[nysbirds-l] Madison Square Park - Historical - May 1921

[Deborah Allen]

Migrants in New York City

On May 15, 1921, Madison Square [20-23rd streets between Madison Ave and 5th 
Ave, Manhattan], a small park in the very heart of Manhattan, was the scene of 
an astonishing migratory bird exhibit. Bewildered in the thick weather of the 
preceding night, large numbers of small birds had dropped into this haven of 
refuge and through the kindness of Mr. George Gladden who telephoned me of this 
remarkable event, I was able to make a rough census on two successive days, and 
to investigate the cause of such an unusual happening.

Arriving about 1 p.m., I was surprised to find the birds swarming over the 
lawns, but relatively few of them up in the trees. It was a novel sight to 
watch Redstarts and a Chestnut-sided Warbler flitting about on the close 
cropped sod, and the birds seemed so ravenously hungry that even Maryland 
[Common] Yellowthroats were to be seen pecking at the pieces of bread thrown in 
by passers-by. Grasshopper Sparrows appeared more at home, as they crouched low 
in the short grass, where they probably found more natural food.

The total number of birds, on the 15th, I estimated at about 525, exclusive of 
House Sparrows. Ovenbirds were decidedly in the majority, scattered everywhere 
through the park, while the next most abundant birds, White-throated Sparrows, 
were gathered in more or less of a flock in the center of the Square. 
Twenty-three species of native birds were seen alive, and one more, the 
Magnolia Warbler, was represented among the birds picked up dead.

By the following day more than three-fourths of the birds had left. Among those 
remaining, of course, were some that had suffered injuries, but others seemed 
quite unhurt. Of the larger and stronger species, such as the Catbird, Towhee, 
and White-throated Sparrow, even a smaller proportion was left. The species and 
the estimated numbers of individuals present on these first two days are as 
follows, but Ovenbirds and a few others remained for many days thereafter.

May 15 - 16 [1921]

Lincoln's Sparrow 1 - 0
Chipping Sparrow 8 - 2
Field Sparrow 4 - 1
White-throated Sparrow 100 - 15
White-crowned Sparrow 2 - 0
Swamp Sparrow 4 - 0
Grasshopper Sparrow 8 - 1
Towhee 50 - 8
Northern Water-Thrush 2  - 2
Ovenbird 200 - 60
Maryland Yellow-throat 80 - 30
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 - 0
Redstart 4 - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 -  0
Myrtle Warbler 1 - 0
Parula Warbler 2  - 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7  - 1
House Wren 3 - 0
Brown Thrasher 3 - 0
Catbird 35 - 4
Wilson's Thrush 3 - 0
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 - 0

Many birds of the species enumerated above were found dead in the vicinity of 
Madison Square, and the cause of the disaster is not far to seek. The night had 
been very foggy, and it was against the tower of the Metropolitan Life 
Building, to the east of the Square, that the birds had hurled themselves. The 
brilliant electric lights at its apex, and the illuminated clock-dials lower 
down doubtless played a part. So many of the dead birds had been carried off 
before my arrival that it was impossible to estimate accurately the number that 
had succumbed. The superintendent of the Metropolitan Life-Building tells me 
that about one hundred were found on the building, but two or three times that 
number probably fell in the park and on nearby streets. We noted that few 
Towhees or Sparrows had been killed; most of the casualties were among the 
weaker Warblers. James P. Chapin, American Museum of Natural History, New York 
City.

24 May 1921. Mr. Chapin told of his experiences in Madison Square Park on May 
15th, when numbers of migrating birds, that had been bewildered in the fog and 
rain of that morning, were to be seen on the grass and in the bushes of the 
Park. There were many species of Warblers - among them the Ovenbird (Seiurus 
aurocapillus) was the most numerous. He also saw a Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza 
l. lincolni) and 8 Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savammrum australis). He 
estimated that over 100 birds had been killed by striking the light of the 
Metropolitan Building.

Mr. Johnston reported for Central Park a Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora 
chrysoptera) on May 14th, a Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), Bobolink 
(Dolichonyx oryzivomis) and Lincoln Sparrow on the 15th, and a Kentucky Warbler 
(Oporornis formosus) on the 16th.

