Hi Everyone, Sorry for the late report - I was at Massapequa Preserve yesterday from 4:30-7:30pm, walked from Sunrise Highway North to about Jerusalem Ave. Catbirds...everywhere. Besides that, there were about 8 Common Terns at the lake by Brady Park...usually the preserve will have one or two on each lake during the summer. Also by Brady Park, a Warbling Vireo was defending it's nest from anything that got near...mostly Red Winged Blackbirds and Grackles. There's a resident mix of domestic ducks on the lake if anyone wants to see something "whimsical" - one red-brown Muscovy and some domesic Mallards/ possible hybrids.
The rest of the preserve was uneventful except the west path...heard a singing Wood Thrush (self explanatory), saw a Great Crested Flycatcher and a small Flycatcher which I'm still trying to positively ID...right now I believe it was a Yellow Bellied. Only warbler I saw were Yellow, which are numerous at the preserve. Note: mosquitoes were awful on the smaller paths - might consider bug repellent if you go. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.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/ --
