[nysbirds-l] Today wasn't mean, it was just lean !
A planned early morning trip into Hempstead Lake State Park had to be postponed and instead, I started at the D.E.C.property in Rocky Point. This was my FOY visit to this normally busy venue, but today proved to be just a bit too early in the season. After ~ 1 & 1/2 hours, my total sightings consisted of 4 Black-capped Chickadees, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Mourning Cloak Butterflies and a single, FOY Bumble Bee ! Heading back east, I first routed myself through "downtown" Wading River and found 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (one in each pond). The lighting was such, that I could have obtained good photos, if they only came out in the open...very frustrating ! Next came EPCAL (the Calverton Grasslands) where there was a very much appreciated up-swing in bird species: 1 female Kestrel; 1 singing E.Meadowlark near the long runway and a pair of E.Bluebirds, plus 2 Tree Swallows, near the Swan Lake Blvd. entrance on the s/s of the property. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Today wasn't mean, it was just lean !
A planned early morning trip into Hempstead Lake State Park had to be postponed and instead, I started at the D.E.C.property in Rocky Point. This was my FOY visit to this normally busy venue, but today proved to be just a bit too early in the season. After ~ 1 & 1/2 hours, my total sightings consisted of 4 Black-capped Chickadees, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Mourning Cloak Butterflies and a single, FOY Bumble Bee ! Heading back east, I first routed myself through "downtown" Wading River and found 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (one in each pond). The lighting was such, that I could have obtained good photos, if they only came out in the open...very frustrating ! Next came EPCAL (the Calverton Grasslands) where there was a very much appreciated up-swing in bird species: 1 female Kestrel; 1 singing E.Meadowlark near the long runway and a pair of E.Bluebirds, plus 2 Tree Swallows, near the Swan Lake Blvd. entrance on the s/s of the property. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
