Whats the best bird-watching spot that nobody knows about?
TD: There’s a really neat place in Greenport called Arshamonaque Preserve on Chapel Lane. It’s a small preserve, but it has this wonderful viewing platform you can climb up into. You overlook these two ponds and it’s just a spectacular place to get in and sit there for a while. You’re so high they’re flying right into the canopy of trees where you are. It’s a neat place. I don’t think a lot of people are aware of it. Particularly, an experienced birder should be going there to experience that. What about beyond the East End? TD: Jamaica Bay in Queens. Because of its proximity to the city and all of the development all around it, it’s really an amazing spot. There are a lot of shore birds, a lot of winter ducks. It’s a great place. There’s another place that when you go you never know what you’re going to see. What can people learn from the “How and Why Birds Sing” program? TD: To be a really good birder, an accomplished birder, you have to be able to recognize the birds by their songs
