Russ Bassdozer

Love the water, shore, parks and open spaces wherever I can enjoy nature and the outdoors. Hope to meet you out there!

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

Chris Cooper, host of Extraordinary Birder TV series, to lead SSAS Central Park birding trip. Saturday, May 6! Open to public. All welcome. Hurry to register. Space limited.
@NYCAudubon @NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @birdwatchingnyc @BirdCentralPark @centralparkNYC

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

GOING BIRDING THIS WEEKEND? Look for these fresh spring arrivals in appropriate habitat this week!
#migratorybirds #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdwatchers #birder #birdwatcher #birders #NassauCounty #LongIsland #Audubon #AudubonSociety

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

Sen. @CanzoneriFitz9, move the Birds & Bees Protection Act out of EnCon Committee. Birds and bees are declining due to neonic insecticides. Limit neonics in our environment and food supply. Pass the BBPA. Protect NY birds, bees and people. Thank you. @AllOurEnergy @LISierraClub

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

GOING BIRDING THIS WEEKEND? Look for these fresh spring arrivals in appropriate habitat this week!

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

Please join us our birdwalk on the boardwalks, marshland trails, tidal ponds and wooded edges of Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Saturday, April 15th with @BillBelford2.

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

WILSON’S SNIPE IN LI AREA NOW! Often spotted flying over marshes and rain-pooled meadows, then landing and blending into these habitats. Forages at dusk and dawn on mud flats or edges of standing water in wet meadows where it probes in soft ground for invertebrates.

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

BIRDING THIS WEEKEND? Look for these fresh arrivals & don’t miss our departing species – won’t be many here for next 6 months!

@AudubonNY @NYCAudubon @NYCbirder @BirdQueensNYC @BirdQueens @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc @BirdingDude @thecitybirder @GabrielWillow @pablo_dulce

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

WELCOME BACK BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES! The south shores of LI and CT are the northern limit of this coastal species found in salt marshes and beachfronts. A partial migrant here. Some stay local year-round. Others are migrating back here right now.

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

ARRIVING THIS WEEKEND! How does 36.1 million birds headed at you (last night) sound for this weekend's birding forecast? More than the combined populations of the tristate area (NY, NJ, CT). Source: @CornellBirds

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

Do you know Long Island's 21 earliest nesting birds?

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

SSAS invites you to join us! Combine enjoyment & learning about nature.

#migratorybirds #shorebirds #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdwatchers #birder #birdwatcher #birders #NassauCounty #LongIsland #Audubon #AudubonSociety #birdphotography

[Russ Bassdozer @RussBassdozer]

@thecitybirder 'nother pile here too!

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

WELCOME BACK, BIRDS! @NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @BirdQueens @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc @littoralsociety @LinnaeanNY @BklynBirdClub @AudubonNY @NYCAudubon @SMRAudubon @BirdingDude @RyanFMandelbaum @gigi_nyc @GabrielWillow @pablo_dulce @JamaicaBayGuard

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

WEST POND HABITAT & VIEWSHED MANAGEMENT OPEN HOUSE - Saturday, Feb 25, 11AM-2PM

@BirdingDude @RyanFMandelbaum @gigi_nyc @imarybethnyc @GabrielWillow @pablo_dulce @NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @BirdQueens @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc @JamaicaBayGuard

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

SPRING 2023 MIGRATION IS ON! Red-winged Blackbirds have returned to LI, NYC and Downstate NYS, heralding the start of spring migration! Right on time for their traditional late Feb arrival. @NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @BirdQueens @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc

[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

NEW COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
Thanks to Jay Koolpix, an avid bird photographer and environmentalist, SSAS will be offering a $1,000 scholarship for a student pursuing a biological or environmental science degree. Get full details and apply here: https://t.co/6IykJonGy6

[Russ Bassdozer @RussBassdozer]

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[South Shore Audubon @AudubonSS]

As areas up north ice over, some 30 hardy species of waterfowl flock toward Long Island’s coastal waters.
https://t.co/3ll1otGyiT

@NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @BirdQueens @OurActivate @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc

[Russ Bassdozer @RussBassdozer]

Clockwise:
5. Snowy owl with a commanding view at Jones Beach.
6. Great Horned Owl, year-round in Westchester.
7. Snowy Owls roost on sand and nearby rooftops.
8. Red morph Screech Owl on Staten Island.

[Russ Bassdozer @RussBassdozer]

Will you see the eight owls of Downstate NY this winter?

@GatewayNPS @JamaicaBayGuard @NYCbirder @NYCountybirders @BirdQueensNYC @LongIslandBirds @birdwatchingnyc @centralparkNYC @BklynBirdClub @SMRAudubon @BRSSAudubon

[Russ Bassdozer @RussBassdozer]

Clockwise:
1. Brown morph Screech Owl on Long Island.
2. Snowy owl, silent sentinel on a NYC sand dune.
3. Tough little NYC-born Great Horned Owl siblings.
4. Barred Owl fledgling born in Westchester county.