Jackie Perazzo
June 5, 2020
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american robin, backyard birding, barn swallow, bird feeder, bird feeders, bird house, birdbath, blue jay, cdc, colored pencil, common Grackle, covid, drawing, european starling, garden, happy birding!, home, house sparrow, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, nature study, northern cardinal, overcrowding, pandemic, Pond, prismacolor, quarentine, rioting, social distancing, studies, White-throated Sparrow, wild turkey, wood duck
Hey everyone, my anxiety has been growing as the weeks keep passing without me posting a new article. Sadly my recovery is forever rockier and SLOWER than I had ever imagined it would be. That, plus COVID precautions, parks being…
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Jackie Perazzo
March 29, 2020
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alaska, alaska nature and wildlife expedition, alaskan salmon bake, american crow, american dipper, american robin, arctic tern, bald eagle, barn swallow, bear, belted kingfisher, bird photography, birding, black-legged kittiwake, boat tour, bonaparts gull, brown bear, bus, canada, canada geese, canada goose, Canadian Goose, chilkoot lake, chilkoot river, common merganser, common murre, common raven, crew, cruise, dark-eyed junco, dead horse trail, double-crested cormorant, european starling, excursions, family, fish weir, folk music, glacier, glacier bay national park, glaucous-winged gull, goats, great blue heron, guard island, guard island lighthouse, guillemot, happy birding!, harbor seal, hiking, hiking trail, hiking trails, historic, horned puffin, house sparrow, juneau, juneau alaska, ketchikan, ketchikan alaska, klondike highway, klondike summit, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifelist, lifer, lighthouse, lighthouse totems and eagles boat tour, marbled murrelet, medical concerns, mendenhall glacier, mew gull, moore bridge, mother-in-law, mountain goat, mountains, muskeg, national park, Non-Long Island, old brackett wagon road, otter, pacific loon, photography, pigeon guillemot, pine siskin, pitchfork falls, port, princess cruises, puffin, red-throated loon, river otter, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, salmon, salmon creek, seal, seal watch, seals, short hike, skagway, sled dogs, song sparrow, spawning, special entry, spotted sandpiper, st. elias range, staff, stay healthy, summer, surf scoter, swainsons thrush, temperate rainforest, totem bright state park, tour, tourguide, tufted puffin, vacation, vallenar rocks wildlife viewing area, wagner mine, water, waterfall, whale watching, whales, white pass scenic railway, white pass summit, white-winged scoter, wildlife, woods, yellow-rumped warbler
Welcome back, everyone! Today I will be telling you all about some birding I did a little bit outside of Long Island… ok, pretty far outside Long Island! I know this blog is primarily about the joy of exploring and…
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Jackie Perazzo
March 21, 2020
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american redstart, american robin, arthur bensen, austin corbin, barn swallow, bat, bathrooms, benches, big reed pond, boardwalk, bugs, butterflies, cabins, camelback, cattle, cattle ranch, coronavirus, county park, deep hollow ranch, deet, docks, duck blind, eastern kingbird, eastern towhee, free parking, grass, grassy field, gray catbird, Hairy Woodpecker, happy birding!, hiking, hiking trail, hiking trails, historic, hither hills state park, horses, hot, lawn, lawns, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifelist, limited parking, LIRR, little brown bat, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, long island rail road, loop trail, map, montauk, montauk county park, montauk point, montauk point lighthouse, museum, mute swan, national natural landmark, nature center, nature trail, nest box, nesting box, northern mockingbird, off limits, osprey, park map, park staff, parking, parking lot, picnic table, Pond, recommend, recommended, red-eyed vireo, red-winged Blackbird, renovations, repel, rest-rooms, song sparrow, stay healthy, stream, summer, sunny, sunscreen, theodore roosevelt county park, third house, tick repellant, Ticks, trail, trail map, trail maps, trail markers, trails, tree swallow, trees, turkey vulture, viewing area, virus, water, wikipedia, wildflowers, yellow warbler
Hey guys, welcome back! Today’s article is going to be about a trip Steven and I took back in June 2019. My family had organized a family reunion out on a beach in Montauk, and you know I can’t go…
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Jackie Perazzo
March 14, 2020
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american crow, american robin, animals, apple orchard, barn animals, barn swallow, blue jay, bugs, bullfrogs, butterfly garden, canada geese, canada goose, Canadian Goose, Cedar Waxwing, chipmunk, chipping sparrow, doe, eastern chipmunk, eastern cottontail, eastern towhee, european starling, farm, farm animals, favorite, field, field guide, flora, flowering trees, fountain, frog, frogs, goats, grass, grassland, grassy field, gray catbird, green frog, happy birding!, highly recommended, house sparrow, house wren, hoyt farm nature preserve, hummingbird garden, indigo bunting, lawn, lawns, limited parking, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, loop, loop trail, mallard, mallard duck, mallard ducks, Mallards, mother-in-law, mud, nature preserve, nest, nesting box, northern cardinal, orchard, painted signs, painted turtle, painted turtles, parking, parking fee, parking for town residents only, parking lot, part 2, part II, pay to park, petting zoo, Pond, ponds, recommend, recommended, red-bellied woodpecker, red-eared slider, refrences, resident parking only, Revisit, smithtown, street parking, sunfish, trail, trail map, trail maps, trails, Tufted Titmouse, turtle, turtles, water, white-tailed deer, yellow warbler
Hello again and welcome back everyone! As promised todays article will be the Part II to the Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve in Smithtown, NY. Steven and I were so in love with this park that we decided to return the…
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Jackie Perazzo
February 22, 2020
