Our walk today was the second of the spring 2025 season. Twelve hardy birders braved the chilly winds to go see some birds. We had 23 species of birds this am. Highlights were
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Tree Swallows, Eastern Phoebes, and lots of Ospreys flying around. Red tailed Hawks were being chased by Crows and a Northern Flicker was on a dead snag. The tree swallows were looking to pair up.
On the way out we saw a pair of Common Ravens fly overhead
Great South Bay Audubon 05/21/2024
Our walk today was at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area. The MNSA is run by the Town of Hempstead. It is a wetland area on the south shore of Nassau County. Thera are boardwalks throught the marshland. We had 16 people show up and the weather was perfect.
We had really good looks at some of the spring visitors and a few of the regular water birds that are seen there. We saw over 24 species of birds with good looks at most of them. One bird we can count on to see there regularly is the Yellow-crowned Night Herom.
Our walk this Tuesday 04/30/2024 was at the Sisters of St. Joseph Campus in Brentwood. Fifteen folks showed participated as we walked the grounds of the facility. The campus is very environment friendly. They have waste water reclamation and solar arrays. The farm on the property is all organic, and they have planted native trees through out the property. We had 24 species of birds, we saw Goldfinches, woodpeckers, and some yellow rumped warblers.
The highlight was as we were finishing the walk, we heard a group of crows squawking and flying into a stand of pine trees. They were mobbing an unseen threat. Eventually a great horned owl flew out of the pines and away from the crows flying right in front of the group. A great finish to a nice spring walk
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
What a great morning for a walk. Twenty four people shoed up for our walk this morning at Robert Moses State Park. Mild temps and bright sunshine and moderate winds mad for a really enjoyable walk. We walked to the lighthouse and back to the parking lot. We saw 25 species of birds. there were a lot of Northern Mockingbirds.
On the way back to the parking lot we saw a lot of American Lady Butterflies on the pathway
Today our walk was at Jones Beach West End. Twelve people showed up on a spectacular spring day. Our walk started with a Tree Swallow landing close by and showing off it's colors
Our walk today was impacted by the forecasted rain. The weather in the am was a very light rain. Jack and I, Ken, showed up just in case some folks had nothing better to do and wanted to try to sneak some birding in. Some folks did show up and we then decided to try to squeeze in some birding
We did some BBC, Birding By Car, through the Hecksher SP parking lots for and hour. We did get to see some of the regulars that frequent the puddles in the parking lots. We managed to see 21 of the local birds. Making the best of a dreary morning