The following, whose names had been proposed at the last meeting, were elected 
to Resident Membership: Miss Blanche Samek of 511 West 113th Street, Miss 
Gertrude Litchfield, Mrs. Alice F. Mapes and Miss Mary K. Ruby, all of 56 West 
75th Street, New York.

Abstract of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York for the Four 
Years Ending March 11, 1924. Pages 21-22.

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[nysbirds-l] Madison Square Park - Historical - May 1921

[Deborah Allen]

Migrants in New York City

On May 15, 1921, Madison Square [20-23rd streets between Madison Ave and 5th 
Ave, Manhattan], a small park in the very heart of Manhattan, was the scene of 
an astonishing migratory bird exhibit. Bewildered in the thick weather of the 
preceding night, large numbers of small birds had dropped into this haven of 
refuge and through the kindness of Mr. George Gladden who telephoned me of this 
remarkable event, I was able to make a rough census on two successive days, and 
to investigate the cause of such an unusual happening.

Arriving about 1 p.m., I was surprised to find the birds swarming over the 
lawns, but relatively few of them up in the trees. It was a novel sight to 
watch Redstarts and a Chestnut-sided Warbler flitting about on the close 
cropped sod, and the birds seemed so ravenously hungry that even Maryland 
[Common] Yellowthroats were to be seen pecking at the pieces of bread thrown in 
by passers-by. Grasshopper Sparrows appeared more at home, as they crouched low 
in the short grass, where they probably found more natural food.

The total number of birds, on the 15th, I estimated at about 525, exclusive of 
House Sparrows. Ovenbirds were decidedly in the majority, scattered everywhere 
through the park, while the next most abundant birds, White-throated Sparrows, 
were gathered in more or less of a flock in the center of the Square. 
Twenty-three species of native birds were seen alive, and one more, the 
Magnolia Warbler, was represented among the birds picked up dead.

By the following day more than three-fourths of the birds had left. Among those 
remaining, of course, were some that had suffered injuries, but others seemed 
quite unhurt. Of the larger and stronger species, such as the Catbird, Towhee, 
and White-throated Sparrow, even a smaller proportion was left. The species and 
the estimated numbers of individuals present on these first two days are as 
follows, but Ovenbirds and a few others remained for many days thereafter.

May 15 - 16 [1921]

Lincoln's Sparrow 1 - 0
Chipping Sparrow 8 - 2
Field Sparrow 4 - 1
White-throated Sparrow 100 - 15
White-crowned Sparrow 2 - 0
Swamp Sparrow 4 - 0
Grasshopper Sparrow 8 - 1
Towhee 50 - 8
Northern Water-Thrush 2  - 2
Ovenbird 200 - 60
Maryland Yellow-throat 80 - 30
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 - 0
Redstart 4 - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 -  0
Myrtle Warbler 1 - 0
Parula Warbler 2  - 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7  - 1
House Wren 3 - 0
Brown Thrasher 3 - 0
Catbird 35 - 4
Wilson's Thrush 3 - 0
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 - 0

Many birds of the species enumerated above were found dead in the vicinity of 
Madison Square, and the cause of the disaster is not far to seek. The night had 
been very foggy, and it was against the tower of the Metropolitan Life 
Building, to the east of the Square, that the birds had hurled themselves. The 
brilliant electric lights at its apex, and the illuminated clock-dials lower 
down doubtless played a part. So many of the dead birds had been carried off 
before my arrival that it was impossible to estimate accurately the number that 
had succumbed. The superintendent of the Metropolitan Life-Building tells me 
that about one hundred were found on the building, but two or three times that 
number probably fell in the park and on nearby streets. We noted that few 
Towhees or Sparrows had been killed; most of the casualties were among the 
weaker Warblers. James P. Chapin, American Museum of Natural History, New York 
City.

24 May 1921. Mr. Chapin told of his experiences in Madison Square Park on May 
15th, when numbers of migrating birds, that had been bewildered in the fog and 
rain of that morning, were to be seen on the grass and in the bushes of the 
Park. There were many species of Warblers - among them the Ovenbird (Seiurus 
aurocapillus) was the most numerous. He also saw a Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza 
l. lincolni) and 8 Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savammrum australis). He 
estimated that over 100 birds had been killed by striking the light of the 
Metropolitan Building.

