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... »
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... »
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 ... »
Between brief daylight hours and a rushed holiday pace that begins around Thanksgiving, December is probably the shortest month for birding. I began the month already eight species ahead of my 2010 Brooklyn total count, but wanted to see if I could end... »
October was a fairly productive month. With migrating sparrows being my primary focus, it should be no surprise that three of my six new species were emberizidae.. Early in the month there were still plenty of warblers moving through the area, however,... »
When my interest in birds began, about 20 years ago, my observations were usually limited to what I could find around my local park. I didn't really think about seasons or environments. Over time, I started to expand my explorations to other patches of... »
