Backyard Feeding Basics
Choose appropriate food, keep it dry, discard spoiled seed, and clean feeders and birdbaths on a regular schedule. Place feeders either very close to windows or far enough away to …
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Birding Guides
Compact, practical guides for identification, backyard care, photography, and responsible birding on Long Island.
Good birding is patient, curious, and kind. These guides focus on repeatable skills you can use from a kitchen window to the ocean shore.
Ethical Birding & Photography
Use binoculars or a long lens instead of moving closer. Never handle or move a bird for a photograph. Stay out of closed areas, avoid trampling vegetation, keep recordings to a …
Getting Started with Long Island Birding
You need only curiosity, a notebook, and—if available—binoculars. First notice habitat and behavior. Then compare size, shape, bill, color pattern, movement, and voice. Record …