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Jackie Perazzo
March 29, 2020
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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
February 8, 2020
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american robin, anglers, bethpage state park, blue jay, bridge, canada geese, canada goose, carp, chipping sparrow, crappies, creek, cyclists, dogs, double-crested cormorant, ducks, eggs, fishermen, fishing, flowers, free parking, giant killer ants, great blue heron, great egret, house sparrow, information signs, joggers, lake, largemouth bass, LIRR, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, mallard, Mallards, massapequa, massapequa creek, massapequa reservoir, massapequa train station, mourning dove, mute swan, nest, northern cardinal, parking, parking lot, pga tour, Pond, rainbow trout, recommend, recommended, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, ruby-crowned kinglet, signs, snapping turtle, song sparrow, spring, stream, trail map, trails, turtles, water, yellow-rumped warbler
Welcome back, everyone! I have a great park to tell you all about this week, my recent trip to the Massapequa Reservoir located directly off of Sunrise Highway and just east of the Massapequa Train Station. It was a gorgeous…
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Jackie Perazzo
June 2, 2019
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american robin, boardwalk, canada geese, canada goose, common Grackle, coopers hawk, county park, fishing pier, gadwall, great blue heron, Hairy Woodpecker, handicapped accessable, Lakeland county park, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, mallard, northern flicker, parking lot, Pond, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, ring-necked duck, song sparrow, spring, surgery, whatbird.com, White-throated Sparrow
Welcome back, everyone! Today I want to talk to you about a trip I took in late March back to Lakeland County Park. Since I have already done an entry on this park I am not going to go into…
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Jackie Perazzo
May 5, 2019
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american black duck, american robin, black gum tree, black tupelo trail, black tupelo tree, blue jay, blue-clawed crab, carmans river, complex headquarters, dark-eyed junco, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, hooded mergansers, indian landing, information signs, 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, mallard ducks, Mallards, merlin, mourning dove, northern harrier, red-bellied woodpecker, Revisit, River, shirley, shore, trail, trail maps, us fish and wildlife services, viewing area, wertheim national wildlife preserve, wertheim national wildlife refuge, white-tailed deer, woods
Welcome back, everyone! I’m trying my best to get back up to speed on some backlogged articles that have built up on me. This one today is going to be about a trip I took at the end of September…
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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
April 15, 2018
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american robin, beach, Black-capped Chickadee, brown creeper, county park, Dog park, dogs, fall, field, field guide, gadwall, Gardiner County Park, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, grass, great blue heron, great south bay, green-winged teal, injury, Life Bird, Mallards, mute swan, northern cardinal, northern harrier, Northern Shoveler, panic, Pond, quicksand, raptor, reeds, sand, stream, swamp, trails, tree swallow, Tufted Titmouse, wetland, White-throated Sparrow, wood duck, yellow-rumped warbler
Hello again! Let me start off by saying that this will surely be one of my most memorable adventures to tell you about, and I’m sure you will find it to be for different reasons then you may be guessing. …
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Jackie Perazzo
April 11, 2018
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american black duck, american robin, Babylon, Belmont Lake, belmont lake state park, boy scouts, canada geese, canada goose, Carll's River, common Grackle, dogs, Downy Woodpecker, eagle scouts, european starling, fishermen, gadwall, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, great blue heron, green-winged teal, hooded mergansers, horses, joggers, Life Bird, life list, Mallards, mute swan, recommend, red-bellied woodpecker, Revisit, ring-necked duck, Rusty Blackbird, Southards Pond, spring, State Park, tennis court, trail, waterfowl, White-throated Sparrow, winter
Hello again! This past week I decided to head out on my own to explore Southards Pond and the Carll’s River system in Babylon, NY. I will be completely honest with you, I have visited Southards pond many many times…
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Jackie Perazzo
February 18, 2018
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american coot, american crow, american robin, Belmont Lake, Black-capped Chickadee, canada goose, common merganser, Downy Woodpecker, european starling, great blue heron, Hairy Woodpecker, Hermit Thrush, life list, mallard ducks, mourning dove, mute swan, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, ruddy duck, State Park, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow
Hello everyone! This weeks park review is going to be slightly different. This past weekend we had some pretty incredible rain and sadly I was not able to get out as I had planned. Instead, every day this week after…
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