The Bald Eagle nest only featured the incubating sub-adult. Two separate pair of Osprey were observed (I believe there are nests to the north and south of the Eagle nest). What was interesting was seeing 4 very large birds flying together and landing in the marsh - turns out they were Great Blue Herons. Apparently they only "flock" together when they're on migration.
At Pheasant Meadow ( Town Open Space in East Moriches: 40.805630, -72.741789) there were quite a few tree swallows hawking and looking at nest boxes, some purple finches and northern flickers. Photos and more info can be found here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2015/04/warm-day-for-some-spring-birds.html -- - Luke Ormand, East Patchogue www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
