Rain continues

It has been raining for the last few days. Temperatures have not gotten above 50 for three days now. Will warm weather ever get here? I did a ride along the beach yesterday and managed to see a few birds. Theer were two egrets in the Captree Marsh, a Great and a Snowy. I caught a picture of the great about to swallow a small baitfish.

I also saw my FOS Greater Yellowlegs. I am still managing a few birds here and there but nothing to write home about.

Mission Aborted

The GSBAS Tuesday group was supposed to go to Jamaica BayNWR, but hr threatof rain and actual showers influenced Bill and I to do the brach patrol by car an skip the long ride to the city for bad weather.

We mad the best of a poor morning managing to see 33 species of birds this morning, my highlights were the FOS Snowy Egret, Field Sparrow and Eastern towhee. Not bad for a second choice itinereray.

Nice day before the rains

The forecast is for rain the next several days, so I took a quick walk in Heckscher. Still pretty quiet, though the Osprey activity has picked up. I saw three pairs on nest and a Osprey having lunch

The other Heckscher

Today I walked in the part of Heckscher that is entered from Rimber Point County Park. The entrance is a offshoot of the LI Greenbelt trail. The trail runs 34 miles from Heckscher to Sunken Meadow SP.

The weather continues to be nice and getting nicer. Temps again in the mid fifties with less wind today.

A smattering of birds and several groups of Spring Peepers made the walk all the more enjoyable. I had FOS RC Kinglets, lots of Grackles and Red-wings a couple of Phoebes and a singing Titmouse.

Spring is springing

Walking through Connetquot this am I heard a chorus of spring peepers. They stared sloe, built up to a crescendo and then tapered off like a choral arrangement. Natures Choral group.

I spotted my first of the season Pine Warbler and  Rusty Blackbird.

The wind was blowing with heavy gusts. The temperature was fiftiesh when the sun was out.

The skunk cabbage is starting to bloom

Rainy last beach patrol

Just took my last beach patrol for birding by car for the winter season. Although spring has come officially it is still not here yet. What was notable was the number of Flickers roadside. I have never seen so many in the spring. I usually see large numbers in the fall but only a few at a time in the spring. Inhad over forty but only put a conservative thirty seven into e-bird.the weather is cruddy cool damp and periods of rain, better days to come.

A nice spring day

It finally was a nice spring day in NY. Temps in the fifties but starting to get windy. I walked in Connetquot and enjoyed the fresh air and mild temperature. Not much to see in the way of birds but of note was a WB Nuthatch chasing a RB Nuthatch. Any day now we will start to get our spring birds.