Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Dark Eyed Junco
By Dianne Taggart DARK-EYED JUNCO What a sweet little bird! Dark-eyed Juncos visit us in the winter and are often called “Snowbirds”; both becaus…
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Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Common Loon
By Dianne Taggart COMMON LOON The haunting call of the loon is known to many who have been to the northern lakes. Many New England gift shops ha…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Northern Harrier
By Dianne Taggart Northern Harrier Image:: You are driving by a field and a large bird catches your attention. It is flying low with long wing…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Merlin
By Dianne Taggart MERLIN John James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson in their respective early days referred to a Merlin as a “pig…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Yellow Billed Cuckoo
By Dianne Taggart YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Cuckoos in general are found world-wide and number approximately 140 species. Here in North America, we fi…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Eastern Bluebird
By Dianne Taggart EASTERN BLUEBIRD A bird that seems to have captured our hearts, the Eastern Bluebird is New York State’s …
Long Island Wildlife Photography Bird of the Week: Eastern Meadowlark
By Dianne Taggart Eastern Meadowlark Even though we have a population that spends the winter with us on LI, the song of the Eastern Meadowl…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Glossy Ibis
By Dianne Taggart Glossy Ibis Glossy Ibis on LI are not that common, although we do see them during migration and some stay with us all sum…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Green Heron
By Dianne Taggart GREEN HERON A fun bird, the Green Heron is also a summer nesting bird on LI. A rather secretive bird, it may fl…
Long Island Wildlife Bird of the Week: Red Bellied Woodpecker
By Dianne Taggart RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER SIZE-9 inches WINGSPAN-13-17 inches One of our local backyard favorites, Red-bellied Woodpeckers …