Mr. Johnston reported for Central Park a Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora 
chrysoptera) on May 14th, a Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), Bobolink 
(Dolichonyx oryzivomis) and Lincoln Sparrow on the 15th, and a Kentucky Warbler 
(Oporornis formosus) on the 16th.

The following, whose names had been proposed at the last meeting, were elected 
to Resident Membership: Miss Blanche Samek of 511 West 113th Street, Miss 
Gertrude Litchfield, Mrs. Alice F. Mapes and Miss Mary K. Ruby, all of 56 West 
75th Street, New York.

Abstract of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York for the Four 
Years Ending March 11, 1924. Pages 21-22.

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Club Evening Presentation: Climate, human effects, and the collapse of Caribbean bat biodiversity

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

*Tuesday May 22nd @7PM*

*BBC Evening Presentation:*

*Climate, human effects, and the collapse of Caribbean bat biodiversity*

*BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CENTRAL BRANCH AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA*

Presenter: Angelo Soto-Centeno, professor of Evolutionary Biology at
Rutgers University – Newark and most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the
American Museum of Natural History.

Angelo was born in Puerto Rico, and since early childhood he experienced
island biodiversity first hand. His fascination with animals that can fly
led him on a path to study bats, a group of one the most misunderstood
mammals worldwide. Today, he travels the Caribbean islands searching and
documenting living and fossil species of bats to understand the causes that
led to changes in the biodiversity of these imperiled mammals.

http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/climate-human-effects-and-the-collapse-of-caribbean-bat-biodiversity/


Dennis Hrehowsik

President Brooklyn Bird Club

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[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Bird Club Evening Presentation: Climate, human effects, and the collapse of Caribbean bat biodiversity

[Dennis Hrehowsik]

*Tuesday May 22nd @7PM*

*BBC Evening Presentation:*

*Climate, human effects, and the collapse of Caribbean bat biodiversity*

*BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CENTRAL BRANCH AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA*

Presenter: Angelo Soto-Centeno, professor of Evolutionary Biology at
Rutgers University – Newark and most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the
American Museum of Natural History.

Angelo was born in Puerto Rico, and since early childhood he experienced
island biodiversity first hand. His fascination with animals that can fly
led him on a path to study bats, a group of one the most misunderstood
mammals worldwide. Today, he travels the Caribbean islands searching and
documenting living and fossil species of bats to understand the causes that
led to changes in the biodiversity of these imperiled mammals.

http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/climate-human-effects-and-the-collapse-of-caribbean-bat-biodiversity/


Dennis Hrehowsik

President Brooklyn Bird Club

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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park: Yellowthroat Horde, Swainson's Thrush plus

[Joseph Wallace]

Inspired by the spectacle at Madison Square Park (where I can add
Black-and-White and Northern Parula Warblers to Ethan's terrific list from
a great day there), I splashed through the rain at around 3:00 for a lap or
two around Bryant Park.

Feeding on the lawn were *at least* 10 male and 6 female Common
Yellowthroats, probably a few more. They were joined by a single female
American Redstart and a small Empidonax flycatcher, which I pegged as a
Least but never got a great look at through fogged-up glasses. In the
plantings bordering the lawn were a single Swainson's Thrush and at least 8
to 10 Ovenbirds. (Given that I barely examined the park's periphery, I'd
guess the overall numbers were significantly higher than that.) --Joe
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[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park: Yellowthroat Horde, Swainson's Thrush plus

[Joseph Wallace]

Inspired by the spectacle at Madison Square Park (where I can add
Black-and-White and Northern Parula Warblers to Ethan's terrific list from
a great day there), I splashed through the rain at around 3:00 for a lap or
two around Bryant Park.

