Fwd: Croton Point Park BBC trip Sunday March 6

Screech Owl, photo by Nick Hawvemale

Leader Paul Keim

From: Patti O'Kane 
To: Peter Dorosh 
Cc: Debbie Keim 
Sent: Mon, Mar 7, 2016 8:33 am
Subject: Croton Point Park BBC trip Sunday March 6

photo by
Nick Hawvermale (who we met up at Croton)

Peter, our congenial band of 4 led by owl whisperer Paul Keim had a delightful Saturday at Croton Point Park where we enjoyed 2 species of owl (Screech & Great Horned) along with bald eagles, a northern harrier, goldeneye & 2 eastern meadowlarks (approx. 39 species). Here's our rough list (sorry gang if I missed any) :

Mallard
Canada Goose
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye   
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red Tail Hawk
Ring billed Gull
Great Black Back-Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker  
Blue Jay
Brown headed cowbird
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White Breasted Nuthatch  
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird   
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow          
White Throated Sparrow
Carolina wren (heard by Paul)
Dark Eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red Winged Blackbird
Brown headed cowbird 
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Finch  
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Happy Spring, Happy birding! Patti