by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Featured, The Sandpiper
First Record of Roseate Spoonbill on Long Island The Roseate Spoonbill is a medium sized pale pink wading bird with a distinctive long, flat spoon-shaped bill and is rare in any area north of Florida and the Gulf coast. But on the morning of July 25th, 2021 two...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Bird Feeder Survey, The Sandpiper
Summer Feeder Survey The old adage “Spring has Sprung” is so true, one day it’s winter and the next day blossoms are “springing” up from the ground and blanketing trees, and birds are “springing” into their mating songs. This is the last survey report for this...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Building Birdfeeders Building Birdfeeders by Jody Banaszak Since COVID-19 began last year everyone seems to be picking up new hobbies to pass the spare time. If you love nature and you also love arts and crafts , we have just the hobby for you! Maybe you always...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | The Sandpiper
President’s Message – Summer 2021 Hello my little birding friends!! Hope you are all well and are enjoying watching the birds. My little birds can’t wait for me to fill the feeders. They don’t even wait until I’m done before they fly over! The mallards, now...
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...
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