10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2018
We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. Sure enough, it was just to our north harrying a…wait, that’s a Bald Eagle ! Species number 81!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2015
We chose the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden, along the barrier beaches of the Rockaway Pensinsula in Queens, because it affords a great view of both the bay and the ocean, as well as a wide expanse of dune scrub habitat. But what, exactly, is a Big Sit? The hawk flight was not large but we did see quite a few species of raptors.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2018
That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. A pair Bald Eagles were doing fly-bys over our heads , and there were Belted Kingfishers, Canada Geese , A pair of Mallards, and three Great Blue Herons.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Battery Pt. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Battery Pt. White-bellied Sea-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis.
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