Massapequa Preserve and home

 Before taking my son to school I thought I heard a Parula (they have been around my house).  I couldn't find it but did see a Prairie Warbler in front of my neighbor's house.  I'll still include it on my growing yard list.  After dropping my son off at school, I went to the preserve (I'm trying to go in the morning for 15-20 min before work) Saw male and female Baltimore Orioles and a Nashville Warbler.  Later on in the day I saw a swallow sp, swift and Great Blue Heron flyover from my yard.

No Lawrence Warbler for me

 After striking out on the Kentucky Warbler, I figured the continuing Lawrence Warbler at Frank Melville Park was a sure thing.  Nope.  There were some other good birds so I wasn't too upset.  Saw Parulas, Yellow Rumped, Ruby Crowned Kinglets, Nashville Warbler, Black and White, Blue Winged Warbler, Black Throated Green (might be my favorite bird).  Some more notable sightings were Orchard Oriole and a surprise Rusty Blackbird.  

No Kentucky Warbler for me

 I got a call from Snouty that he found a Kentucky Warbler across from Maria Regina at Tackapausha.  I rushed over but we could not refind it.  I was ...not sure what the words are but it doesn't belong on my blog.  "Consolation prize" was my FOS sighting of a female Baltimore Oriole.

Massapequa Preserve

 I went to the preserve by my house before work for about 15-20 minutes.  Not a lot of time, but I'll take what I can get.  I heard and saw a loud White Eyed Vireo by the Pittsburgh Ave entrance and my FOS Catbirds.  Yellow Warblers were everywhere.  When I got home I heard my FOS Baltimore Oriole.  Also seems to be a House Wren continuing by my house.

Massapequa Preserve

 I went to my nearby preserve before work just for the "sake of birding".  I saw a and photgraphed a cooperative Red Winged Blackbird.  Just when I thought the preserve had nothing else to offer, I heard, then tracked down a mystery warbler.  I thought I found something uncommon like an Orange Crowned Warbler but was just a greenish Yellow Warbler.

Red Winged Blackbird

Red Winged Blackbird

Red Winged Blackbird

Yellow Warbler

Great Blue Heron, Massapequa

 I saw a Great Blue Heron at my son's school and didn't think much of it until the next day when anther birder posted a photo of it leaning up against the school fence.  Sadly the bird didn't make it.  Old age? something bad happen to it?  Who knows?

FOS Spring Birds

 Went around for a while, had to work hard for FOS Snowy and Great Egrets, Osprey.  I stopped by Bayard where I saw the returning Yellow Throated Warbler.