Feeding on the lawn were *at least* 10 male and 6 female Common
Yellowthroats, probably a few more. They were joined by a single female
American Redstart and a small Empidonax flycatcher, which I pegged as a
Least but never got a great look at through fogged-up glasses. In the
plantings bordering the lawn were a single Swainson's Thrush and at least 8
to 10 Ovenbirds. (Given that I barely examined the park's periphery, I'd
guess the overall numbers were significantly higher than that.) --Joe
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[nysbirds-l] Mad Sq Park report: Mourning Warbler and other goodies

[Ethan Goodman]

I knew something was afoot when I walked my son to preschool through Madison 
Square Park this morning and saw lots of non-house-sparrow activity on the 
Center Oval lawn (which is usually the province of Robins, Starlings and House 
Sparrows):  First a Common Yellowthroat, then a Redstart in a tree, then a 
female Towhee in the newly-planted shrubs in the center of the lawn, then 
Ovenbird, Canada Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, and the biggie...MOURNING WARBLER! 
 Out in the open foraging in the grass, a no-doubter.  It soon became apparent 
that, for some reason, the Park drew it lots of birds today.  Baltimore Oriole 
and Wood Thush also heard in the trees.  And after I left, reports kept coming 
in of more: Magnolia Warbler, Indigo Bunting, female Hooded Warbler.  A great 
day for Madison Square Park, and now the park sits at 97 species...3 species 
away from turning from BLUE to GREEN on the eBird hotspot heat map.  Go 
microparks!
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[nysbirds-l] Mad Sq Park report: Mourning Warbler and other goodies

[Ethan Goodman]

I knew something was afoot when I walked my son to preschool through Madison 
Square Park this morning and saw lots of non-house-sparrow activity on the 
Center Oval lawn (which is usually the province of Robins, Starlings and House 
Sparrows):  First a Common Yellowthroat, then a Redstart in a tree, then a 
female Towhee in the newly-planted shrubs in the center of the lawn, then 
Ovenbird, Canada Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, and the biggie...MOURNING WARBLER! 
 Out in the open foraging in the grass, a no-doubter.  It soon became apparent 
that, for some reason, the Park drew it lots of birds today.  Baltimore Oriole 
and Wood Thush also heard in the trees.  And after I left, reports kept coming 
in of more: Magnolia Warbler, Indigo Bunting, female Hooded Warbler.  A great 
day for Madison Square Park, and now the park sits at 97 species...3 species 
away from turning from BLUE to GREEN on the eBird hotspot heat map.  Go 
microparks!
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Weds., May 16, 2018 - 19 Species of Wood Warblers & Singing Bicknell's Thrush

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

Highlights: Good birds today in spite of the off-and-on rain: A singing 
Bicknell's Thrush stole the show, with 19 Species of Wood Warblers also seen, 
among them Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian. 

Canada Goose - nesting at south end of Reservoir against South Gate House
Wood Duck - male with dark bill Reservoir
Mallard 9 (2 Turtle Pond, 7 Reservoir)
Mourning Dove - 2 Shakespeare Garden
Chimney Swift - around 20 (Turtle Pond & Reservoir)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - flyover heading north at Warbler Rock
Herring Gull - 7 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 26 (23 Reservoir, 3 Turtle Pond)
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents, male continues at locust above Stone Arch
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 pairs (feeders, the Point, etc.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - the Point
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Mouth of the Gill
Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond
Warbling Vireo - Swedish Cottage
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Summer House & west side of the Great Lawn)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow - 6 Reservoir
Blue Jay - courtship feeding by pair Shakesspeare Garden
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Gill Overlook
Veery - 2 Ramble
Bicknell's Thrush - seen, call & partial song heard, e. side Gill Source (David 
Barrett)
Swainson's Thrush - 5
American Robin - multiple pairs on eggs
Gray Catbird - multiple pairs
Cedar Waxwing - 10 flyovers in small flocks
House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
Eastern Towhee - female behind Summer House
Chipping Sparrow - NW Great Lawn
Orchard Oriole - first-spring male singing in two places at Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 6 (several males & females - not nesting yet)
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 males Turtle Pond
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard in Ramble
Common Grackle - 5 Turtle Pond
Ovenbird - 5
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (the Point & Ramble)
Black-and-white Warbler - 10 (8 females, 2 males)
Tennessee Warbler - singing 84th Street & East Drive (with David Barrett) 
afternoon
Nashville Warbler - west side Great Lawn (with Jordan Spindel) 7:30am
Common Yellowthroat - 7, mostly males
American Redstart - 12
Cape May Warbler - 3 (female SW Reservoir Bridge, male Warbler Rock, male Great 
Lawn)
Northern Parula - 20, mostly females
Magnolia Warbler - 15, mostly males (8/7)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Blackburnian Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Yellow Warbler - 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4
Blackpoll Warbler - 4 (males & females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 SW Reservoir
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Canada Warbler - male in Himalayan Pines at Pinetum
Wilson's Warbler - 4, all males
Northern Cardinal - residents
Indigo Bunting - singing male Turtle Pond

