I forgot to mention this, but I did a trip down Dune Road yesterday (From Ponquogue Bridge to the first Bridge in Westhampton) and basically saw nothing. It was very quiet and very drab - though things should turn around shortly, starting with Red-winged black birds.
What I did notice, however, were two ospreys occupying one nest platform, just to the west of the Bridge in Westhampton (in the marshlands). I was surprised to see two, assuming it's a male and a female as usually the females come a bit after the males. For anyone interested in seeing photos of the grey morph and red morph screech owls from Massapequa Preserve - you can see them here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2014/03/nassau-screech-owls.html -- - Luke www.birdsoflongisland.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/ --
