Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Great Egret

Great Egret, Artist Lake, Middle Island, NY June 11, 2013

Great Egret with Canadian Goose
Great Egret has black legs and  feet
Great Egret 35" - 41"



Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds: The Great Egret: Life History, ID, Sound and Video

Previous images of the Great Egret from this Blog.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Winter Birds on LI

Winter Birds
 Long Island, NY

White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Downy Woodpecker female

Black-capped Chickadee

House Sparrow female

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ring-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull




Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Winter Visitors To Bird Feeder

Dark-eyed Junco







 Song Sparrow





 White-throated Sparrow








Kaler's Pond Audubon Center Feeder Station

January 9, 2013

Dark-eyed Junco (These birds are winter visitors)

Mourning Dove (They are ground feeders and live here all year round)
Song Sparrow (Usually feed on the ground. Has a brown spot on its chest)

Red-bellied Woodpecker - male (As the name implies, this large woodpecker has a red patch on its belly.

Water Fowl and Seals

Westhampton Beach, NY
January 9, 2013

Herring Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

Herring Gull

Red-breasted Merganser and Harbor Seal


Red-breasted Merganser


Red-breasted Merganser

Birds at Kaler's Pond 11-6-12


American Robin (winter Robins visit from up north)

Blue Jay

Downy Woodpecker - female

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal - male

Ring-billed Gull - juvenile that got into trouble!