Tag Archives: woodcock

The Music of the Night

Posted on February 17, 2018 by timhealz

Nocturnal birding is an experience quite unlike typical daylight outings. Without the benefit of clear vision to locate and identify targets, it is often necessary to step outside one’s comfort zone and rely on auditory cues or brief, dimly-lit views. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged animals, binoculars, bird, birding, brookhaven, camera, centerport, earth, ecology, environment, flock, great horned, life, Long Island, nassau, NATURE, ornithology, owl, owling, patchogue, peent, photography, research, saw-whet, school, science, scope, screech-owl, sky dance, spring, stillwell woods, suffolk, USA, WILDLIFE, winter, woodbury, woodcock | Leave a comment

Count Me In!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by timhealz

The annual Christmas Bird Counts rank highly among my most anticipated events of the Yuletide season. There are two specific counts that I try to do every year: Southern Nassau and Montauk. These survey circles represent my local patches and … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged animals, Audubon, bird, birding, Bunting, cbc, christmas bird count, city, dove, duck, earth, ecology, eider, environment, gull, Jones Beach, learning, life, Long Island, lynbrook, Manhattan, montauk, nassau, NATURE, New York, owl, photography, rail, raven, research, school, science, seawatch, Snow, snowy owl, suffolk, swallow, USA, WILDLIFE, winter, woodcock, wren, yellowthroat | 1 Comment

The Nighthawk Cometh

Posted on May 29, 2017 by timhealz

I like to keep tabs on my many friends scattered about the planet. A number of my scientist buddies from college lead interesting lives full of research and adventure, so I get to live vicariously through their stories even when … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged animals, basking ridge, beaver, binoculars, bird, birding, camera, Cornell, crayfish, dam, earth, environment, flycatcher, frog, gecko, great swamp, grosbeak, kingbird, life, lily pad, Long Island, lord stirling park, may, morris, NATURE, new jersey, New York, nighthawk, nightjar, oriole, owl, phoebe, photography, raptor trust, rare, rba, research, science, scope, snake, somerset, sparrow, spring, tanager, USA, vinegaroon, warbler, waxwing, WILDLIFE, woodcock, wren | 2 Comments

1-2-3 Break!

Posted on February 28, 2017 by timhealz

Wednesday was overcast and gray, but mostly dry and pleasantly warm. I set out early in the morning to check in on a few unusual birds that had been sighted nearby. My first stop was Oak Beach, one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged animals, beach, binoculars, biology, bird, bittern, bluebird, duck, earth, ebird, ecology, eider, environment, forest, goldeneye, great horned owl, grebe, harlequin, hendrickson, Jones Beach, lake, learning, Long Island, loon, marsh, merganser, mole, nassau, NATURE, New York, oak beach, OCEAN, owl, photography, queens, Raccoon, razorbill, research, saw-whet, scaup, scope, snowy owl, sparrow, spring, swan, tobay, weather, WILDLIFE, winter, woodcock, woods | 3 Comments

February Fun

Posted on February 22, 2017 by timhealz

In the wake of our upstate adventure, Brent and I decided to check out some of the interesting birds which had been reported towards the eastern end of Long Island. We met up at a parking lot just east of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged animals, binoculars, bird, birding, black-headed, bonaparte's, cackling, camera, Canada, connetquot, crane, ditch plains, dune road, earth, eider, flock, goose, greater white-fronted, grebe, guillemot, gull, heron, life, little gull, Long Island, loon, meadowlark, merganser, montauk, nassau, NATURE, nemesis, nemesis bird, New York, night-heron, OCEAN, owl, photography, pink-footed goose, razorbill, research, sandpiper, saw-whet, science, scope, scoter, sea, seal, shinnecock, sky, southampton, stillwell woods, suffolk, sun, USA, valley stream, wainscott, WILDLIFE, winter, woodcock, woodpecker | 6 Comments

Migration Madness

Posted on May 17, 2016 by timhealz

May is a busy time of year. The end of the school year is approaching quickly, which impacts the moods of students and teachers alike. As a student and a teacher, I feel double the anticipation and tension. Excitement in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, animal, bat, biology, bird, birding, blackbird, central park, conservation, cuckoo, duck, ecology, EDUCATION, egret, flycatcher, frog, grosbeak, hempstead, heron, hummingbird, Long Island, lynbrook, madison square park, Manhattan, migration, nassau, NATURE, New York, owl, parula, peeper, photography, queens, Raccoon, ramble, redstart, research, sandpiper, science, snapping turtle, spring, thrush, turtle, vireo, warbler, waterthrush, waxwing, WILDLIFE, woodcock | 3 Comments

Wonderful Woodcocks

Posted on March 14, 2016 by timhealz

There are plenty of strange names in the bird world. Some are familiar even to non-birders, such as boobies and sapsuckers. The list continues to include snicker-inducing titles like Dickcissel and Kakapo, to say nothing of the genuinely bizarre names … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged adventure, aldo leopold, animals, arnot teaching and research forest, Audubon, beent, biology, birding, BIRDS, bog-sucker, booby, bryant park, conservation, cornell plantations, dickcissel, ecology, EDUCATION, eent, forest, go-away-bird, kakapo, labrador twister, Manhattan, micro-park, montauk point, mudsnipe, NATURE, New York, new york public library, nyc, peent, sapsucker, science, shorebird, timberdoodle, tit-babbler, WILDLIFE, woodcock | 3 Comments

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