Two Western Kingbirds were seen at Hallock State Park Preserve, in
Laurel, Riverhead area, halfway down the entrance road, actively
foraging and flitting between the tree line and the high fencing, at
about 12:15 today. Not seen again when we returned about one-half hour
later, but possibly sti
My buddy, Dan Galimidi observed and photographed a yellow-billed magpie sitting
on a telephone wire in Great Neck today between 3 and 4 PM. A link to the
photo posted to Facebook is here.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156079055974401&set=gm.281339845836710&type=3
It would be extrem
Well, that's clearly a Yellow-billed Magpie. I'd say the chance of it being a
wild vagrant is about zero. A nonmigratory species, separated by mountains and
thousands of miles, turning up here is extremely unlikely.
JMHO
Kevin
Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Distance Learning in Bir
