We birded along parts of two trails. Our first stop was along the Black Tupelo Trail including the observation platform. Some of the birds we identified were were mute swan (one on the far side of the lake), osprey, northern cardinal, gray catbird, yellow warbler, …
We birded in the north side of the park that included fields, woods, lake shore, dam, and historic area. A yellow-bellied sapsucker landed briefly in a tree by the parking lot. Birds on and by the lake included osprey, mute swan (4 or 5), Canada …
This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. We spent little time near the visitor’s center and only saw blue jay and red-bellied woodpecker. Many good birds were seen of the observation platform. These birds included an immature bald eagle, an immature red-tailed hawk, eastern …
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 …
