Long Island

Nickerson and Jones

2022-07-032022-06-30Sherry Felix4 Comments

After Nickerson Beach we drove to Jones Beach. I only saw one Piping plover at Nickerson. And no Skimmer chicks yet.

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Nickerson Beach 6/24/2022

Nickerson Oystercatchers

2022-07-022022-06-30Sherry Felix17 Comments

Second post from our trip to Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY. They are so cute when they run.

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Nickerson Beach 6/24/2022

Nickerson Terns

2022-07-012022-06-30Sherry Felix9 Comments

We went to Nickerson Beach on a one of the barrier Islands of Long Island, New York last week to see the nesting shore birds. This post is of the terns and their chicks. More to follow…

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Nickerson Beach 6/24/2022

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

2022-05-252022-05-24Sherry Felix6 Comments

On a cold and windy day. The number of barn swallows whizzing around was staggering.

Barn Swallows

Captree

2022-01-232022-01-22Sherry Felix13 Comments

One photograph from an unsuccessful outing to look for birds and owls at Jones Beach up to Captree State Park on Long Island, New York.

Long Island 2011

2021-12-20Sherry Felix2 Comments

A couple of images from 2011 reprocessed.

Brant (Branta bernicla), Loing Island 12/18/2011

Shinnecock

2021-12-182021-12-17Sherry Felix11 Comments

There is a Native American reservation out at the end of Long Island, New York in Suffolk County. We passed by the controversial billboard tribe put up for profit State Seeks to Stop Work on Second Shinnecock Billboard | The East Hampton Star. We went to Southampton Cemetery to buy grave plots for our green burials. It a good idea to plan ahead. I filled out the book “I’m Dead. So Now What” (catchy tile) so our next of kin or will know what to do when the time comes. Now that is done I can forget about it.

After a lovely seafood lunch at the Canal Cafe (thecanalcafe.com) we went to look for snowy owls. The caretaker, Eric, is a birder too and told us about the owls. I spotted 2 way off in the dunes. There was a women trespassing onto the dunes. Very bad behavior. After that I spotted another one a little closer to us on the crest of a dune along Shore Road.

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), Suffolk County, NY 12/16/2021

Cold Spring and Cove Neck

2021-12-102021-12-07Sherry Felix12 Comments

Cold Spring Harbor, Nassau County, Long Island, NY About The Village | Cold Spring, NY was the start of a lovely day. We ate lunch at a lovely restaurant, the Harbor Mist, by Oyster Bay inlet on the Long Island Sound. There is a little park there dedicated to Billy Joel. Cold Spring Harbor was the name of Billy Joel’s first album in November 1, 1971.

Next we drove to Cove Neck on the opposite shore to see Sagamore Hill. Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. There is lots of history and pictures at the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, NPS site. I installed The NPS App – Digital (U.S. National Park Service) app and watched VR tours of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.