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February 16, 2013December 17, 2020Other Birds, Owls

Gull and Owl

I’ve been packing a simple camera and a spotting scope rather than my regular setup these last two weeks. I bothered an old knee injury in the snow and need to lighten the weight of my pack. So, I’ve been continuing my goal to stay in the top 10 of the Top 100 New York County 2013 list on eBird.org, rather than just follow hawks this year.

Over the last week, this has meant adding a first winter Iceland Gull to my list for the year. In addition, to the gull this week’s fun birds included a Northern Saw-whet Owl.

January 11, 2013December 26, 2020Other Birds

American Tree Sparrow

An American Tree Sparrow has been hanging around the large woodchip pile in the northern section of Central Park. Today, it gave me some really nice looks. The American Tree Sparrow has a bi-colored beak, the top and bottom parts are different.

January 8, 2013December 23, 2020Extralimital, Other Birds

More Florida Photos

A group of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks were a new species for my life list seen at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands (Delray Beach, Palm Beach County).

January 6, 2013December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds, Other Red-tailed Hawks

Another Randalls Island Day

I realized on Saturday that I haven’t spend a real day birding in a long while. I’ve been going after specific birds, but not doing a real walk counting birds for a long time.

So, I birded Randalls Island from end to end on Sunday to see what I could find. Boy, did I feel rusty. Looks like I’m going to be spending lots of time this winter doing long walks…

Photographs are of the Red-tailed Hawk pair and their nest just north of the stadium field, an American Kestrel, Brant, Black-capped Chickadee, and Red-breasted Mergansers.

January 5, 2013December 25, 2020Other Birds

American Pipits

Randalls Island has been discovered this winter by birders in New York City. Easily visited by public transportation, this island between the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens offers an interesting variety of birds.

Today, I visited the island. Thanks to the great birding skills of Ben Cacace, I got to see three American Pipits. This is a new species for my life list.

January 2, 2013December 26, 2020Extralimital, Other Birds

Purple Gallinule

I spent a few days in the Everglades over the Christmas/New Year’s break. I managed to got a close up look at a Purple Gallinule, which is a new bird for my life list while on vacation.

The video is very shaky as there were high winds, but it shows the typical Purple Gallinute behavior of wading in Water Lillies. The photographs show the Purple Gallinule climbing a small bush to eat flowers. This was a special treat as it allowed me to see the whole bird including its large feet!

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Category: Other Birds