Still in the doldrums

Still waiting for somehing to happen. It is very quiet still, there were some more dowitchers at Timber Point but not much else.

Three H's July 8 2015

Whoo boy is it uncomfortable out there. It is 4 degrees with 90% humidity and partly sunny with little wind. The A/C in my car thuugh is working so my birding by car went as usual. Still the usual suspects excepting for the five Dowitchers at Timber Point. The Killdeer with chick is running around Field 7 in Heckscher still.

July 4 & 5

The usual suspects and not much else, have to be patient.

It's July

Nice weather for July, temps seventies little wind and lots of sunshine. I wlaked almost four miles this morning mainly for the exercise. As far as birds the usual suspects showed up and I added some butterflies to the list but not much else. A nice ride through the park later was also just a nice ride. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

BBC

I did the beach and Heckscher this afternoon, and not much to show for it. Windy and chilly when the sun is in and still no birds to talk of. I tried for WF Ibis at Captree Rd to no avail.

Connetquot Exercise

Today I did a 4 mile walk in Connetquot SPP. I went from the main parking up to Bunce's bridge and back. It took me about 2 hours at a decent pace with some stopping to check things out. Still quiet in the summer doldrums. Of note though, was the number of gypsy moth caterpillars on tree along the roadside.It seem s pretty extensive and i haven't seen anything about it in the papers yet. A significant portion of the trees are defoliated, it looks like winter in the woods. Chipmunks must have had their babies as the woods id full of them visibly running around. I don't see that much at other times of the year.

Where has the month gone

Another long lapse in posting. I have to get more motivated. the birding is slow and the summer is progressing. We have a run of inconsistent weather, cooler, hotter , wind, no wind a little rain and some storms. I haven't had  much enthusiasm for birding because it has been so slow. Therewere some highlights. A Prothonotary Warbler was at Connetquot for five days giving everyone good looks, and a White-faced Ibis has seemingly returned for the second year at Captree Rd. Most of the boards are quiet also. No one is seeing anything. Hopefull the shorebird migration should start soon. the I will hope for rain to fill the puddles at Heckscher, this way I won't have to travel to get my shorebirds.