One beautiful thing about doing Eagle trips is that you always come away with more than you bargained for. Sharon and I led a trip from Bear Mountain Bridge south to Croton Station for our local community group, "VISION". While the temps hovered in the teens and was actually 8 degrees at the time of departure, we still had 19 hearty souls join us and enjoy watching no fewer than 26 Bald eagles in flight, roosting, riding the ice flows on the Hudson, and perched in a couple of nests we pointed out. Along with these sightings, we had a close-up view of a fine Cooper's hawk and sightings of a number of different kinds of ducks including Redheads, Canvasbacks, Greater scaup, Common mergansers, Ruddy ducks, and more. We finished the day of with an inspiring flight of a Northern harrier over the grasslands at Croton Park. All-in-all, one fine day of birding with many fine folks!!!
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