We stopped at three areas of the park. Our first stop was Savage’s Ditch Road and we took the trail from the parking lot to the bay. This was our first visit here. We saw several brown pelicans flying by. One back-crowned night heron also …
We birded the same loop as we did last time we were here in March. The first stop was Sassafras Landing and some of the birds we identified there included common yellowthroat, snowy egret, osprey, laughing gull, and blue grosbeak. Next, we stopped at Strawberry …
We got an early start this morning to beat the heat. There was not much action at the Visitor’s Center although we didn’t stay there very long. There were many purple martins in their apartments and we heard a yellow-billed cuckoo in the distance. Our …
We birded three areas of the refuge today. The Visitor’s Center wasn’t very active but some of the birds we identified there included purple martin, house wren, northern mockingbird, and osprey. Along the Dike Trail, we identified 28 species including common yellowthroat, orchard oriole, cedar …
I birded three areas of the park on this warm summer morning. The first stop was the along the bay shore below The Point parking lot. I saw ring-billed, laughing, and herring gulls there. Other birds included ospreys, two American oystercatchers, and northern mockingbirds. Along …
The birds were fairly active for late morning and early afternoon, except in the water areas which were mostly void of birds. Around the visitor’s center I saw purple martin, brown-headed cowbird, red-winged blackbird, and northern mockingbird, among some other birds. Along the Dike Trail, …
This was our first visit to Connetquot River State Park on the south shore of Long Island. There was a good variety of birds seen from the parking lot and nature center areas up to the small bridge that crossed the river. Some of the …
This was our first visit to Wertheim NWR on the south shore of Long Island. We didn’t see much by the visitor’s center but we heard a red-eyed vireo. At the first observation deck, we saw a family of six mute swans—two adults and four …
We started out from the Visitor’s Center. Plenty of purple martins were in and around their apartments as usual. Other birds identified here included orchard oriole, barn swallow, red-winged blackbird, and mourning dove. Next, we moved on to the Dike Trail where we identified 32 …
On a nice, sunny late afternoon, I spent a little time on my deck watching eastern bluebirds and American goldfinches. The bluebirds were perching on our shepherd’s crooks, then would swoop down to the ground and pick up insects. The goldfinches spent most of their …
