My wife and I looked (without much effort) along dune road for the Snowy Owl and did not find it.
EPCAL (calverton grasslands) had a minimum of 30 Kestrel on the western runway - with probably an equal amount on the easter (potentially a bit less due to the operation of the skydive outfit today). The birds were literally everywhere and there was a lot of movement. Plenty of red-tailed hawks as well, only a few eastern meadowlarks. 2 Osprey at Woodhull dam in Riverside including one right above my head patiently waiting for a fish to show up so it could pounce with as little effort as possible. Yesterday I visited one of the Long Island South Shore Bald Eagle nests. The "adult" was way out on the marsh and sat there, refusing to move despite osprey, crows and a few passing boats. There were at least 6 osprey in the vicinity, all posturing for territory and the nest across the creek from the Eagle featured 2 birds with some courtship display including "sky-dancing" and delivering a freshly caught fish. Photos and some more info can be found here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/ - Luke -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
