[nysbirds-l] Calverton Ponds Preserve - Suffolk
Some good birds in a brief amount of time at Calverton Ponds Preserve this morning. Sandy Pond quickly yielded singing WINTER WREN and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. I proceeded to the Block Pond loop where there is a small, elevated sand clearing on the NW side that is good for scoping the pond. Across the way, foraging tight along the west shoreline were 5 WOOD DUCK. I observed them for several minutes in hopes to see some activity in a recently installed nest box. As it turns out, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS seemed to have taken up residence. To my surprise, a hen BLUE-WINGED TEAL appeared from out the dense huckleberry. There were 7 mallard on site but the hen teal preferred to associate with the wood duck. The teal stuck tight to the shoreline and periodically disappeared within the dense shoreline vegetation. Other notables: Turkey Vulture Osprey Hermit Thrush Tree Swallow Pine Warbler Eastern Phoebe Hairy Woodpecker The Spring Azures led me throughout my walk. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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] Calverton Ponds Preserve - Suffolk
Some good birds in a brief amount of time at Calverton Ponds Preserve this morning. Sandy Pond quickly yielded singing WINTER WREN and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. I proceeded to the Block Pond loop where there is a small, elevated sand clearing on the NW side that is good for scoping the pond. Across the way, foraging tight along the west shoreline were 5 WOOD DUCK. I observed them for several minutes in hopes to see some activity in a recently installed nest box. As it turns out, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS seemed to have taken up residence. To my surprise, a hen BLUE-WINGED TEAL appeared from out the dense huckleberry. There were 7 mallard on site but the hen teal preferred to associate with the wood duck. The teal stuck tight to the shoreline and periodically disappeared within the dense shoreline vegetation. Other notables: Turkey Vulture Osprey Hermit Thrush Tree Swallow Pine Warbler Eastern Phoebe Hairy Woodpecker The Spring Azures led me throughout my walk. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
