Hello all, Fancy I give this a try being new to this region. Haven’t got a go at the surroundings until I settled for a bit, but I am chuffed as nuts with Riverhead. We have the starlings too! I thought for a while I’d be here for a donkeys years without those buggers. They really bring a smile to my face and since that it feels natural I thought I would carry on my novice hobby here in the States. I have the Stokes guide now, and these photos are top drawer! So intrigued to find all of these beautiful birds; I swear I’ve read it twice. The corn crakes sure do stick to the water’s edge I must say; much differently than my observations from back home. As a young lad we would chase them off our trolleys until they flushed. I also saw my first heron at the state park! My new birds of recent in the skirts of Riverhead have been: Yellow warbler (Brilliant red streaks about the chest in a wooded area behind Spicy’s Barbeque) Grey Catbird (what a blast this one’s vocalization is) Herring gull (many of them eating in a parking lot at Wal-Mart) Common yellow throat (in some thickets around East End Arts) And a few others I can’t remember, but I will re-post when I do. I’m taking a mickey with every new discovery. I mastered the birds from back home and it just got boring, but to see them here warms my cockles. Back home is about the time the corn crake’s are hatching young and it has always been a rite of Summer for me. Is Long Island great for corn crake breeding? Having only seen one mixing about for just a bit I’d like to spend the holiday weekend corn crake watching. If I could get a peek at them with their young I’d be about on top of the earth. Traveling to Ithaca after this mini-vacation to re-settle and finish school; so any help would be great! Cheers! --
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