May 17

I finally got to see this Black-crowned Night Heron. I’m fairly certain that I have disturbed it roosting in a tree at the end of the Long Thicket but I never got a good look. Today out at the Overlook panne, there he was feeding and he generously posed for a portrait.  The first part of my walk was dreary. The rain had only recently stopped and there wasn’t much activity. The Ospreys are still on the platform but Rosie’s Pond was empty and so was the thicket. Long Thicket out to the Overlook was very, very quiet except for the redwings and catbirds. As I left the Overlook, I flushed what was either a woodcock or a snipe and then I was treated to a dramatic overflight by one of the Osprey who was chasing off another intruding Osprey. The Boardwalk panne had five Snowy Egrets, a few Mallards and a flock of 40 Brant. The Brant are surprising me because I expected them to be long gone by now but they are still hanging around. I got a glimpse of a Great Cormorant in the creek and a Bobolink was on the mound in the park.  No Orioles today but it was a nice walk for an overcast dreary day.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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