The birds of midsummer are now regulars: Royal Tern, Northern Waterthrush, Belted Kingfisher, Least Sandpiper. There are two Green Herons around and they seem to be both adults; no evidence of young ones yet. At least two Waterthrushes, one at the pond, the other at the head of the marsh (Northern Waterthrush is a migrant that does not breed on Long Island but appears here every year in midsummer).
There are young Red-bellied Woodpeckers around, one with some red on the nape, another with none (male & female juveniles?). Large numbers of young Red-winged Blackbirds -- dozens if not hundreds -- were all over the edges of the marsh yesterday; today there were none at all.
Eric Salzman
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