The month of March began slowly with the first few northbound migrants trickling into Brooklyn. By the end of the month the pace picked up a bit, but the full force of Spring migration still seemed to be weeks away. Weekends of stalking water birds alo... »
Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending March 30, 2012: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * March 30, 2012 * NYNY1203.30 - Birds Mentioned: Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Great Egret Snowy Egret Little... »
Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, March 16, 2012: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 16, 2012 * NYNY1203.16 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck EURASIAN WIGEON Blue-winged Teal Red-neck... »
On Sunday I led a Linnaean Society group on what has become my usual winter walking loop of Coney Island, which includes the western end of the boardwalk to Coney Island Creek and back. When back at the boardwalk we also continued for a short distance,... »
Below is a list of upcoming nature trips within NYC's five boroughs for the weekend of March 10, 2012 - March 11, 2012: Audubon Center in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Saturday, March 10, 2012 Introduction to Birdwatching Every Saturday, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Expl... »
During this past unseasonably warm February I managed to only add 16 species of birds to my relatively short Brooklyn year list. This brought my Kings county total to 95 and my New York State list to 97. It may sound like a lot of birds for only the se... »
Below is a list of upcoming nature trips within NYC's five boroughs for the weekend of March 3, 2012 - March 4, 2012: Audubon Center in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Saturday, March 3, 2012 Introduction to Birdwatching Every Saturday, 12 – 1:30 p.m. Explore... »
Below is a list of upcoming nature trips within NYC's five boroughs for the weekend of February 18, 2012 - February 19, 2012: Audubon Center in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Saturday, February 25, 2012 Introduction to Birdwatching Every Saturday, 12 – 1:30 ... »
Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, February 17, 2012: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 17, 2012 * NYNY1202.17 - Birds mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSA... »
It has been almost 2 weeks since I've posted about my Brooklyn bird sightings. I have actually had some interesting observation, just getting the words down on the page is sometimes, for various reasons, difficult. That said, despite the mild winter af... »
I don't know why, but I keep ending up back at Coney Island. I suppose part of the draw is in the unexpected. Over the last few years I've seen some very unusual birds along this section of coastal Brooklyn, such as, Western Grebe, Gray-hooded Gull and... »
January was not as productive for bird species as I'd come to expect. Many birds typically seen in the city parks or in the waters along the coast seemed to have been missing in action. To put my low January species number in perspective, last month I ... »
Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, January 20, 2012: - RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 20, 2012 * NYNY1201.20 - Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ GYRFALCON+ RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ MO... »
...sort of. As a follow up to the Snow Goose story, I brought Marge over to Coney Island Creek to look for her possible former ward. Our hope was that it would hear her voice, remember the care she gave this goose from 2005-2009 and come running (with ... »
Back on December 9th Heydi and I discovered a Ross's Goose on Coney Island Creek. A few minutes later we spotted an American Avocet (and quickly forgot about the goose). Within a day the Ross's Goose disappeared only to be replaced by the very similar ... »
