observation and didn't flush when it was sitting on the > groung in the parking lot and 2 joggers passed right by it. Those same > people saw us looking at it and wanted to know if it was a "regular" crow > doing a weird molt. They have been observing this bird for at least 2 > weeks, and have regularly observed it flying into the wooded area adjacent > to the lot. They were thinking it must have a nest in there, and were very > surprised when we told them the correct ID and origin of the bird and that > it most likely did not have a mate. > > There were several other birders there (Bob Adamo, Sy Schiff, Joe Giunta, > Andrew Baksh) when we left, and at that time the bird was perched in a pine > on the edge of the lot. > > Jean Loscalzo > Richmond Hill, NY > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/[email protected]/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/ --