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american black duck, american goldfinch, american robin, atlantic brant, barn swallow, bathrooms, beach, beautiful, benches, black-and-white warbler, blue jay, brant, breathtaking, brown thrasher, buildings, canada geese, canada goose, Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, chipmunk, chipping sparrow, common Grackle, crabapple trees, daffodils, dandelions, eastern chipmunk, equestrian center, european starling, favorite, flowering trees, flowers, garden, gray catbird, highly recommended, hill, historic, horses, house sparrow, jetty, lawns, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifer, lloyd harbor, lloyd harbor equestrian center, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, long island sound, mansion, marshall field estate, mute swan, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, northern waterthrush, ocean, old, osprey, ovenbird, painted turtle, painted turtles, park staff, parking, parking fee, parking lot, paved trail, pay to park, Pond, preserve, rain, rainy, recommend, recommended, red-bellied woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, savannah sparrow, State Park, statues, Ticks, trees, variety, veery, White-throated Sparrow, woods
Welcome back, everyone. I truly am so excited to tell you all about a trip I took back in early May of 2019 to Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve. This was Steven and my first time visiting this park and…
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Jackie Perazzo
March 31, 2019
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audobon society, baltimore oriole, barn swallow, belted kingfisher, bird count, blue jay, canada goose, common Grackle, common nighthawk, community, community activities, community involvement, conscience bay, count, double-crested cormorant, dragonfly, dusk, east setauket, european starling, evening, fall, four harbors audobon society, frank melville memorial park, great egret, largemouth bass, late summer, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifer, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, mallard duck, Mallards, post office, red-eared slider, red-tailed hawk, setauket mil pond
Hey Guys! So, again, I know this article is very very late but please forgive me. I wanted to take this weeks post to tell you about a trip I took back in late September. I had heard of a…
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Jackie Perazzo
September 21, 2018
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american goldfinch, american robin, bald eagle, barn swallow, beach, birding, black bear, black-and-white warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, blue-headed vireo, camping, chipping sparrow, conservation, Downy Woodpecker, eastern american toad, eastern chipmunk, eastern pheobe, family, fishing, gray catbird, great blue heron, hiking, hiking trails, lake, Life Bird, lifebird, mallard duck, Mallards, mourning dove, Non-Long Island, northern flicker, northern leopard frog, pennsylvania, pileated woodpecker, pine warbler, promised land state park, recommend, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, red-spotted newt, State Park, stream, toad, trails, Tufted Titmouse, vacation, White-breasted Nuthatch, white-tailed deer, wood duck, yellow-bellied sapsucker
Welcome back, everyone! As I mentioned in a previous post, there will be a few special entries coming up over the course of this summer/fall. Recently, my husband and I went on a vacation to central Maine, which I was…
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Jackie Perazzo
September 14, 2018
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afternoon, american goldfinch, barn swallow, bay, beautiful, birding, black walnut, blue jay, bridges, camera, canada goose, carp, conscience bay, double-crested cormorant, east setauket, favorite, fishermen, fishing, frank melville memorial park, frog, gray catbird, great blue heron, great egret, green frog, green heron, grist mill, gristmil, house sparrow, Life Bird, lifebird, long island birding, long island hiking, long island parks, loop, loop trail, main st, mallard duck, Mallards, marsh, memorial park, mil pond, milfoil, mute swan, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, osprey, parking lot, photography, Pond, pond st, post office, rabbit, rain, red-eared slider, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, saltmarsh, setauket mil pond, snapping turtle, song sparrow, storm, street parking, sunfish, town park, trails, weather, weeds, wood duck
Hello everyone, welcome back! This weeks article is about a park very close to my heart, Frank Melville Memorial Park and Setauket Mil pond. The park is nestled quietly in a residential area of East Setauket right beside a small…
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Jackie Perazzo
September 10, 2018
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american goldfinch, american robin, austin bog, bald eagle, baltimore oriole, barn swallow, beaver, belgrade, belgrade lakes, belted kingfisher, birding, black-and-white warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, blad eagle, block island, boats, bog, brown creeper, Cedar Waxwing, chipping sparrow, common Grackle, common loon, common merganser, common yellowthroat, Downy Woodpecker, eastern kingbird, eastern pheobe, family, farm, fishing, gray catbird, great blue heron, great horned owl, great pond, Hairy Woodpecker, herring gull, hiking, lake, least flycatcher, lifebird, lincolns sparrow, litchfield, long island birding, long island hiking, long island parks, loon call, lyme, Maine, Mallards, monmouth, mourning dove, Non-Long Island, northern waterthrush, osprey, out-of-state, Parks, pickerel rush, pied-billed grebe, porcupine, promised land state park, red squirrel, red-winged Blackbird, rome, ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-throated hummingbird, scarlet tanager, song sparrow, stoney end farm, swamp sparrow, Ticks, tradition, vacation, veery, warbling vireo, White-breasted Nuthatch, white-tailed deer, White-throated Sparrow, wood duck, woodbury sanctuary, yellow warbler
Hi everyone, as I have promised I am writing today about my recent trip to Belgrade Lakes, ME. I know this blog typically focuses on Long Island Birding but let’s face it, a vacation is always nice! Maine is a…
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Jackie Perazzo
August 31, 2018
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barn swallow, bay, black-crowned night-heron, blue jay, deer flies, fort salonga, gray catbird, Hairy Woodpecker, hidden, makamah nature preserve, mallard duck, marsh, mosquitoes, mourning dove, nature preserve, nesting box, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, ocean, parking lot, Pond, preserve, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, saltmarsh, summer, trail map, trail markers, views, wheather, White-breasted Nuthatch, white-tailed deer
Hi everyone, Sorry, I know I have been MIA for a little while but sometimes life just gets in the way. After my last article, my husband and I left for a two-week vacation to central Maine (article to come)…
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