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Weds., May 16, 2018 - 19 Species of Wood Warblers & Singing Bicknell's Thrush

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. 

Highlights: Good birds today in spite of the off-and-on rain: A singing 
Bicknell's Thrush stole the show, with 19 Species of Wood Warblers also seen, 
among them Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian. 

Canada Goose - nesting at south end of Reservoir against South Gate House
Wood Duck - male with dark bill Reservoir
Mallard 9 (2 Turtle Pond, 7 Reservoir)
Mourning Dove - 2 Shakespeare Garden
Chimney Swift - around 20 (Turtle Pond & Reservoir)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - flyover heading north at Warbler Rock
Herring Gull - 7 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 26 (23 Reservoir, 3 Turtle Pond)
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents, male continues at locust above Stone Arch
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 pairs (feeders, the Point, etc.)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - the Point
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Mouth of the Gill
Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond
Warbling Vireo - Swedish Cottage
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Summer House & west side of the Great Lawn)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow - 6 Reservoir
Blue Jay - courtship feeding by pair Shakesspeare Garden
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Gill Overlook
Veery - 2 Ramble
Bicknell's Thrush - seen, call & partial song heard, e. side Gill Source (David 
Barrett)
Swainson's Thrush - 5
American Robin - multiple pairs on eggs
Gray Catbird - multiple pairs
Cedar Waxwing - 10 flyovers in small flocks
House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
Eastern Towhee - female behind Summer House
Chipping Sparrow - NW Great Lawn
Orchard Oriole - first-spring male singing in two places at Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 6 (several males & females - not nesting yet)
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 males Turtle Pond
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard in Ramble
Common Grackle - 5 Turtle Pond
Ovenbird - 5
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (the Point & Ramble)
Black-and-white Warbler - 10 (8 females, 2 males)
Tennessee Warbler - singing 84th Street & East Drive (with David Barrett) 
afternoon
Nashville Warbler - west side Great Lawn (with Jordan Spindel) 7:30am
Common Yellowthroat - 7, mostly males
American Redstart - 12
Cape May Warbler - 3 (female SW Reservoir Bridge, male Warbler Rock, male Great 
Lawn)
Northern Parula - 20, mostly females
Magnolia Warbler - 15, mostly males (8/7)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Blackburnian Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Yellow Warbler - 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4
Blackpoll Warbler - 4 (males & females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 SW Reservoir
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Canada Warbler - male in Himalayan Pines at Pinetum
Wilson's Warbler - 4, all males
Northern Cardinal - residents
Indigo Bunting - singing male Turtle Pond

Deb Allen
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-bellied whistling duck Calvert Vaux park Brooklyn

[Joshua Malbin]

Follow-up: the brant flock with the duck in it was flushed by a dog. I am
trying to find it again, but have not succeeded yet.

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:51 AM  wrote:

>
> West fields with brant, now.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Black-bellied whistling duck Calvert Vaux park Brooklyn

[Joshua Malbin]

Follow-up: the brant flock with the duck in it was flushed by a dog. I am
trying to find it again, but have not succeeded yet.

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[nysbirds-l] Black-bellied whistling duck Calvert Vaux park Brooklyn

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[nysbirds-l] Black-bellied whistling duck Calvert Vaux park Brooklyn

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[nysbirds-l] Pine neck dock - east Patchogue

[leormand]

This morning I had least terns, a great egret and a little blue heron at Pine 
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[nysbirds-l] Pine neck dock - east Patchogue

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This morning I had least terns, a great egret and a little blue heron at Pine 
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