Saturday, June 13, 2026

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



"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats