Great South Bay Audubon Nature Walk 04/23/2024

 Our walk was at Norman Levy Preserve in Merrick NY. We started off with perfect weather for a spring walk. Bright sunshine and little or no wind and cool temperatures. While we were doing our introductory circle we were visited by a couple of the resident Monk Parakeets

There are nests in and around the park vicinity, they are active and raucous and have adapted to their non native surroundings.

The general birding was non remarkable as we tallied 24 species, a high light for many was some lingering Green Winged Teal. On our way back to the parking lot we encountered another non native species that is in the park. Italian Wall Lizards