Summer Insects at East Arverne in Far Rockaway

American Sand Wasp. Cellphone pic Kenelma Perez

Leader Rusty Harold

Rusty Harold's I naturalist checklist

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=elharo&verifiable=any

Bird list ( pending)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S361297903


Donna's bird list

Osprey

Killdeer

Fledgling Piping Plovers ,photo Rusty Harold

Piping Plover

American Oystercatcher

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Least Tern

Common Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Willow Flycatcher

Crow (sp)

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

American Robin

European Starling

Northern Mockingbird

Grey Catbird

Yellow Warbler

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

Wildflower checklist 

Silver spotted skipper photo Rusty Harold

Spiderwort species ( Virginian or Ohio )

Yucca

Pasture rose 

Milkweed

Chicory

Red clover

Alfalfa

Ditch Lily 

Butterfly weed

Japanese honeysuckle

Common mullein

False Sunflower

St Johns Wort

Autumn hawkbit

Hedge bindweed

Rabbits foot clover

Queen Anne's lace

Ditch Lily

Deptford Pink

Yarrow 

Black eyed Susan

Prickly Pear

Purple Coneflower

Reference for images

https://www.wildflower.org/plants-main

"Woods are filled with the music of birds, and all nature is laughing under the glorious influence of Summer"

. ~Charles Lanman, "The Dying Year," 1840










   

Beach Nesters of Nickerson Beach (Lido Beach, Long Island) June 13

Leader Tom Stephenson 

Hi everyone (and Peter),

It was a  beautiful weather and a great group today at Nickerson, with some really nice finds.

Highlights for me included the walk-away views of a close Roseate Tern, the (Common?  with longer snout than Atlantic Bottlenose?) Dolphins that were putting on a great show, the plethora of Saltmarsh Sparrows, and the fairly friendly Marsh Wren.

Here's the list of the 44 species I remember. Let us know what I may have missed.

And thanks to Barbara for doing the eBird list.

See you all again in the field.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Gadwall

Osprey

Clapper Rail

Piping Plover

Willet

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Roseate Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Black Skimmer

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Eastern Kingbird

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Marsh Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

House Finch

House Sparrow

Barbara S. Ebird checklists with photos

Here are the bird lists:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S356998019

https://ebird.org/checklist/S356998541

https://ebird.org/checklist/S356998876 

"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats










   

Exploring a Littoral Natural Oasis: Breeders and Shorebirds of Plumb Beach June 6th

Ibises flyover , top bird is a rare White faced Ibis.Photo by Barbara Schelkle

Leader Peter Dorosh

https://ebird.org/checklist/S353998295

(Thanks to HY Kim collaborating with Barbara compiling the list)

Hilights White faced Ibis with Glossy Ibises flyover, Hudsonian Whimbrels, White Rumped Sandpiper, Killdeer with chicks ( running on beach)

Adam Subels photo gallery

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SOcAFRvel8t5ERpdCl9LWeKYnrYqatNq

Remains of a spiny or smooth dogfish shark

"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats