At the Hempstead Plains there was an osprey fishing the recharge basin next to the plains, it caught a goldfish and flew to a nearby light post to feed. I was looking at some Eastern Phoebes, and a nice looking American Kestrel caught my eye. He then proceeded to fly out of view. Other birds included red-winged blackbirds, grackles, a couple of tagged Canada geese, and three green-winged teals in the basin.
At Massapequa Park there were a good number of ospreys and great blue herons flying overhead the Pittsburgh pond. In the pond there was 1 northern shoveler and 3 ruddy ducks that I spotted. Eastern Phoebes seemed to be everywhere you turned feeding on the abundant insects around. Lots of garbage at both parks :\ -- 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/ --
