another hot hot morning

Another hot hot morning. Flushed a loudly protesting Great Blue Heron roosting in one of the dead trees just back of the pond. And, at the top of one of the dead trees, a Northern Flicker was sunning himself, presumably to use the scorching warmth of the rising sun to dry off the fairly heavy morning dew that had covered his wings. His wings were spread out, one after the other, reminding us of why he was once called a Yellow-shafted Flicker!

Ben Cacace posted a report on eBird about Avocets on Red Creek Pond. That must have been the same Avocet crew that we saw at Squires Pond; the two Peconic Bay coastal ponds are only a short distance apart. Unless someone has confused the names.

Speaking of ponds, the Hummingbird is still on or about her nest just back of our unnamed pond. See Eileen Schwinn's picture taken yesterday morning (the bird was also there this morning). Notice the lichen covered branch. When she is not sitting, the tiny lichen-covered cup nest becomes almost invisible.  

Eric Salzman