Queens and L.I. Bird Alert

Gone for months & now they’re back. Spotted at Jones Beach this weekend. At least 2 dozen Flickers, a couple of Phoebes, a Great Egret, a Kestrel and hundreds of Tree Swallows. @BirdQueens

More from Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. @BirdQueens #birdcpp 1. Male red-winged blackbird 2. Eastern phoebe

Early spring @nycbirdalliance birding tour, led by Tod Winston and Don Riepe in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 1. Yellow-rumped warbler 2. Osprey 3. American oystercatcher 4. Snow geese

Wonderful Wild Turkeys! 🦃 #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

Long billed dowitcher, boat tailed grackle and laughing gull at Jamaica bay this morning @BirdQueens @wildnewyorkshow @BirdCentralPark

These Mallards can’t believe how loud the Spring Peepers are! 🦆😂 #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

Northern Harrier fighting the wind. #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

Sanderlings and oystercatchers took over the beach this morning! Along with 100s of Tree Swallows and at least 6 plovers @BirdQueens @JamaicaBayGuard @wildnewyorkshow @FujifilmX_US @CornellBirds

American Oystercatchers just hanging out… #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

Accessible birding with @AhraMiku23688 in the Queens Botanical Garden today. The adult red-tailed hawk caught a rock pigeon. @BirdQueens #birdcpp

Accessible birding with @AhraMiku23688 in the Queens Botanical Garden today. 1. Eastern phoebe 2. Male red-winged blackbird @BirdQueens #birdcpp

Accessible birding with @AhraMiku23688 in the Queens Botanical Garden today. 1. Adult red-tailed hawk 2. Merlin (Perched right outside of Queens Botanical Garden) @BirdQueens #birdcpp

Red-winged Blackbird letting me know spring is on the way. Hopefully soon! 🥶 #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

Long-tailed duck on a blustery day. At Breezy Point you could see, hear, and feel the 20 mph wind .  #brooklynbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026  #birdcpp  @birdbrklyn

Double-crested Cormorant looking for lunch. 👀 #BirdADay #ABirdingLifeForMe #NNB #NeverNotBirding #Nature #Birding #BirdingLife #BirdsBirdsBirds #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter

@GauglerLarry Congratulations!

@BirdQueens They're back! Breezy Point Tip today: Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Osprey and Tree Swallow

American Oystercatcher "CJ" back at Fort Tilden Beach in Queens.

The Piping Plover season has begun on the Rockaway Peninsula.

Four Piping Plovers seen at Silver Gull Beach & Breezy Point now. Brisk conditions.