Monday, July 12, 2010 - Saugerties Lighthouse A short walk this morning at low tide produced an unusual cluster of 15 Great Blue Herons in the cove on the south side of the creek opposite the lighthouse; the usual Bald Eagle; and an Osprey. The Veeries and Willow Flycatchers which had been present the past two months have either left or are just too quiet to notice. The DC Cormorants appear to have successfully nested again on the channel marker north of the lighthouse. Marsh Wrens are singing again after being quiet - or gone - for a few weeks. No shorebirds or terns noticed yet but I keep hoping.
Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 15 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Ring-billed Gull 3 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 2 Marsh Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Robin 2 Catbird 4 Cedar Waxwing 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Redstart 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 6 Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Goldfinch 1 Frank Murphy South Saugerties, NY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
