Tag: Hudson river
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Project EagleWatch
The eagles are arriving. The ice is forming on the Hudson. We had the first of our SteamBoat Dock Photo Club meetings today, LOL!! Photo Corner is ready and waiting in Verplanck. The White House Tree is hosting fish hors d’oeuvres.
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Jersey City Falcon Ivy, The Shady Lady
The Shady Lady of Jersey City (band 79/AN) must have put on sunscreen. She was apparently in the shade at 10 Exchange Place when she suddenly appeared. She then beat it around the building, went next to the Hudson River, and back to 101 Hudson. She sat in the sun for a good two hours…
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A Day on the Hudson
A picture is worth a thousand very cold words. Yes, the eagles are still here. It’s too cold and icy where many of them live.
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Location, Location, Location
The Hudson River eagle count today = 75 at low tide. Croton Boat Ramp, George’s Island and Verplanck, Charles Point are the places to be. Our red-tail is getting ready to go to nest.
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Peregrine Season is Here
The web cam peregrine eggs have begun to hatch and the birds here in the Northeast are well into their mating rituals. I am blessed to live along the Hudson River, especially at Easter, where I can see the birds in the wild and on man-made structures.
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Snow Business
Getting ready for the Big Blizzard of ’13. I needed a few more pictures for my Teatown Hudson River EagleFest (now Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013) presentation, For the Eagles. Thankfully, I went out yesterday on my rounds. George’s Island eagles did appear just as I drove up. They knew I needed to fill in a…
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Eagles Everywhere
They have arrived! There are many, many eagle sightings along the Hudson River between Croton and Peekskill. The eagles are now ice fishing. Today we counted 15 eagles on the ice between Fleischmann’s Pier (China Pier) and Peekskill’s Riverfront Park. Five eagles were perched and flying over the Croton Point Nature Center. Two young…
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Croton Point Visiting Eagles
They have begun to arrive. I saw five soaring eagles enjoying the wind over the southern point today. The two first year birds played tumbling talons. The group traveled upriver and also enjoyed the wind in Verplanck and Charles Point. And on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 two more adults joined the group. I think the…