Birded the Watch Hill to Davis Park area of Fire Island this Father’s Day weekend. Picked up 35 species, most prevalent - the Barn Swallow. The three typical nesting warbler species - Common Yellow Throat, Yellow, and Redstart. The Watch Hill marsh was abundant in cooperative Willets with some Great and Snowy Egrets, Glossy Ibis, and Greater Yellowlegs. Highlight was a worn Seaside Sparrow singing away out in the open for a good 15 minutes while 1/2 dozen Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrows hopped out of the tall grass around him for brief appearances to see what the fuss was about. In the mammal kingdom, there were frequent sightings of a pair of Red Foxes roaming the western edge of Davis Park. Coincidentally, a large bloom of Foxglove this season.
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