Nassau County

Twitching a Pacific Loon in Oyster Bay

February 11, 2019
Corey
Trips
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When a Pacific Loon was found last weekend in Nassau County, by the marina in Oyster Bay, I was indifferent….

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Eating Fiddler Crabs at the Marine Nature Study Area

June 29, 2015
Corey
Birds
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The Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside is one of the premiere places in New York to get great looks…

herons and egrets Marine Nature Study Area Nassau County Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Winter Birding (By Car) at Jones Beach State Park

February 23, 2015
Corey
Trips
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Jones Beach State Park in Nassau County, New York, is a great place to bird at all seasons. In winter,…

Car birding Jones Beach Nassau County winter

Black Guillemot in New York, or, A Nemesis Bird Averted

December 23, 2013
Corey
Trips
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Black Guillemots in New York State have not been kind to me. First of all, one has never just shown…

alcids Black Guillemot Nassau County nemesis bird New York Twitching

A Family Outing at Point Lookout

April 15, 2013
Corey
Trips
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Late Saturday morning our little family had to decide what it was we were going to do. The day, while…

Nassau County Point Lookout shorebirds

Back in New York and Birding Part 2

March 16, 2012
Corey
Trips
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Nassau County, New York, March 2009 After having fully explored the trail around the West Pond at Jamaica Bay, we…

digiscoping Jones Beach Nassau County Point Lookout

Mysteries of the Mitred Parakeets

April 18, 2011
a Guest
Birds
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Seth Ausubel is one of the best birders in Queens, New York, and Corey is ever-so-thankful that Seth does not…

Nassau County parrots Queens

Winter Birds at Jones Beach

November 22, 2010
Corey
Trips
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Though Jones Beach State Park on the south shore of Long Island is rightfully famous for its beaches there is…

Jones Beach Nassau County New York winter finches

Foraging Great Egret

October 08, 2010
Corey
Birds
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On a recent outing across coastal Nassau County on Long Island on a rainy, windy, dreary day, Stella Miller and…

herons and egrets Marine Nature Study Area Nassau County

Juvenile Saltmarsh Sparrow and Juvenile Seaside Sparrow

September 03, 2010
Corey
Birds
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The Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, New York, is, as I have repeatedly stated, a great place to see…

Marine Nature Study Area Nassau County sparrows