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The mission of Four Harbors Audubon Society is to advocate education and conservation efforts for the enjoyment, preservation and restoration of birds, wildlife and habitat in our Long Island communities.
Four Harbors Audubon Society
PO BOX 101
St. James, NY , 11780
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Please join us on our monthly bird walk which is held at the Avalon Nature Preserve in Stony Brook on the second Saturday of each month. We meet in front of the Old Grist Mill next to Stony Brook pond at 8:00am (9:00am, November, December, January, February and March) . The walks usually last 2 to 3 hours. We also have additional walks to other locations. See our Activities page for the current Avalon schedule as well as additional FHAS activities and directions to Avalon Park and Preserve. ========================================================================================
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Upcoming Special events and past walk highlights: (see Activities page for more info) ------------------------------------------------------------------
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On May 19th, there will be an "Invasive Species Pull" at Sunken Meadow State Park. (see activities page fpr details and if you wish to volunteer)
June 2nd - Sweetbriar Fair -
June 9th - 8:00am - Avalon walk
June 9th - 11:00am Setauket mill pond walk
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| Avalon Bird Walk group |
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| Spring has arrived |
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Bird of the Month - Bay-breasted warbler
This warbler passes through in May and summers in northern coniferous forests,feeding at all heights. It searches each leaf and flowers and also "flycatches" in air, eats bettles, flies ,moths, leafhoppers,grasshoppers, cankerworms and sometimes eats berries of Virginia creeper and mulberries. The nest is built on horizontal branch of spruce, hemlock, birch or other tree and even in shrubs. Usually 5-50 ft.above ground. It winters from Central Panama to N. Colombia and W. Venezuela. It rarely is host to cowbirds, only 2 records in July 1951 and June 1952. It has one record of a hybrid - a cross between a Bay-breasted warbler and a blackpoll warbler reported in 1958. Other names for this bird are Autumnal warbler and little chocolate-breast titmouse.
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| Author mdf - via Wikipedia |
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