You never know

While doing our coffee run through Heckscher I spotted a wilson's Snipe sitting in the middle of the loop median. The nearest water is 200 yard away so what bit was doing there is anybody's guess. In any case I'll take it as a FOS bird.

Still slow birding

We have birded several places over several days and still no influx of migrants.   This upcoming weekend we will be going to Central Park, hopefully that will kick start  the spring birding migration activities.

Today we went to the Norman Levy preserve in Merrick, and then to Jones Beach West End.  A highlight was good looks at a Black & White Warbler at Levy and a pair of Ravens being chased by crows at JBWE.

Friday is May first, the begining of everyday in May campaign.

Still waiting

I birded after exercise this morning. I went to Southard's Pond and the Beach Patrol. One of these days the warblers will get out this way. Just another collection of the usual suspects. I am ready, let's go, anytime now.

GSBAS Gardiner's Park Recap

The weather couldn't make up it's mind this morning. Some sun, some clouds, and brief shower were the theme for this morning's walk at Gardiner's Park in Bayshore.

We had Thirteen people show up. We did our usual walk down to the bay and back. Birding was slow but we did have a highlight. An Indigo Bunting was spotted and seen by most but not all of the group as it disappeared quickly. We had some woodpeckers and lots of Robins. Warblers should be coming soon.

We all enjoyed the walk and are looking forward to next week at Norman Levy preserve in Merrick, Nassau County at 9:00 am

Connetquot Stae Park Nature Walk

The weather today can only be described by a "WOW". We had our annual spring walk at Connetquot State Park Preserve this morning. We were joined by several students from the East Islip School district. The honors biology program requires the students to participate in a nature walk with an organization. Today we had at least ten students plus parents join us for our walk.

They couldn't have picked a better day. Great weather and great things to look at. We had birds flying, frogs singing,  turtles basking in the sun and many different spring plants. To highlight the day an adult Bald Eagle flew over the Lake as we were wrapping up the morning. Earlier on we had really good looks at Yellow-throated Warblers near the main building. Overall we had more than forty species of birds for the day.

The kids had a good time, it is good to see them being introduced to the outdoors and we can hope they will continue be interested in Nature in the future as well.

Getting better

Today at Connetquot I had a bald eagle flyover. This is becoming more regular. A great sight to see, it will never get routine or mundane. The rest of the walik was just checking out the usual suspects. I heard but did not see the YT warbler this morning.

Robert Moses SP Recap

A small group of  fearless and optimistic birders showed up at Robert Moses State Park hoping for the rain to stop so we could do some birding. As it was raining at the start, we decided to do some "Birding by Car". we would drive the edges of the parking lots and see what we could see. When we got to Field 2 the rain was subsiding. We got out and started to walk and by the time we were done the rain had stopped, so we did manage to squeeze in a morning's birding.

We wound up with thirty species of birds. Highlights were a pair of Oystercatchers in one of the Field 5 parking lot grass islands by the entrance. The real treat was a Peregrine Falcon in the middle of Field 2 parking lot sitting on a traffic cone. It then dropped down into a puddle to drink and Bathe, Making the best of a wet day.