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NORTH SHORE AUDUBON SOCIETY
SERVING
THE WESTERN NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND, N.Y.
Our mission is: to promote, protect and preserve
the environment and the birds that inhabit it through education,
advocacy and leadership.
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F I E L D N O T E S
Abbreviations for common locations:
CC=Captain's Cove, CIB=Centre Island Beach, CITP=Centre Island Town
Park, DP=Dosoris Pond, FFS Flora & Fauna Survey FPM=Fox Point
Marsh,
GPP=Garvies Point Preserve, HC=Hoffman Center, HH=Hempstead Harbor,
LB=Lattingtown Beach, MNC=Mill Neck Creek, MPB=Morgan’s Park
Beach,
MP= Muttontown Preserve, MPP=Massapequa Park Preserve, PB=Pryibil
Beach, PFA=Planting Fields Arboretum, PRCC=Piping Rock Country Club,
RB=Ransom Beach, SB=Stehli Beach, SJM=St. Josaphat's Monestary,
SPP=Sands Point Preserve, SSP=Shu Swamp Preserve, WP=Welwyn Preserve,
fr.= first of season, + = many, F.=female, M.=male,
A.=adult, imm.=immature, J.=juvenile, Co.=Common E.=Eastern,
No.=Northern, Am.=American
Date |
Birds |
Location |
Observer |
Albertson |
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6/10 |
Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, House Wren, Am. Robin,
Gray Catbird, No. Mockingbird, Cedar Waxwings, Song Sparrow,
No. Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Co. Grackle, Am. Goldfinch |
Clark Botanic Gardens |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
Bayville |
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5/17 |
M. & F. Com. Yellowthroats |
yard |
Lindy Nielsen |
5/21 |
2 Co. Loons |
SB |
Jim Madden |
5/30 |
Piping Plover (in nesting area cage) |
SB, Center Island Beach |
Jim Madden |
6/5 |
Yellow Warbler |
yard |
Jim Madden |
6/12 |
2 E. Kingbirds, Warbling Vireo |
Fox Point |
Jim Madden |
6/12 |
3 Carolina Wrens, (family) |
yard |
Lindy Nielsen |
6/18, 6/19 |
2 E. Kingbirds at nest, (top of Pine tree) |
Fox Point |
Jim Madden |
6/19 |
2 A. + 3 young Piping Plovers |
SB |
Jim Madden |
6/30 |
2 A. Piping Plovers |
SB |
Jim Madden |
7/7 |
Flock of 26 Barn Swallows |
SB |
Jim and Mickey Madden |
7/25 |
Am. Robin with 4 young |
yard |
Lindy Nielsen |
8/1+ |
M. & F. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds |
yard feeder |
Jim Madden |
Brookville |
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6/20 |
Turkey Vulture |
Chicken Valley Road |
Barbara Conolly |
East Norwich |
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5/23 |
Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, No. Flicker, White & Red-eyed Vireos,
Blue Jay, Am. Crow, Tree & Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee,
Tufted Titmouse, House Wren, Wood Thrush, Am. Robin, Gray Catbird,
Brown Thrasher, Blue-winged & Yellow Warbler, Am. Redstart,
E. Towhee, Song Sparrow, No. Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged
Blackbird, Co. Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, No. Cardinal, Am.
Goldfinch |
MP Equestrian Center |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
Glen Cove |
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5/27 |
2 Am Robin fletchlings |
yard |
Ralph Cioffi |
5/27 |
Blackpoll Warbler, vocalizing |
yard |
Mary Normandia |
5/31 |
6 Chimney Swifts |
yard |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/1 |
Baltimore Oriole (nest near museum building) |
GPP |
John Carbone |
6/7 |
A. M. Am. Robin feeding fledgling |
yard |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/13 |
A. M. Baltimore Oriole at nearby nest |
GPP Parking Lot 's Sycamore tree |
Veronica Natale |
6/27 |
8 Laughing Gulls, 2 Co. Terns |
MPB |
Ralph Cioffi |
7/8 |
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night-Haron,
Osprey, Herring Gull, Co. Tern, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift,
E. Kingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, No. Flicker, Great Crested
Flycatcher, Red-eyed vireo, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Bank &
Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch,
Carolina & House Wren, Veery, Am. Robin, Gray Catbird, No.
Mockingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Co. Yellowthroat,
Chipping & Song Sparrow, No. Cardinal, Brown-headed Cowbird,
Baltimore Oriole, Am. Goldfinch |
WP |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
7/28 |
Co. Nighthawk, fr., |
yard |
Ralph Cioffi |
Lattingtown |
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5/21 |
5 Yellow Warblers on territory |
East Beach Drive |
Ralph Cioffi |
5/22 |
2 Scarlet Tanagers |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
5/27 |
Great Horned Owl (in flight), E.Kingbird, Chipping Sparrow,
2 Am. Lady butterflies courting |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
5/28 |
Great Horned Owl flying over garden, 2 Co. Terns perched |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
5/29 |
2 Turkey Vultures, Co. Tern, Red-bellied Woodpecker |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/10 |
E. Kingbird |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/14 |
3 White-breasted Nuthatches (one parent, 2 young) |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/15, 6/16 |
M. Summer Tanager |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
6/19 |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
SJM |
Telo Choma |
7/1 |
Osprey, E. Wood Pewee, E. Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher,
Summer Tanager |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi, Mary Normandia |
7/5 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
7/29 |
25+ Co. Terns |
SJM |
Ralph Cioffi |
Locust Valley |
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5/30 |
Osprey, imm. Great Blue Heron, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Am.
Robin, Gray Catbird, Yellow Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird, Co.
Grackle, Chipping & Song Sparrow, Am. Goldfinch |
Bailey Arboretum |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
6/11 |
2 House Wrens, in hanging gourd, second nesting |
yard |
Helen & Bob McClure |
Mill Neck |
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5/7 |
E. Kingbird |
yard |
Barbara Conolly |
5/22 |
Osprey egg hatch, parents attentive |
Beaver Lake |
Barbara Conolly |
5/24 |
Am. Redstart |
SSP |
Jim Madden |
5/30 |
Mute Swan family, (7 sygnets), Osprey, Blue Jay, Black-capped
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Am. Robin, Gray Catbird, No. Mockingbird,
Yellow Warbler, No. Cardinal, Com. Grackle, (2 Muskrats) |
Upper Francis Pond |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
6/3 |
Purple Martin flyover, fr. |
SSP |
Rich Kellly |
6/4 |
Willow Flycatcher, Shu Swamp |
SSP |
Barbara Conolly |
6/15 |
2 nestng E. Kingbirds |
yard |
Barbara Conolly |
6/20 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
feeder on porch |
Barbara Conolly |
7/8 |
Mute Swan sygnet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Yellow Warblers,
Co. Yellowthroat, 2 pair House Wrens' 3d nesting |
yard |
Barbara Conolly |
7/14 |
osprey, young fletched |
Beaver Lake |
Barbara Conolly
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Muttontown |
5/20 |
Canada Geese with goslings, Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk,
Herring Gull, Turkey Vulture, Chimney Swifts, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, No. Flicker, E. Wood-Peewe. fr., Willow Flycatcher,
E. Kingbird, White-eyed & Warbling Vireo, Blue Jay, Am.
Crow, Tree & Barn Swallows, Tufted Titmouse, Veery, Am.
