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...

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

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Wolfgang Wander		05-Feb-2011 13:36
@little mustard seed: no my iPhone camera doesn't reach that far. Most of the pictures are taken with a Canon DSLR and a 500mm lens.

little mustard seed		28-Jan-2011 15:18
Absolutely beautiful images! Thank you so much for sharing them. This is a very special beach, in fact, my favorite. Are you taking these photos with an iPhone camera? The one top left just melts me. Amazing!!!

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.

Guest		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.

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

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.

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