April 16, 2011: Long Island Birding and Queens Hall of Science

We started out birding at the Oceanside Nature Center in Oceanside, NY - before the Noreaster is due to arrive later today...

Great Egret

Lesser Yellowlegs

At Jones Beach State Park

American Crow

Northern Gannet

Northern Mockingbird in Long Beach, NY

High Gas prices in NYC!

New York Hall of Science in Queens

Blossoms in Queens

Sign on the Van Wyck

April 15, 2011: Birding Long Island (Jamaica Bay and Jones Beach)

We started out the morning at Jamaica Bay NWR near JFK

Song Sparrow

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Tree Swallow on his nest

a raft of ducks, mostly Scaup

Double Crested Cormorant

American Kestrel

Lots of shots of Glossy Ibis today (a first time photographing of this species)

We also got some nice shots of flying Brant

Greater Scaup

Above and Below: Flying Osprey

Little Blue Heron

lots of Ruddy Ducks

Forster's Tern

Great Egret

Above and Below: Views of the Manhattan Skyline from Jamaica Bay

Jones Beach State Park

Northern Flicker

Above and Below: Common Loon

Sanderlings

Northern Mockingbird

Below: Brants at Jones Beach

Below: American Osytercatchers on the beach

A few Long Island Road Signs