After lunch with another couple at J & R's in Calverton on Tuesday, I drove through the "Grasslands" to primarily (HO HO) acquaint our visitors with this huge track of land, and secondly (HO HO) to check for raptors while we were there, with none being seen !
Returning toward home on River Rd., just e/o the end of the long runway, 2 "Tom" Turkeys had started to walk across the road but feeling threatened, decided to go airborne, giving us quite a thrill ! While all 4 of us had seen W. Turkeys before, the other 3 had never seen them fly. Seeing "B 52's" lift off and fly isn't observed too often on L.I. A pair of Red-tailed Hawks and a N. Harrier (Gray Ghost) were also seen along Route 25 in Calverton. Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
