Oyster Bay Estuary Water Quality, a project of Friend of the Bay.

It is important to monitor wildlife species such as birds, fish and turtles, as they can be the first to exhibit the effects of environmental change. Armed with binoculars and wildlife guides, Friends of the Bay staff and volunteers identify the wildlife observed at each water monitoring station.

Wildlife within the Estuary: Diamondback Terrapins - Horseshoe Crabs - Osprey - Great, Snowy & Cattle Egrets - Long-tailed Mallard & American Black Ducks - Common, Least & Roseate Terns - Herring, Ring-Billed, Laughing & Great Black Backed Gulls - Cormorants - Buffleheads - American Crow - Great Blue, Night & Green Herons - Mute Swans - Canada Geese - Lion's Mane, Comb & Moon Jellyfish - Brook Trout - Fluke - Blackfish - Porgies - Striped Bass - Flounder - Bluefish.

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