Had another visit from the turkey-lurkeys yesterday afternoon, this time passing right outside my porch window: three fresh hens and a dozen-and-a-half even fresher turkeylets (but already noticeably grown from the other day).
The rail is still kek-ing away somewhere near the pond; I'm really beginning to wonder if he doesn't have a family hidden somewhere in the marsh. He's been around and calling for at least six weeks (close to two months now). Surely a lone male looking for love would have given up long before now.
Tide is still low in the morning with the usual visitors: both night herons (Block-crowned and Yellow-crowned), an unidentified young night heron in first year plumage and a pair if Eastern Willets. The night herons all take off when I approach the pond but the Willets simply fly up to the top of the dead Red Cedar opposite and, after securing a precarious perch, wait for me to leave so they can continue to forage in the pond without my overlooking them..
The Red-eyed Vireo reappeared, evidenced by his signature Q&A song.
A few more Chanterelles and a few boletus-type mushrooms (the latter not yet specifically identified but definitely edible and tasty).
Here's a repeat of my message of the other day. I'm doing another official walk in the Vineyard Field in back of the South Fork Natural History Museum (SOFO) tommorow, Sunday, July 2nd. We'll meet at 8 am directly in back of SOFO and do a circuit around the field, listening and looking for birds. As many of you know, I'm a composer and do a lot of my Birding By Ear which is, in fact, the name of the program/walk. If you plan to come, please contact SOFO by phone (631-537-9735) or by e-mail (sofo@hamptons.com). If you want a little more information, go to the SOFO web site and check the calendar of events.
Hope to see you there!
Eric Salzman
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