The Saturday morning bird walk had 13 people on an unusually balmy day. Highlights include: Our female GHO now roosting with the new male. So courtship looks like it has begun! I will have photos of the pair on my website later today.
The Bronx CBC takes place today - so here's hoping to some good finds. We saw the following; Chickadee-1 White breasted nuthatch- 1 Yellow bellied sapsucker -1 Hairy woodpecker -1 Downy woodpecker -1 Red bellied woodpecker -2 American goldfinch-3 Dark eyed junco-many Carolina wren-1 American Robin-many Red winged blackbird-2 Song sparrow (singing)-1 White throated sparrow-5 House sparrow-7 House finch-/ Raven-1 Red tailed hawk/3 Cooper's hawk -3 Great horned owls-/ Blue jay-4 Cardinal-1 Eastern Towhee-1 One of our regular birders, Steve, had surgery so we wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him soon. Good Birding, & Happy Holidays! Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.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/ --
