Forwarded message below from a young lady from Binghamton. Rather
bad news for the kites this year.
Andy Mason
Hi,
My mom and I took a trip to see the Mississippi Kites in Root, Ny
last Tuesday.
We had many lengthy, good looks at the Kites (1 at a time as there was always
one on the ne
A difficult kayak trip to Goose Creek in Flanders against a strong wind
yielded over a dozen Black-Bellied Plovers (non-breeding plumage, of
course), another 15+ Least Sandpipers, 4 Piping Plovers, a handful of
Saltmarsh Sparrows and lots of nesting Least Terns. Photos of these birds
can be found
On an after dinner walk this evening in the Massapequa Preserve I observed a
least bittern in the pond north of the USGS Gauging Station (the 2nd pond north
of Clark Boulevard). I was sitting on the bench that overlooks this small pond
for a few minutes when a male least bittern flew out of the
This morning, on my way to check for the previously reported Blue Grosbeaks
at the EPCAL propertry in Calverton, I stopped in at the fiekd to the north
of Rt 25- this is the field that has the radar station at the end of the
paved road. While I was sitting in my car watching an Indigo Bunitng,
