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... »
