On a City Island Birds walk today we were treated to a perched immature Bald Eagle across the lagoon from the crewing platform at Orchard Beach. There was also an adult Bald eagle flyover in the lagoon.
Other species: Common Grackle (flyover of 300+) American Goldfinch (few) Great Blue Heron Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon Northern Cardinal Osprey (several with fish in talons) American Crow Mallard Great Egret (several) Snowy Egret (several) Eastern Phoebe (few) Red-bellied Woodpecker Dark-eyed Junco (few) Song Sparrow (several) Yellow-rumped Warbler (several) Chipping Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee Carolina Wren White-throated Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Ruby-crowned Kinglet (few) Blue Jay (few) Northern Mockingbird Swamp Sparrow Field Sparrow American Robin Jack Rothman www.cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --
