To add to Robert and peter's posts of a great morning at croton point there were numerous harriers over both main and model air landfill. In the pines at parking lot up top were pine warbler, brown creeper, and golden crown kinglet, at the ball field a single killdeer, perched on the bay side visible from the low road (w the wine cellars) was an adult peregrine, and about a dozen savannah sparrow on landfill.
Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Robert Lewis <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I had an excellent few hour's birding in and around Croton Point Park (Westchester County). Parking lot adjacent and just west of the model airplane field: around 11:00am, 5 Pipits, a few dozen Horned Larks, one adult Lapland Longspur. Then a beautiful light phase Rough-legged Hawk flew by and perched in a tree at the south end of the lot. Nature Center Visitor's Center: It is being staffed and (according to naturalist John) will be open at least on weekends all winter. The usual feeder birds. On the cap around noon: apparently the same Rough-legged flew over, hovered, pounced and caught something. It flew to a tree at the south end of the cap and ate it. There is a Barred Owl nearby in some trees. A bit later: at the ball field parking lot (the first field you come to as you are just entering): 2 well marked Lapland Longspurs, Horned Larks, Pipits, Snow Buntings, Am. Tree Sparrow. Hudson River off Mariandale (41.1734, -73.8737): a few dozen Canvasback, a few Ring-necked Ducks, a few Redheads, a few dozen Ruddies, two Black Ducks, some Canada Geese, one Bufflehead, two Long-tailed Ducks, one female Common Goldeneye. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY ________________________________ From: Peter Post <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 9:16 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Croton Point Park 175 Horned Larks, 3 American Pipits, and 2 Lapland Longspurs. Near the model airplane field. Peter Post -- -- 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/ --
