Another 'fall' day in June: brilliant sunshine with little or no wind early on and then a rising wind throughout the morning. Brilliant male Wood Duck (to go with the brilliant sunshine) sitting on the pond. One or two Tree Swallows flying with the Purple Martins over the marsh. Marauding crows everywhere looking for eggs and nestlings to feed THEIR nestlings; then squadrons of Red-winged Blackbirds (and other birds) rising up to chase them off.
Here are three photos by Eileen Schwinn taken yesterday:
1) Willet 'on guard' at the top of the dead Red Cedar by the pond
2) emerging flower of the Big-leaf (a.k.a. 'Jurassic Park') Magnolia
3) not the Spicebush Swallowtail that we saw but a gorgeous Black Swallowtail that she photographed later in the day
Eric Salzman
P.O. Box 775 (14 Randall Lane)
East Quogue NY 11942
631 653-5236
es@ericsalzman.com
www.ericsalzman.com
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