On Saturday 3/29 highlights of a Saw Mill River Audubon trip to Edith Read were:
1 American Widgeon 18 White-winged Scoter 20 Long-tailed Duck 1 Osprey 14 Common Goldeneye 2 Hooded Merganser 1 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 11 Horned Grebe 1 NORTHERN GANNET (sitting on the water) 1 Hairy Woodpecker Then at Marshlands 3 Osprey 2 American Oystercatcher 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Eastern Towhee 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Egret And finally at Sheldrake Lake/Mamaroneck Reservoir 2 Osprey 3 ruddy duck 20 ring necked duck 2 northern shoveler 1 fox sparrow On Sunday 3/30 in a brief late afternoon stop at Croton Point late afternoon were 1 Drake blue winged teal in the puddles at ball field (uncommon for the park) 1 Drake northern shoveler in the puddles at ball field (uncommon for the park) 1 Wilson's snipe 1 fox sparrow 20+/- green winged teal Other reports from yesterday had up to 4 snipe at airplane field and 8+ American woodcock in the evening along the eastern edge of main landfill; and there are still good numbers of both adult and imm. bald eagles around. There also is a pair of Osprey that appear to be nesting on the light stanchion in train parking lot. Don't know status of RH woodpecker that's been in the park all winter. Larry Trachtenberg Ossining [logo] Lawrence B. Trachtenberg | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 | T: 212.521.3511 | F: 212.838.5505 NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the named recipient(s). It contains confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product information. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not disseminate, distribute or copy it or any attachments. Should you have erroneously received this e-mail, please notify the sender by replying to it or calling the phone number above and please delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. Thank you! IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE: In compliance with IRS requirements, any U.S. tax advice contained in this communication is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties or in connection with marketing or promotional materials. -- 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/ --
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