Webby's Beach
Center Moriches, NY
June 12, 2014
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Herring Gulls |
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| Snowy Egret |
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Great Egret
Great Egret
East Setauket, NY
May 14, 2014
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| Great Egret fishing in a fishless pond. What is it looking for? Tadpoles? |
Learn about the Great Egret.
Tagged Ring-billed Gull
Tagged Gull in Moriches Bay
Center Moriches, NY, Long Island
February 20, 2014
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| Found this Ring-billed Gull with wing tags but they seemed to be awkward for the bird and they were also unreadable on the ground or in flight. I am assuming the Gull has been trying to preen them off. The other larger Gull with the Ring-billed Gull is an immature Herring Gull. |
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
Scaups & Buffleheads in Moriches Bay
Scaups & Buffleheads in Moriches Bay
Center Moriches, NY, Long Island
January 29, 2014
Greater Scaup and Bufflehead are often found together in the ocean and bay and are Sea Ducks or Diving Ducks. They dive under the water to feed. They migrate along the coast in winter and pass through our area heading south in winter and north in spring.
More on the Bufflehead and Greater Scaup from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Kaler's Pond Feeder Station
Kaler's Pond Nature Center Feeder Station
Center Moriches, NY
November 11, 2013
Brown Creeper
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| First time seeing the Brown Creeper near the feeder station. Although it did not go to the feeders it was looking for insects under the tree bark around the feeders. |
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| Learn more about the Brown Creeper from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
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| Learn more about the Yellow-rumped Warbler from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. |
Cedar Waxwing
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| Cedar Waxwings come every Fall and eat the crab apples from the tree. |
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| Learn more about the Cedar Waxwing from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. |
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