Spring "arrivals" from the East End of Long Island include oystercatchers, tree swallows and osprey -- and the bat which appeared last winter in my yard about this time, tentatively identified as a northern long-eared bat by Kevin Jennings of DEC.
(and pretty tune by Jon Dee Graham) *Bruce Horwith* *16 Salt Marsh Path* *East Hampton, NY 11937* *(631) 599-0040* On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com > wrote: > Some new arrivals at least for me the past few mornings in a walk up the > landfill and out to Teller’s Point, included Eastern Phoebe (2), a singing > Eastern Towhee (on the wine cellar low road), a seemingly serious uplift > too in the numbers of flickers, common grackles, cowbirds and red wing > blackbirds, also saw a few of the meadowlarks that have been up on the land > fill. Raptors were around as well, two harriers (including a grey ghost), > at least two American kestrel, 2 red shouldered hawks flying north, one > coop, one merlin, the resident red tails, one lingering eagle (or more > likely a local bird), and a few blue heron flyovers, -- osprey are on the > light stanchion in the train station parking lot where they have nested the > past several years. I struck out hoping to see some waterfowl moving up > river; virtually nothing either on the river side or the bay side. > > > > The highlight (maybe because spring seems so slow in coming) was my first > butterflies of the season – a lady (not sure which), and a beautiful > morning cloak. And they of course got me to a song, and in turn the myriad > of incredible singer/songwriters Texas has spawned – the more popular e.g. > Willie Nelson, Townes van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, > Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack, Delbert McClinton, the > less so, e.g. Doug Sahm, Freddie Fender, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, > Susanna Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Alejandro Escovedo, Butch Hancock, Jimmie > Dale Gilmore, Rodney Crowell, Robert Earl Keen, Kasey Musgraves, Hayes > Carll, and the more obscure, Roky Erickson, James McMurtry, Ray Wylie > Hubbard, Tish Hinojosa, Adam Carroll, Carrie Rodriguez, Bruce Robison, and > Terri Hendrix - and the many, many I have certainly left out. > > > > What came to mind particularly upon seeing the morning cloak was the > beautiful song perhaps more apt for a swallowtail, “Butterfly Wing” by one > of the more obscure Mr. Jon Dee Graham --- the way he uses a single common > word “that” as a thread to hold a song together; great writing. So Happy > Spring, Happy Easter, Happy April Fool’s Day, Happy baseball season, and > here’s to my old friends and you lepidopterists out there: > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tNFOPc5g3QE > > > > L. Trachtenberg > > Ossining > > > > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
