1) We bet you know about the Jewish Museum on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan’s Museum Mile. Maybe you know about the Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, which was the first of [...] »
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... »
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... »
In recent weeks I've been searching coastal Brooklyn for overwintering waterfowl and gulls. While I haven't found any unusual species I have noticed a huge increase in Red-breasted Mergansers. Flocks of over 100 individuals (sometime a lot more) can be... »
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... »
