Sky watch Friday

 So it’s finally spring.  Time to head over to Wantagh Park.

The sea birds were most,y mellowing out on the lawn, but I did catch one airborne.

But there were geese!  Canada geese!

Long Island has a significant geese population.  They don’t migrate, they winter here on Long Island.  But we are also on a migratory path, and geese headed home to Canada tend to make stopovers at Wantagh Park.

I saw a bunch of them in the water,

And were those ducks?

But it was not until I saw an entire baseball field occupied  that I realized how many geese were present.

No swans today, but I did see the parakeets.

Parakeets?

Parakeets are not indigenous to Long Island.  There are numerous urban legends about how a flock of parakeets came to live here.  Obviously they were brought here as pets.  But now they live at the park.  I heard their chirping, I saw them flying, but I wasn’t able to get a photo today.

 But overall, a fun afternoon.

#skywatchfriday