by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Eating Habits One morning at Heckscher Park, I came across a herring gull trying to pick up a dead, two inch baby flounder off the pavement. It must have found it on the sandy beach and waddled it back to the walkway. After a number of attempts, it finally managed to...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Little Birds Due to a shortage of their natural food in the north, large mixed flocks, (Juncos and assorted Sparrows) visited LI last fall, along with those flocks were “Little Birds” these are the small birds such as Redpolls, Siskins, Kinglets, Nuthatches, and Brown...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Remembering Bob Wilson The Great South Bay Audubon Society recently lost a dear friend. Bob Wilson a long-time member of GSBAS, passed away recently in his 83rd year. Bob, together with his lovely wife Edith joined GSBAS in the early 80s, and became involved...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | The Sandpiper
A Funny Birding Story A few years ago I went searching for the Snowy Owl. My son, Peter, was going to Stony Brook/Southampton College and would take Dune Road. He spotted the Snowy way out on a duck blind. So out I went, searching for this beautiful, adult male, and...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Brookside Volunteers We used to call them “tour guides.” That was a bit of a misnomer, as they rarely gave “tours.” We have talked many times about how fortunate we are to have Brookside County Park as our home. Suffolk County is very generous to us. Most other...
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