On Saturday April 17th we went on a birding trip with the Linnaean Society of NY to Hempstead Lake SP, Point Lookout and Nickerson Beach in Nassau County, Long Island. It was a lovely group of people and a lovely day. I enjoyed the new Spring growth. It wasn’t a good bird shooting day for me. A highlight was a black-capped Chickadee collecting nesting material a couple of feet away from me. Another was the Harlequins.
Maple, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Tree, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 New Leaf, Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Painted Turtle (Emydidae Chrysemys picta), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Hempstead Lake SP, LI 4/17/2021 Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyyemalis), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 Brant (Branta bernicla), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 Point Lookout, LI, NY 4/17/2021 Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 Linnaean NY birders, Point Lookout, LI 4/17/2021 Nickerson Beach (location of the Piping Plover sighted), LI 4/17/2021