Birding

A Corn Crake in New York State!

November 8, 2017 by Donna 8 Comments
No one expected a Corn Crake. But, then, no one expected a Common Greenshanks in New Jersey. And, the message on the NYSbirds listserv...
Trips

Big Day on Long Island: The Seatuck Birding Challenge

September 11, 2017 by Corey 5 Comments
“I think I just heard a chickadee.” “Stop the car! This spot might be good.” *Doors open and shut. Birders spread out* “Titmouse! I...
Birds

Tough Love on the Beach

July 9, 2017 by Donna 6 Comments
In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later in the summer, Black Skimmers. Nickerson...
abandoned staircase in the woods at Muttontown Preserve
Birding

Birding Gatsby Country

June 10, 2016 by Carrie No Comments
Long Island is a land of many stereotypes, yet “forests full of mysterious ruins” is not really one of them. But when you can’t...
Plants

Birds Threatened by Asiatic Sand Sedge Invasion on Long Island

July 20, 2014 by a Guest No Comments
Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. He kindly...
Trips

Birding in the Snow at Shinnecock Inlet

December 16, 2013 by Corey 2 Comments
Out east on Long Island you can find what is arguably the most productive inlet in coastal New York in terms of birding.* The...
Trips

A February Montauk Run

February 4, 2013 by Corey 7 Comments
I am a groundhog. That is, I was born on the oddest of holidays, Groundhog Day, which means that this weekend is my birthday...
Trips

Tufted Duck at Huntington Harbor, New York

December 18, 2012 by Corey 3 Comments
After a Tufted Duck was reported yesterday on Long Island I did some figuring and realized that I could go find the bird this...
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