Steve Perazzo
February 16, 2021
Birds
dark-eyed junco, long island birding
Dark-eyed Juncos are year-round residents of our area. You can spot them whenever you’d like if you look hard enough while birding Long Island. However, these little members of the Sparrow family tend to be ever more present in the winter months
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 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
March 7, 2020
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amazing, american robin, animals, apple orchard, apple trees, baltimore oriole, barns, bird calls, birdhouses, Black-capped Chickadee, blue jay, buildings, butterfly garden, canada geese, canada goose, Canadian Goose, cannons, chicken, childrens parks, chipmunk, chipping sparrow, common yellowthroat, decorative, dragonflies, dragonfly, eastern chipmunks, eastern wood-pewee, engaging, european starling, family friendly, farm, farm animals, fauna, favorite, field, flags, flora, fountain, garden, goats, goldfish, grassy field, gray catbird, green frog, Hairy Woodpecker, highly recommended, hiking trail, house sparrow, hoyt farm, hoyt farm nature preserve, information building, information signs, largemouth bass, lawns, Life Bird, life list, lifebird, lifelist, lifer, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, magnolia warbler, mallard, mallard duck, mallard ducks, Mallards, memorial, moths, mud, nature preserve, nesting box, northern cardinal, once is not enough, orchard, owls, painted signs, painted turtle, painted turtles, park employees, park staff, park workers, parking fee, parking for town residents only, parking lot, petting zoo, pig, pine barrons, pirate ship, play places, Pond, puddle, puddles, rabbit, red-eared slider, red-eyed vireo, resident parking only, Revisit, rides, rose-breasted grosbeak, smithtown, staff, staff building, street parking, sunfish, thoughtful, trail, trail map, water, water tower, wildlife, yellow warbler
Welcome back everyone, I am so excited to tell you all about this weeks adventure! Back in late May 2019 Steven and I went on a trip to Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve in Smithtown, NY. We were completely unfamiliar with…
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Jackie Perazzo
February 29, 2020
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american robin, baltimore oriole, blue jay, bridge, chain-link fence, common Grackle, disappointed, gray catbird, harrison pond town park, house sparrow, information signs, kings park, kings park psychiatric center, limited parking, limited trail, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, mute swan, nissequogue river, parking for town residents only, parking lot, picnic table, Pond, raccoon, red-bellied woodpecker, stream, tow away, town park, Tufted Titmouse, very small, woods, yellow warbler
Welcome back, everyone! Today I will be telling you all about a trip I took back in mid-May of 2019 to Harrison Pond Town Park. To be completely honest with you, I am not even completely sure how I heard…
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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
February 15, 2020
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american robin, beach, benches, boardwalk, butterflies, clean, common Grackle, common tern, Deer, double-crested cormorant, dunes, easy walk, empire pass, events, family friendly, fauna, flaura, gray catbird, great black-backed gull, gulls, handicapped accessable, herring gull, history, house finch, house sparrow, iconic, information signs, lighthouse, long island, long island birding, long island hiking, long island ny, long island parks, long island photography, marsh, northern cardinal, northern mockingbird, ocean, parking lot, pay to park, pier, recommend, recommended, red-winged Blackbird, reeds, Revisit, robert moses state park, sand, shorebirds, signs, solo safe, song sparrow, spring, State Park, stream, tick station, Ticks, trail, variety, views, water reeds, white-tailed deer, White-throated Sparrow, year-round
Welcome back, everyone! Today I am going to talk to you all about a trip I took back on April 30, 2019, to a place I’m sure all Long Islanders are very familiar with, Robert Moses State Park! I’m sorry,…
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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
February 2, 2020
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appologies, birding, brain shunt, chiari malformation, CSF build-up, CSF leak, hospital, i missed you, long island birding, sick, sorry, still here, surgery
Hello everyone… I hope there are still a few of you out there reading! I apologize for my very extended disappearance these past few months but sadly the best-laid plans don’t always work out. As I mentioned in my previous…
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