I visited Muttontown Preserve today. I found a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER just behind the Nature center. I watched it for about 15 minutes, working the trees and sometimes flying. It also called a bit.
I also made a stop at Tappen Beach. Both OSPREYS were on their nest, and both PEREGRINE FALCONS were near theirs; one had a pigeon and was devouring it. Thirty-nine BRANT were down near the water. Otherwise, that was it. the Red-head was definitely the best find. -- *Yours, * * Avery* "The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.” --Arthur Shopenhauer -- 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/ --
