Today was a beautiful morning, so we decided to pay another visit to Braddock Bay, in Greece, NY. We visited the songbird banding station run by the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, the raptor banding station run by Braddock Bay Raptor Research, and also birded in the nearby Owl Woods.
At the songbird banding (Braddock Bay Bird Observatory website), there was quite a bit of activity. We saw a good variety of early Spring migrants banded, including FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW (local bird?), BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE (local bird?), many GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLET, one RUBY CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN CREEPER.
Our next stop was to the nearby Raptor Banding Station (Braddock Bay Raptor Research website). I had been unsuccessful on each previous visit to this station, but today we did better. Conditions still were not ideal, but we did see four immature COOPER'S HAWKS captured and banded, which was really cool! Lots of flyover COOPERS and SHARP SHINNED HAWKS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, and AMERICAN KESTRELS, and one ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and one OSPREY. Lots of TURKEY VULTURE flyovers too, of course.
Before leaving, we took a quick walk in the Owl Woods. Because my lens is in the shop, I don't have any photos, though we saw lots of NORTHERN FLICKERS, MANY GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS, quite a few FOX SPARROWS, and I thought I heard a WINTER WREN. We also saw a LEPOARD FROG.
BBBO Songbird Photos:
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Golden-Crowned KingletBBRR Raptor Banding Photos: (Immature Cooper's Hawk)
Lepoard Frog found on the Owl Woods Trail Braddock Bay General Location:
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