A gem of a place...

Elizabeth A.Mortons National Wildlife Refuge is a gem of a place to experience the beauty of nature and it's wildlife.  Each winter I make a few trips out to Mortons to commune with and photograph the avian inhabitants as I did this weekend.  This is one of the few places where feeding the birds is not only allowed but encouraged.  It is quite common to see a Black Capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse or Downy Woodpecker feeding right from a visitors out-stretched palm!

 

The photographic opportunities should become obvious.  But it's a wonderful place to visit with the family if only for a an hour or so.  Other inhabitants of the Reserve are Wild Turkey, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, White Tailed Deer, Northern Cardinals and countless other species.  Put it on your list of places to visit on Long Island.


More images from Mortons can be seen here!!