Checklist S12500813

Observations

1. Mourning Dove

   Number observed:  2

2. Golden Eagle

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   **Rare in January. My first for January in New York and my first at the Park Preserve. A 2nd-cycle bird seen circling to ne when I returned to parking lot at 12:25. Circling over hill to the east then heading south. Photos and video taken through scope. Similar to Bald Eagle in shape but with proportionately longer tail and small head. Wings held in V the entire time. Upperside appeared dark. Underside of bases to flight feathers with some white (outer secondaries and inner primaries--exact pattern difficult to see from distance). Base of tail with limited white.

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3. Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Adult

4. Eastern Screech-Owl

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Giving whinny spontaneously near parking area.

5. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

   Number observed:  2

6. Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)

   Number observed:  1

7. Pileated Woodpecker

   Number observed:  2

8. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   *Uncommon at this elevation and location at this season

9. Blue Jay

   Number observed:  1

10. American Crow

    Number observed:  41

    Details

    Including one flock of 32 moving north.

11. Common Raven

    Number observed:  1

12. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  18

13. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  5

14. White-winged Crossbill

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Flyovers.

15. Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

    Number observed:  1