{"id":3779,"date":"2016-04-25T23:21:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T03:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2016-04-26T23:48:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T03:48:55","slug":"guided-eagle-tour-on-the-carmans-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/?p=3779","title":{"rendered":"Guided Eagle Tour on the Carmans River"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guided Eagle Tour on the Carmans River<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
by Ron Scall\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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On April 16th Paul treated a group of about 15 paddlers to a beautiful day on the Carmans River in search of 2 pairs of majestic Bald Eagles. \u00a0As an added bonus Paul enlisted\u00a0Joy Cirigliano…<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0the Atlantic Flyway Projects Coordinator, for Four Harbors Audubon Society to be\u00a0our guide in order to give us a greater understanding of the birds and their habitat.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We launched from the Carmans River Canoe & Kayak Company in Brookhaven and almost immediately after paddling beneath the LIRR tracks….\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
We were treated to the site of a Great Egret…<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Right from the \u00a0beginning Joy was calling out different species of birds faster than we were able to process the information\u2026but the best was yet to come. \u00a0As we continued along the river we saw numerous Osprey; a couple with fresh catches of fish gripped in their talons and then we saw a snapping turtle…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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which prompted several comments of\u00a0\u201cis it alive?\u201d; but not to worry as Joy assured us upon closer inspection that it was alive and well. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Shortly thereafter we saw the first eagle nest and Paul made the first siting of a soaring Bald Eagle.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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No matter how many times I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to see one of these magnificent birds they still manage to captivate me.<\/div>\n
As the group paddled along toward the second eagle nest Joy let out cry of what can only be described as pure\u00a0exhilaration when she exclaimed\u00a0\u201cit\u2019s a Bittern!\u201d. \u00a0Not knowing what she was so excited about I paddled over to her and she told me this was only the sixth time she had ever seen a Bittern and I figured that in of itself must make this extra special so I decided to hang back with her to have a look at this bird. \u00a0When I asked her to\u00a0point it out to me she told me it was in the reeds, two clumps of mud to the left. \u00a0I didn\u2019t see a thing and the more I looked the more frustrated I became as I could not find this bird that she was going crazy over. \u00a0About this time Troy joined us in his 12 foot solo canoe…<\/span><\/div>\n
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and asked me what all the commotion was about and I proceeded to tell him about this rare siting of a Bittern. \u00a0He too questioned where it was and after a minute or two he spotted the elusive bird; however, I was still searching the reeds for it. \u00a0Finally the Bittern began to move and I finally spotted it! \u00a0Once I saw it I realized why it was such a rare find; it\u2019s coloring perfectly camouflages it with the reeds.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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As the Bittern slowly made its way to the edge of the river to catch a fish Joy, Troy and I were totally mesmerized by this\u00a0incredible bird and simply sat in our boats in absolute amazement. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t take enough pictures of the Bittern and this one of what I can only describe as a prehistoric looking foot is probably the most\u00a0interesting photo I shot on the trip.<\/div>\n
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After we got our fill of the Bittern for quite a while we proceeded up river to join the group again and were treated to more eagle sitings both in and out of their nest.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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After we all had our fill of the wonderful birds of the Carmans River we headed back for a lunch stop\u00a0apparently stretching the rules a bit lol.<\/div>\n
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For a finale some of us made our way to the\u00a0falls before calling it a day.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Many thanks to Paul for arranging a great trip and special thanks to Joy for her insightful expertise.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here is a link to additional photos\u00a0and videos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Guided Eagle Tour on the Carmans River by Ron Scall\u00a0 \u00a0 On April 16th Paul treated a group of about 15 paddlers to a beautiful day on the Carmans River in search of 2 pairs of majestic Bald Eagles. \u00a0As an added bonus Paul enlisted\u00a0Joy Cirigliano… \u00a0the Atlantic Flyway Projects Coordinator, for Four Harbors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3801,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/get-the-nack.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}