[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker still at Muttontown Preserve

2014-04-12 Thread John Gluth
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER that wintered at Muttontown Preserve was still 
present today, seen well for 10 minutes or so by 4 fellow birders and myself, 
~100 yards down the trail that heads southeast from the visitors center. Its 
head still had some retained brown juvenile feathers, mostly around the eyes, 
but molt has rendered it predominantly red now.

Earlier our group had birded Shu Swamp Preserve and Roosevelt Memorial Park on 
Oyster Bay. At the former, highlights were a very confiding WILSON'S SNIPE, ~14 
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (heard only), ~12 Palm Warblers, 2 
Pine Warblers, 1 Hermit Thrush, and an AMERICAN BITTERN briefly glimpsed by one 
member of our party as it flew away from the pond near the railroad tracks at 
the preserve's north end. At nearby Roosevelt Park we found two of the four 
recently seen RED-NECKED GREBES, both out on Oyster Bay ~200 yards from the 
base of the closed pier, and a pair of Northern Rough-winged Swallows that 
repeatedly flew under the boardwalk pilings, perhaps investigating a potential 
nest site.

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[nysbirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker still at Muttontown Preserve

2014-04-12 Thread John Gluth
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER that wintered at Muttontown Preserve was still 
present today, seen well for 10 minutes or so by 4 fellow birders and myself, 
~100 yards down the trail that heads southeast from the visitors center. Its 
head still had some retained brown juvenile feathers, mostly around the eyes, 
but molt has rendered it predominantly red now.

Earlier our group had birded Shu Swamp Preserve and Roosevelt Memorial Park on 
Oyster Bay. At the former, highlights were a very confiding WILSON'S SNIPE, ~14 
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (heard only), ~12 Palm Warblers, 2 
Pine Warblers, 1 Hermit Thrush, and an AMERICAN BITTERN briefly glimpsed by one 
member of our party as it flew away from the pond near the railroad tracks at 
the preserve's north end. At nearby Roosevelt Park we found two of the four 
recently seen RED-NECKED GREBES, both out on Oyster Bay ~200 yards from the 
base of the closed pier, and a pair of Northern Rough-winged Swallows that 
repeatedly flew under the boardwalk pilings, perhaps investigating a potential 
nest site.

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