A cool overcast morning with north to northeast breezes. Not conducive to movement but rather to stasis. In other words, things were about the same as yesterday: a Lesser Yellowlegs on the pond in the middle of the marsh, an invisible Clapper Rail clapping away, various distant terns out on the bay, Eastern Kingbird and Eastern Phoebe trying to find their insect dinners. The most visible and audible species was the Baltimore Oriole, several male members of which are chiming away as they circulate through their newly established territories. Also both Yellowthroat and Yellow Warblers continue to sing around the head of the marsh.
Just two 'new' observations. A pair of Ospreys were active on and around the nest opposite us at the tip of Pine Neck (they are probably sitting on eggs or brooding hatchlings since only one bird leaves the nest at a time). And several Barn Swallows were hawking insects over the marsh; for some reason, I did not see this species on any previous morning since we got here on May 4th.
Oh, and Chimney Swifts flying over Riverhead in the afternoon (FOS).
Eric Salzman
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