A return to Hunters Garden with Eileen Schwinn and ELIAS (Eastern LI Audubon Society). This mid-May day started out like a day in autumn with clear skies and fairly strong winds which made for some difficult birding. Nevertheless, in addition to the usual suspects (mostly breeding birds), there were some good warblers including Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Magnolia, Parula, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue and Blackpoll. These along with Black-and-white, Pine, Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird made a total of 11 warblers. New arrivals included two flycatchers -- Great Crested and Eastern Pewee, both local breeders -- and singing Hermit Thrush, heard in a nearby woodland on the drive in. As usual, the local Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles and (less flashy but persistently singing) Red-eyed Vireos nearly stole the show.
Afterwards, Eileen and I made stops at the Peconic River and EPCAL (ex-Grumman) in pursuit of some additions to the day list. Although we missed our target birds, mostly grassland species, we did find a few new ones including singing Brown Thrasher, Spotted Sandpiper (on the river bank) as well as two new warblers, Yellow and Prairie, making a total of 13 for the day.
Eric Salzman
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