As a follow-up to Glens' post, on Saturday I had not less than three Willow Flycatchers singing on what I assumed was territory at Meadowbrook Preserve. This preserve is adjacent to the Marriot Hotel and Nassau Coliseum. This preserve is a remnant tract of the Hempstead Plains and although is severely over run by non native invasive species, it still has small portions of native prairie grasses and wildflowers. The only water nearby is the "Meadowbrook" although more often than not it is dry. This appeared to be habitat that was not what one consider prime for Willow Flycatcher. Still is it was a pleasant surprise to encounter so many. Another pleasanrt surprise was that I also had four Ring-necked Pheasant, a species that is all but gone from central Suffolk and point further east..
For Lepidopterists... I also encountered a beautiful female Polyphemus moth laying eggs. Best.. Bob McGrath -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Quinn <[email protected]> To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jun 3, 2012 8:49 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Water challenged Willow Flycatchers I'm used to seeing (or hearing) Willow Flycatchers in the general vicinity of salt marshes. This weekend, my son had soccer games in Levittown and Dix Hills. Both locations are far removed from any salt marsh habitat or any water at all for that matter, but both locations seemed to have some kind of recharge basin with singing Willow Flycatchers. Levittown location: 40.716017, -73.525575 Dix Hills Location: 40.788844,-73.390474 The Levittiown field appears as MacLaren Stadium on Google maps (they'be got some nerve calling this hole in the ground a stadium). The Dix Hills field appear as Half Hollow Park on Google maps (it's also called HBC Soccer Park). Anyway, I thought some people might be interested and was wondering how many recharge basins on Long Island might have this bird as a breeder. Glenn Quinn Hauppauge, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
