Jamaica Bay - 15th & 17th June

A couple of visits to Jamaica Bay this week looking for a White-faced Ibis hat has been frequenting the south end of the East Pond. No luck, but there were plenty of other birds including 4 or 5 Yellow-crowned Night Herons on both days, plenty of Glossy Ibis, Forster's Terns and 2 Black Skimmers. At Big John's Pond the two fledgling Barn Owls can be seen readily in the nest box. At least 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos were present on Wednesday, as were 2 Great Crested Flycatchers. Willow Flycatcher on both days as well.

Lots of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons about at the south end of the East Pond today...

With another posing at Big John's Pond.

Painted Turtle

Northern Diamondback Terrapin.
I watched one of these walk across the beach and into the bay, the only species of terrapin in North America that is tolerant of brackish water apparently