Franklin Mtn. tallied 8 Golden Eagles today, Nov. 7th. Larry Federman Education Coordinator Audubon New York Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, and RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuaries and Centers
From: Richard Guthrie Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:19 PM To: Steve Walter Cc: nysbirds-l Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Eagles and Ravens Greenville, Orange County, New York; not to be confused with Greenville, Greene County, New York. Sorry to say, we don't get that sort of Golden Eagle count up this way. Although it would be interesting to compare that count to the Franklin Mountain, Delaware County, ones. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, New York On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Steve Walter <[email protected]> wrote: Not an upcoming football matchup, but birds I saw a bunch of today. Hawk watching with Gerhard Patsch and Bob Senerchia at the I-84 Overlook between Port Jervis and Greenville, NY produced 7 migrating Golden Eagles (plus one wrong way bird). That was just in a two hour span. It felt like we were on the way to a real bang up day, but that was done in by deteriorating conditions for the afternoon. So too was the Red-tailed Hawk count held in check at 66, although it seems that under the best of conditions that Red-tail numbers are far below what they were in years gone by (my first foray into big ridge hawk watching was a 900 Red-tail day at Raccoon Ridge about 25 years ago). Just my feeling, but it seems that northeastern Red-tails are becoming more sedentary (rather than declining). We counted 2 Bald Eagles as migrants, a task being made difficult by residents in the area. One potential migrant was scratched, in an entertaining way, when we watched it dive from above the ridge line to a tree in the valley below. On the way back, I stumbled into what appeared to be Common Ravens gathering into a communal roost. While driving a little ways beyond the Bear Mountain Bridge, I noticed a half dozen or so. Conveniently, there’s an overlook / pull off just beyond. I took advantage of that, then watched one small group after another come off the mountain above and fly past the overlook. Altogether, I estimated 40-50 birds (and I don’t think any were doubling back below the bluffs, though not ruling that out). I was not aware of this being done by Common Ravens, but I can see it considering their lineage. The real surprise to me is that there could be that many around in that general area. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --
