Tuesday Sept. 20, 2016
 Marine Nature Study Area Oceanside

Our walk today was quiet, with only a few species of birds seen at MNSA Oceanside, But one of our regulars did not disappoint. A Green heron posed for us at the end of our walk

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After that we headed to Jones Beach West End.  Again it was somewhat quiet. We did get to see hundreds of Oystercatchers and Hundreds of Black-bellied Plovers on the minimal sand bar as it was high tide.

Tuesday Nature Walk Sept 13, 2016 Shinnecock Inlet & Dune Rd.

We had a beautiful morning for our regular Tuesday walk. We started at The inlet and proceeded to caravan down Dune Rd. As we drove from one point to the next there was a cloud of Tree Swallows dipping up and down across the road and the marshes and shrubs, and lining the utility lines.

Further on down the road we saw a group of egrets congregating along a shoreline,  apparently feeding on a pod of baitfish

We did wind up seeing 27 species of birds for the morning and we all had the pleasuer of the beautiful weather and some really nice sights.

Birding & Breakfast May 10, 2016 Connetquot SPP

This Saturday we held our fall Birding and Breakfast at Connetquot State park preserve. AS usual this was aj oint effort between The Connetquot State Park Staff, The Friends of Connetquot and Great South Bay Auudubon. Again we had a full house, the program is very popular and we always have a wait list.. The breakfast was supplied by the Friends of Connetquot and the bagels donated by the Melville Deli. Annie McIntyre from the Park Staff did an intro to birds presentation, after which the Great South Bay Audubon folks led the bird walks.



Birding was a little bit slow but we all managed to see some birds and everyone was oleased with a very delightful morning. There was a fight between a Merlin and some Blue Jays that did give us some excitement. Our next Birding and Breakfast is January 14, 2017, come and join us.

GSBAS First Fall Nature Walk Sept. 06, 2016

Today our walk was scheduled for Heckscher State park. We met in the field 5 parking lot and proceeded west into the marsh and woods from there. The birding was slow and the mosquitoes were heavy so we shifted to the parking field 7.

Things got immediately better. We spotted a pair of Royal terns on the beach, just off the parking lot. Without getting out of the cars we all had good, if not great looks at the terns.

After that we parked and walked to field 8 , and at field beach side we saw Black-bellied Plovers, and Sanderlings. We started slow and finished well. Then the rains came and we called it a day.