Birders eye company for LI's bald eagles
On the weekly eagle-watching outing, Audubon Society volunteers have been tracking three bald eagles, probably two adults and one eaglet, at Hempstead Lake State Park in Hempstead. Credit: Uli Seit
The following birds were sighted in Hempstead Lake Park Thursday by the South Shore Audubon Society:
Total number of birds: 255
Total number of species: 32
Shown in order of sightings during the survey Thursday morning.
Canada Goose: 13
Mute Swan: 2
American Black Duck: 12
Mallard: 78
Green-winged Teal: 2
Hooded Merganser: 3
Ruddy Duck: 28
Great Blue Heron: 1
Bald Eagle: 1
American Coot: 1
Mourning Dove: 4
Great Horned Owl: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1
Downy Woodpecker: 5
Blue Jay: 5
Black-capped Chickadee: 5
Tufted Titmouse: 4
White-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Brown Creeper: 2
Carolina Wren: 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 3
American Robin: 15
Northern Mockingbird: 1
Eastern Towhee: 1
Fox Sparrow: 3
Song Sparrow: 4
White-throated Sparrow: 5
Northern Cardinal: 4
Rusty Blackbird: 10
House Sparrow: 31
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