A walk along the Nassau-Suffolk Greenbelt Trail in the Massapequa Preserve this morning, between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway, produced little in the way of birds. Half-a dozen Yellow-rumped warblers were the sole representatives of that group. Also had a few Blue-gray gnatcatchers, Black-capped chickadees, a Tufted titmouse and one Northern flicker (female).
Had three species of swallows coursing back and forth over Mary's Lake - Barn, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged. Did see two classic harbingers of Spring: several mourning cloaks and a Spring azure blue butterfly which were most welcome sights. John Turner -- 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/ --
