Trees

Trees

Trees recent posts Trees Mar 28, 2023 | The SandpiperI think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. Field Trip to West End Jones Beach Recap Mar 2, 2023 | The Sandpiper, WalksTwenty members and friends joined our club outing on Feb 12. The date was...
Field Trip to West End Jones Beach Recap

Field Trip to West End Jones Beach Recap

Field Trip to West End Jones Beach Recap Twenty members and friends joined our club outing on Feb 12. The date was rescheduled from the near ZERO temperatures the weekend before and we were rewarding with temperatures around 50 degrees! Among the avian highlights were...
Letter to an Enviromental Assassin

Letter to an Enviromental Assassin

Letter to an Enviromental Assassin To the man who rents next door: I have lived in my house in Bay Shore for 39 years. My house is 112 years old and the trees surrounding my neighborhood filled the sky with color and life. From my backyard, I didn’t even know I had...
Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers I’m not much of a book reader, but I will read articles in the newspaper and magazines if they catch my interest. Well, one did! It was an article about woodpeckers in the Bird Watching magazine. As you all know, woodpeckers are always pecking in trees,...
Annie & Audubon

Annie & Audubon

Annie & Audubon Annie McIntyre retired on December 14, 2022, from the New York State Parks Long Island Regional Environmental Office after over 20 years of service. She belonged to the Southshore Audubon and was a supporter of many Audubon projects. She is an...
Feeder Survey NOV/DEC 2022

Feeder Survey NOV/DEC 2022

Feeder Survey NOV/DEC 2022 The Yellow-shafted Flicker, a large member of the woodpecker family is one of my favorite birds and it made January 1, 2023 a great start to my new year when I had a rare (for me) sight of one scarfing down the suet at my feeder. The...