Jamaica Bay Update

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.Through the blind at Big John’s Pond: Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax, a juvenile), Glosy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), and Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Three Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) were in there as well, but not visible here. The young heron turns around.Beach plums (Prunus maritima) ripening. Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera), the smallest of our dragonflies, and some kind of bluet damselfly (genus Enallagma) perching.
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Approaching the Wildlife Refuge from the A train stop at Broad Channel, you’ll see a sign that’s rare for the city: Wildlife Crossing Next Two Miles.