Presidents Message 2025

Hello my little birding friends! Happy New Year! I hope it’s a good one. There’s so many bad things going on in the world I hope it all changes. Watching the birds helps put your mind in a different and good place. Ma’s still been around, hanging out with his mallard friends. When it’s mating time he’s pretty much alone and I feel bad for him. I wish they would have left his white mate in the canal. It’s getting colder and the birds have been coming to my feeders for suit and seed. Many different ones which is nice. The great blue heron still flies in too. We’ll be having our bird walks in the end of summer again. We’ll be having events in the spring and summer for adults and children at Brookside County Park so check your emails. Also our monthly meetings at Seatuck with interesting speakers. They come on the third Thursday of the month at 7pm at Seatuck Environmental Center on Bay Ave. in Islip.

Our bird walk to Montauk Point produced a lot of winter ducks. Quite a few people came. There was no wind like it has been and was nice. Pictures of those ducks are in this newsletter. Thanks to our leader John Gluth, all who went, and for your photos. Keep feeding the birds this winter as they need it for energy to keep warm. Try to give them water too. You can buy bird baths that keep the water thawed! Wild Birds Unlimited has them. Or you can pour boiled water in them to thaw them out. I’ve still been seeing a lot of garbage on our highways and roads. Please put a bag in your car for it and tell your kids to do the same. It’s disgusting and has to stop. There’s no more “do not litter” signs up anymore and needs to be.

We have a new editor for the newsletter. Her name is Jeanne Halton. I would like to thank Suzanne Wittenberg for all her years of being the editor. Well enjoy the birds and ducks this winter and try to stay warm!! Watch where you put your space heaters!!!