The top photo is a chipping sparrow. The bottom photo is a branch. Where the chipping sparrow was. There are many pros and cons to an urban existence, there are many forms of entertainment to be sought in the park’s Ramble, and within one microcosm of life there are many different views on a proper [...]
Yesterday was a 16-warbler day. This is very normal for a pretty good day during Spring bird migration. It is not a particularly amazing number (20 warbler species and up is rather nice), but there were good pockets of birds throughout the park, with some coveted FOY’s (First of Year’s) such as Prairie and Kentucky [...]
I know that it is Spring. I know this, despite the fact that it is freezing and I am wearing long underwear as it snows on me in Central Park, because I spotted a Louisiana Waterthrush and a Blue-grey Gnatcatcher and a couple of Yellow-rumped & Pine Warblers and numerous Eastern Phoebes AND a gazillion [...]
This is the first page of my bird list from my trip to Niagara Falls. Four intrepid birders (Starr Saphir, Lenore Swenson, Don Hill, and myself) headed way north to look for gulls and boreal birds, in particular a Slaty-backed Gull that had been reported at the control gates. This was a group of serious [...]
