Long Island, NY report for June 6, 2008
I went to New York to attend the Belmont Stakes hoping to see Big Brown sweep the Triple Crown. No such luck. But I did have a very good day of birding on Friday.
I hit four different places on Long Island. Connetquot River State Park, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Heckscher State Park, and Jones Beach. All but Jones Beach produced a life bird. Life birds bolded.
Connetquot River State Park: Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Canada Geese, American Robin, European Starlings, Common Grackle, Barn Swallow, Grey Catbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, Eastern Towhee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Osprey, Northern Mockingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Field Sparrow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Red-winged Blackbird, Baltimore Oriole, Mallards, Eastern Pewee (heard), Pine Siskin (heard), Red-bellied Woodpecker, Common Yellow-throat, Red-eyed Vireo, Veery (heard), Eastern Phoebe, Tufted Titmouse, Black-crowned Night Heron, Mute Swan, Yellow Warbler (heard), Eastern Kingbird, House Finch. ~ Unfortunately I only heard the Pine Siskins, and the Veery as they both would have been life birds. Also on a unfortunate note I only got a glimpse of the Red-bellied Woodpecker so no photo :(
Bayard Cutting Arboretum: Northern Flicker "Yellow Shafted", Fish Crow, Ring-billed Gull, Great Egret.
Hecksher State Park: Great Black-backed Gull, Osprey, Herring Gull, Red-tailed Hawk.
Jones Beach: Glossy Ibis, Sanderlings.
All in all a good day, seven new life birds added.
Attached photo of the Great Black-backed Gulls.
I'll put the Yellow Shafted Flicker in my gallery.
Attachment(s): Greater Black-backed Gulls Heckscher State Park - New York, June'08.jpg