Wordless Wednesday...

Van Courtlandt Bird Walk Report 12-17-2011...

Our Saturday morning walk began with our now regular practice of scanning the fields. Canada Geese were gathering on the parade grounds, s...

Wordless Wednesday...

Today's Photo - Northern Shrike...

Digiscoped Northern Shrike at Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn NY.

Van Courtlandt Bird Walk Report 12-10-2011...

A small group of birders met at our usual spot - the nature center near the parade grounds, for our Saturday bird walk at Van Courtlandt Par...

Wordless Wednesday...

Nature Conservancy - Give The Gifts That Keeps On Giving...

Many of my readers have asked about nature gift ideas for the holidays, so I have decided this year, I will feature a couple of posts promot...

Troupial shows up in Roslyn NY...

I received a call from Eric Miller this afternoon who indicated that our friend Mary Normandia had seen a strange looking Oriole at Gerry Po...

Macro Monday

Field Notes 11-19-2011: Birding The Bronx...

Other than those days when a good migration flight occurs, it is the time of the year where on some days birding could get slow.  However, t...

Wordless Wednesday...

Today's Photo - Ross's Goose...

Van Courtlandt Bird Walk Report 11-19-2011...

I got to Van Courtlandt Park before our walk to scout out the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) , that we had last week.  I wan...

Wordless Wednesday...

Today's Photo - Golden-crowned Kinglet...

Male Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) showing the seldom seen orange in the crown.

Eared Grebe at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge...

After a disastrous shorebird season and a lack of rarities at Jamaica Bay , we finally had a decent bird in Eared Grebe ( Podiceps nigricoll...

Van Courtlandt Bird Walk Report 11-12-2011...

Our Van Courtlandt Park group met up at our usual spot, the nature center near the parade grounds. We began our walk by scanning the fields ...

Wordless Wednesday...

Shorebirds - Somewhat Identified...

On October 23rd I posted a photo of a flock of shorebirds and challenged my readers to take a crack at identifying the species. Here is th...