Massapequa Preserve: North end to South end

I searched the Preserve for 12 hours from Southern State Parkway to Merrick Road and continued south to the bay finding 59 species.  Red Winged Blackbirds, Robins and Common Grackles were found throughout the Preserve. On the pond by Brady Park was the continuing Red Necked Grebe, an Osprey catching a fish, a Muscovy and a few interesting looking domestic Mallards. There seemed to be a high concentration of woodpeckers on the North end of the preserve by Linden Street.  Massapequa Lake had an impressive number and variety of ducks (both Scaups, Ring Necked Duck, Shoveler, Mallards, Black Ducks, Hooded Merganser, Green Winged Teal, American Wigeon, Ruddy Ducks, a Red Breatsed Merganser, and a Double-Crested Comorant.)

Other highlights were a Hermit Thrush, Brown Headed Cowbirds, the red and grey morph Screech Owls and Horned Grebes on the bay.  I didn't find my target birds Rusty Blackbirds, and was surprised that I didn't see many hawks.  Besides the Osprey, I saw an unidentified falcon type and another that looked like a white hawk but didn't get a great look.  Some other birder asked me if I saw the Snipe which I hadn't but moments later, along with Mike and Michelle, 2 wonderful fellow birders, we found a Wilson's Snipe right around sunset.  Signs of Spring were Skunk Cabbage and Spring Peepers.

Wilson's Snipe

American Wigeon

Woodpecker

Red Breasted Merganser

Duck mix

Horned Grebe

Starling

Cardinal

Muscovy

Hermit Thrush

1st Winter Ring Billed Gull

Eastern Screech Owl (grey morph)

Eastern Screech Owl (red morph)

Brown Headed Cowbird

Green Winged Teal

Mallard (domestic)

Mallard (domestic, hybrid?)

Red Winged Blackbird

Osprey with trout?

Red Necked Grebe

Pied Billed Grebe

I searched the Preserve for 12 hours from Southern State
Parkway to Merrick Road and continued south to the bay finding 59 species.
Red Winged Blackbirds, Robins and Common Grackles were found throughout the
Preserve.
On the pond by Brady Park was the continuing Red Necked Grebe, an Osprey
catching a fish, a Muscovy and a few interesting looking domestic
Mallards. There seemed to be a high concentration of woodpeckers on the
North end of the preserve by Linden Street. Massapequa Lake had an
impressive number and variety of ducks and a Double-Crested Comorant.
Other highlights were a Hermit Thrush, Brown Headed Cowbirds, the red and
grey morph Screech Owls and Horned Grebes on the bay.
Signs of Spring were Skunk Cabbage and Spring Peepers.
Along with Mike and Michelle, 2 wonderful fellow birders, we found a
Wilson's Snipe right around sunset. - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=651241&MLID=NY01&MLNM=New%20York#sthash.YKWQF34P.dpuf