Birding at Jamaica Bay

Today, I decided to head out to Jamaica Bay Refuge for a day of birding.   My plan, was to start with the South and North Gardens on the We...

Today in the backyard...

The Goldfinches are still here along with the Veery, Warbling Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Alder or Willow Flycatcher, and the Ruby Throated Hummi...

Hummingbird sighting in the backyard...

August has set the bar...could it get any better in September? All Spring through Summer I was looking for a Ruby Throated Hummer that I ha...

Today in the backyard...

Visitors to the backyard continue to pick up.   New bird arrivals include a Veery and Philadelphia Vireo; I have also noticed a Black Swall...

Today in the backyard...

I Looked out into the backyard this afternoon and spotted what looked like some type of Vireo; a photo and validation from the folks on Bird...

Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay

Today, I attended the much anticipated Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay.   The festival, the third since its inception is a venue where we...

Backyard Birding in August...

I am trying to keep a close eye on the number of visitors to the backyard as the summer comes to an end.  Over the past few weeks, I have no...

A memory of a lifetime...Banding Barn Owls.

On August 19th, I volunteered, with other volunteers, DEP and the Jamaica Bay Guardian, to assist in the banding of Barn Owls in Queens NY. ...

Hawk Watch with the Urban Park Rangers

On Saturday August 16th, I went on a Hawk Watch Hike with the Urban Park Rangers at Inwood Park in Manhattan.    Inwood Forest, is one of th...

Shorebirds: 101 a walk with National Park Service at Jamaica Bay.

On Sunday, August 10th, I volunteered as an assistant to NPS Ranger, Julia Clebsch, who led a beginning shorebird walk at the Jamaica Bay Ea...

Baltimore Orioles Visit...in August...

What I took for Western Tanagers, turns out to be Baltimore Orioles (first year maybe??). I have seen a number of them this month in the ba...