Given that a couple of people responded to last night's post, asking me about
the enigma of westward flights of birds in spring on Long Island, I thought I'd
share this with the list. It's not an exaggeration to say that this very
question changed my life!
I came to Long Island in April 1996 as
Hi Shai: Bearberry does that to a lot of birds.
One of the carpeting plants in the 50,000 acre LI pine barrens preserve.
John
> On March 27, 2020 at 5:43 PM Shaibal Mitra wrote:
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> Bob's and Sarah's report clearly indicates a good flight overnight. Patricia
> Lindsay and I were
Bob's and Sarah's report clearly indicates a good flight overnight. Patricia
Lindsay and I were fortunate to be able to observe some of this flight further
east on the barrier beach of southwestern Suffolk County. Particularly abundant
here were Slate-colored Juncos, Song Sparrows, Golden-crowne
