I visited EPCAL this afternoon and saw a lot of birds eating. A red-tailed hawk was flushed with a snake and was quickly and briefly harassed by an American Kestrel. An Eastern Kingbird was hawking insects, a Baltimore Oriole (at the south entrance) was chased out of some trees by grackles with what appeared to be a caterpillar and Eastern Bluebirds were busy trying to find food in the tall grasses. Photos of of some of the birds including the hawk can be seen here; http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-birds-for-me-epcal.html
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