This afternoon I spent some time at the headwaters of the Forge River - there's a beautiful hiking trail on the south side which is accessible from the sunrise highway service road - though there's no true place to "park" (the opposite side of the river is private property).
The start of the river had 2 or 3 pairs of wood duck which were particularly skittish. B&W Warblers, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, a chipping sparrow, black-capped chickadees, several species of woodpecker and eastern towees. Photos of the B&W warbler and chipping sparrow can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-migrants.html -- - Luke Ormand, East Patchogue www.birdsoflongisland.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/[email protected]/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/ --
