Tag: merganser

• Some Days Things Just Work

  Bonnie Coe

  March 27, 2014

  Backyard Birds, Ducks, Eagles

  Canada goose, cormorant, Croton, Eagle, merganser, tree swallow

  My first year eagle guy now has to wait for his sibling.  Finally got the early bird, but not with a worm.  Those darn flying tree sparrows…

• When the Relatives Come to Town

  Bonnie Coe

  March 22, 2014

  Ducks, Eagles, Miscellaneous Wildlife

  Eagle, heron, killdeer, merganser, ring necked duck

  …  they want to see eagles.  The eagles obliged along with some of my other feathered friends.          

• A Day on the Hudson

  Bonnie Coe

  March 3, 2014

  Ducks, Eagles, Miscellaneous Wildlife

  bufflehead, cormorant, Croton, Eagle, Hudson river, merganser, raptor, red-headed woodpecker, Tompkins Cove, turkey, verplanck

  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.

• Eagles Galore! Plus a Few Other Regulars

  Bonnie Coe

  January 14, 2014

  Ducks, Eagles, Miscellaneous Wildlife

  Cooper’s hawk, Croton, Eagle, gadwall, goose, merganser, mourning dove, Oscawana, song sparrow

  As soon as the crushing ice formed on the Hudson River and the rivers to the north, east, west and south, our migrant eagles joined us at the Croton Point Nature Center.   Eagle watchers reported up to 44 eagles on the river.

• Eagles Everywhere

  Bonnie Coe

  January 30, 2013

  Eagles, Miscellaneous Wildlife

  cormorant, Croton, crow, Eagle, goldeneye, merganser, peekskill, peregrine, verplanck

  Plus, we have a few other visitors in the area.  The goldeneyes seem to be here in abundance.  We also have a loon.  A crow decided to harass a young merlin.  The merlin won.