Wildlife at West Meadow Beach, Stonybrook, NY Photo Gallery by Wolfgang Wander at pbase.com

Wildlife at West Meadow Beach, Stonybrook, NY

A few minutes from our home this tiny little gem of a beach has recently been restored to
its natural state. It's a bird's (or birder's) pardise...

American Crow Corvus Brachyrhyncho	American Goldfinch Carduelis Tristis	Barn Swallow Hirundo Rustica
Barn Swallow Hirundo Rustica	Barn Swallow Hirundo Rustica	Belted Kingfisher Ceryle Alcyon
Black Capped Chickadee Poecile Atricapilla	Black Tern Chlidonias Niger	Black-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus Erythropthalmus
Black-Crowned Night-Heron (immature) Nycticorax Nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax
Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax
Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax	Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax Nycticorax	Box Turtle Terrapene Carolina Carolina
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma Rufum	Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus Ater	Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus Ater
Budgerigar Melopsittacus Undulatus	Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla Cedrorum	Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla Cedrorum
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum	Common Tern Sterna Hirundo	Common Tern Sterna Hirundo
Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys Terrapin	Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus Tyrannus	Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus Tyrannus
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus Tyrannus	Field Sparrow Spizella Pusilla	Great Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus
Great Blue Heron Ardea Herodias	Great Blue Heron Ardea Herodias	Great Blue Heron Ardea Herodias
Great Blue Heron Ardea Herodias	Great Egret Ardea Alba	Great Egret Ardea Alba
Great Egret Ardea Alba	Great Egret Ardea Alba	Grey Catbird Dumetella Carolinensis
Grey Catbird Dumetella Carolinensis	Herring Gull & Chick Larus argentatus	Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Herring Gull Larus Argentatus	House Finch Carpodacus Mexicanus	Least Sandpiper Calidris Minutilla
Least Sandpiper Calidris Minutilla	Least Sandpiper Calidris Minutilla	Least Tern (immature) Sterna Antillarum
Least Tern (immature) Sterna Antillarum	Least Tern Sterna Antillarum	Least Tern Sterna Antillarum
Least Tern Sterna Antillarum	Least Tern Sterna Antillarum	Least Terns Sterna Antillarum
Least Terns Sterna Antillarum	Northern Mockingbird Mimus Polyglottos	Palm Warbler Dendroica Palmarum
Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus	Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus	Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus
Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus	Piping Plover Charadrius Melodus	Ruddy Turnstone & Sanderling Arenaria Interpres & Calidris Alba
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria Interpres	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria Interpres	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria Interpres
Sanderling Calidris Alba	Sanderling Calidris Alba	Sanderling Calidris Alba
Sanderling Calidris Alba	Sanderling Calidris Alba	Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Snowy Egret	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula
Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula
Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula
Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula
Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret Egretta Thula	Snowy Egrets Egretta Thula
Snowy Egrets Egretta Thula	Song Sparrow Melospiza Melodia	Yellow Warbler Dendroica Petechia
Yellow Warbler Dendroica Petechia	Yellow Warbler Dendroica Petechia	Yellow Warbler Chicks Dendroica Petechia
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus Americanus	Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus Americanus	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata	Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica Coronata

Guy Schmickle		21-Jul-2006 13:27
A wonderful collection of images, Wolfgang. Amazing detail. Love the warbler shots. You are very fortunate to have a place like this so close to home. I envy you. -Guy

Kath Paton		25-Jun-2006 15:06
What wonderful shots! I visit that beach often but my photos don't compare with yours.

Garrett Lau		23-Mar-2006 08:44
These are great! Thanks for your comment on my hummingbird photo with the high-speed sync.

seowfun		29-Nov-2005 19:32
NIce gallery. I wished I live close to the beach :)

Arie Ouwerkerk		28-Oct-2005 20:42
Beautifull gallerie. Only your Semipalmated Sandpipers are in fact moulthing adult Sanderlings.

Karen Moen		22-Oct-2005 23:30
Another incredible gallery. Your talent is amazing. Also nice to have the animals identified. Thanks for sharing.

Rod Gilbert		20-Sep-2005 01:43
wolfgang, again you have some really spectacular shots here.

Bob Foisel		28-Oct-2005 15:45
Incredible Gallery