I visited EPCAL on my way home and was disappointed in the lack of birds. A little walking turned up the following: Brown Thrasher, Kestrels, Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Kingbird, Prairie Warbler (heard), Turkey and some Barn Swallows.
As I continued home to Flanders, I stopped at the small canoe launch / fishing area located across the street from Snowflake Ice Cream on Main St. in Riverhead (also known as the road leading to the LIPA substation). I was there no more than a minute when an Osprey flew from the eastern portion of the river (which was wells screened) with a freshly caught fish (I believe a herring). It saw me and made a U-turn and headed back toward the east. Fortunately I had my camera in hand. Other birds seen and photographed in this spot were: Yellow-rumped Warblers (they were plentiful), Baltimore Orioles (all males), Yellow Warbler, Grey Catbird, Great Egret, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Eastern Kingbird and a Pine Warbler was seen but not photographed. For photos check out this blog post: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/05/birds-along-peconic-river.html -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com www.wildlongisland.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
