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Jackie Perazzo
October 1, 2018
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Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifer, long island birding, long island ny, long island parks, new york, Non-Long Island, photography, red-eyed vireo
Hi everyone, welcome back! Today I am posting a different sort of entry. As many of you know I often reference “life-birds” in my articles. Well, today I am posting my Life-list! A life-list, in case you do not know, is…
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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
July 3, 2018
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american robin, bill richards memorial park, blue jay, bridges, cliff swallow, coopers hawk, disapointed, dried up, eastern pheobe, frogs, gray catbird, green frog, hauppauge, killdeer, Life Bird, lifebird, lifer, mallard duck, memorial, memorial park, mud, nesting box, northern cardinal, parking lot, Pond, red-bellied woodpecker, resident parking only, sad, smithtown, stream, Tufted Titmouse, wifelist
Hey guys, welcome back! Unfortunately, this weeks article is very upsetting for me to write. Today after work I decided to run out for a quick birding trip to Bill Richards Memorial park in Hauppauge, NY. I had visited this…
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Jackie Perazzo
June 25, 2018
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american robin, Avalon park and preserve, babies, baltimore oriole, black-crowned night-heron, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, butterflies, canada goose, chipmunk, chipping sparrow, common Grackle, common yellowthroat, domestic mallard, double-crested cormorant, Downy Woodpecker, eastern chipmunk, favorite, field, fledgling, forest, golf course, grass, grassland, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, great egret, grist mill, hiking, house sparrow, house wren, lake, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifer, mallard duck, mute swan, nest, nesting box, northern cardinal, orchard oriole, painted turtles, preserve, red-tailed hawk, red-winged Blackbird, Revisit, rock pigeon, song sparrow, stony brook, stream, trail map, trails, tree swallow, turtle, White-breasted Nuthatch, white-tailed deer, wood duck, woods, yellow warbler
Welcome back, friends. The time has come, I have returned to Avalon Park and Preserve with my husband earlier today and, believe it or not, this second trip was even better than the first!! I’m so excited to tell you…
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Jackie Perazzo
May 30, 2018
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american crow, american redstart, beach, Black-capped Chickadee, black-crowned night-heron, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, bunny, canada goose, chipmunk, common tern, double-crested cormorant, egg chain, eggs, Elizabeth A. Morton, favorite, gray catbird, great egret, great-crested flycatcher, jessups' neck peninsula, knobbed Whelk, Life Bird, lifebird, loop, map, mute swan, National Wildlife Refuge, northern cardinal, ocean, parking fee, parking lot, piping plovers, Pond, prairie warbler, rabbit, rain, red-winged Blackbird, Refuge, Revisit, Sag Harbor, sensitive nesting area, shore, song sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, willet, yellow warbler
Hey everybody, I am so excited to tell you all about one of my best birding experiences ever! This weeks article is about a trip that was so unbelievable I am still having difficulty believing that it actually happened, luckily…
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Jackie Perazzo
May 18, 2018
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blue jay, blue-gray gnatcatcher, blue-winged teal, canada goose, Cedar Waxwing, common Grackle, county park, Deer, Downy Woodpecker, favorite, Gibbs pond, lake ronkonkoma, Life Bird, life list, lifer, lily pads, Lily Pond, mallard duck, mourning dove, nesconset, northern cardinal, palm warbler, parking lot, poison ivy, poison oak, Pond, Revisit, song sparrow, stream, Suffolk County, Ticks, water reeds, wood duck, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler
Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your mothers day! This week I will be talking about my recent trip to one of my favorite Suffolk County birding spots, Lily Pond County Park in Nesconset, NY. Similarly to my feelings…
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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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