The first-summer Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was back on the pond this morning (at least I think it was the same bird) along with a pair of Willets, two (male) Mallards and a Great Egret. Pretty full house.
I didn't hear or see the Yellow Warbler but there were at least two Common Yellowthroats -- one in its usual spot near the head of the marsh but the other one in the hurricane brush near the mouth of the pond.
In the mammal category were half a dozen Deer, a startled Muskrat and, for the first time this year, a Cottontail Rabbit. The question is are these Eastern Cottontails or New England Cottontails? My guess is that the Eastern Cottontail has replaced the New England Cottontail on Eastern LI within the past century or so.
Eric Salzman
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