Robin, Gray Catbird, No. Mockingbird, Yellow & Blackpoll
Warbler, Am. Redstart, Ovenbird, Co. Yellowthroat, E. Towhee,
Chipping Sparrow, No. Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, fr., Red-winged
Blackbird, Com. Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Am. Goldfinch
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Hoffman Center |
Barbara Garriel |
Oyster Bay |
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7/5 |
2 E. Towhees, 4 Baltimore Orioles (family) |
PFA |
Jim & Mickey Madden |
Port Washington/
Sands Point |
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late Jun/July |
Co. Tern (6 nesting pairs, 2 chicks) |
Work raft of Manorhaven Park |
Jennifer Wilson-Pines |
late Jun/July |
12 Cedar Waxwings, (post breeding) |
yard |
Jennifer Wilson-Pines |
July to Aug |
Double-crested Cormorant (5 nesting pairs) |
Morgan Park Dock |
Jennifer Wilson-Pines |
7/5 |
Piping Plover (4 eggs hatched, fledgling seen) |
Prospect Point |
Peggy Maslow |
8/2 |
Piping Plover (4 fledglings from 4 eggs) |
Half Moon Beach |
Peggy Maslow |
8/9 |
Green Heron, fr. |
Prospect Point, creek area |
Peggy Maslow |
Roslyn |
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5/27 |
Canada Goose + goslings, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, No. Flicker,
Red-bellied Woodpecker, E. Wood-Pewee, Barn Swallow, Chimney
Swift, Am. Crow, Co. Raven, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren (breeding,
carrying food), Gray Catbird, No. Mockingbird, Am. Robin, Cedar
Waxwings, fr., Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird,
Orchard & Baltimore Oriole, No. Cardinal, Co.Grackle,Chipping
& Song Sparrow |
Nassau County Fine Arts Museum |
Joyce Bryk, Ralph Matragrano, NSAS walk |
7/1 |
Co. Raven, calling |
Roslyn Water Tower |
Mary Normandia |
SIGHTINGS
OUTSIDE NSAS TERRITORY
South Shore |
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7/1 |
Canada Goose, Mallard, Double-crested Cormorant, Great
& Snowy Egret Black-crowned &Yellow-crowned
Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Osprey, Peragrine Falcon (at
nest box), Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull,
Mourning Dove, Co., Foster's & Least Tern, Mourning
Dove, Tree & Barn Swallows, Black-backed Chickadee,
Am. Robin, Gray Catbird, Song Sparrow, No. Cardinal,
Red-winged Blackbird, Am. Goldfinch |
Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside |
Lindy Nielsen, NSAS walk |
8/5 |
Canada Geese, Am. Black Ducks, Mallards, Great Blue
Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Laughing Gulls, 3
Green-winged Teal, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swifts, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, E. Wood Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher,
E. Kingbird, Blue Jay, Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Am. Robins, Gray Catbird, No.
Mockingbird, Cedar Waxwings, Yellow & Black-and-white
Warblers, Am. Redstart, No. Waterthrushes, No. Cardinals,
Red-winged Blackbirds, Co. Grackles, Am. Goldfinch |
Hempstead Lake State Park |
Joyce Bryk, NSAS walk |
Suffolk County |
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7/8 |
Osprey, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied
& Downy Woodpeckers, No. Flicker, Warbling Vireo,
Blue Jay, Tree & Barn Swallows, Black-capped Chickadee,
Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren,
E. Bluebird, Am. Robin, Gray Catbird, No. Mockingbird,
Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, |
near mansion, Caumsett State Park |
Virginia Dankel |
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LOCAL BIRDING HOTSPOTS
These are the best birding spots within easy
reach of our members:
* Alley Pond Park - excellent during spring migration
* Caumsett State Park - access to Long Island sound
* Forest Park - excellent during spring migration
* Garvies Point Preserve - good during fall migration
* Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - excellent all year long
* Jones Beach - Atlantic Ocean view; great all year
* Muttontown Preserve - best May and June
* Shu Swamp - unique area; best in spring
* Stehli & Ransom Beach - view of Long Island Sound; productive
in winter
* Stillwell Woods - open habitat; best in June
* Welwyn Preserve - view of Long Island Sound; best in spring
* Sands Point Preserve - scenic preserve at the LI Sound shore
To learn how to reach these birding spots, go to the SITEFINDER
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