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Inwood Birder: August 6 - Inwood Hill Park - Semis, Semis, and hornets.
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Thursday, August 6, 2015. August 6 - Inwood Hill Park - Semis, Semis, and hornets. I spent nearly all of June and ore than half of July doing field work on Great Gull Island, so this is my first post back in NYC, even tough I have been back for a couple of weeks. On a non-avian note there was a large hornet nest hanging in a tree - I believe it is a Bald-faced Hornet ( Vespula maculata. August 19, 2015 at 6:53 PM. References on the natu...
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Inwood Birder: May 21 - Central Park - lots of foliage makes it hard to see migrants
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Friday, May 22, 2015. May 21 - Central Park - lots of foliage makes it hard to see migrants. Gadwall (pair on Turtle Pond - a bit frustrating since I missed this species for the first time ever on the Birdathon last weekend). Hairy Woodpecker (1; by the Belvedere). Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1; I spotted one on the island in Turtle Pond). Cedar Waxwing (2; Belvedere). Nashville Warbler (1; Belvedere). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Inwood Birder: June 2015
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Saturday, June 6, 2015. 2015 Great Gull Island Birdathon. It has been a very busy spring. I finally completed my account and species list for my 2015 Great Gull Island Birdathon done on May 16/17 last month. The report is on a separate page that can be found here. Links to this post. Thursday, June 4, 2015. May 31/June 1 - pelagic birding trip. I was up from about 3 am on with a couple of other birders watching for birds by moonlight...
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Inwood Birder: August 2015
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Thursday, August 6, 2015. August 6 - Inwood Hill Park - Semis, Semis, and hornets. I spent nearly all of June and ore than half of July doing field work on Great Gull Island, so this is my first post back in NYC, even tough I have been back for a couple of weeks. On a non-avian note there was a large hornet nest hanging in a tree - I believe it is a Bald-faced Hornet ( Vespula maculata. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Inwood Birder: April 2015
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Thursday, April 30, 2015. April 30 - Inwood Hill Park. This morning while leading my AMNH bird walk in central Park I received a text message from James Knox that he had found a Cerulean Warbler near the overlook on the ridge in Inwood Hill Park. When I got home in the afternoon I made a quick trip through the park hoping I might find the Cerulean. i had no luck with the bird. In fact, i did not encounter a single warbler! Carolina Wren...
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Inwood Birder: May 2015
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Sunday, May 31, 2015. May 30 - Inwood Hill Park - Mainly insects. There is now a variety of butterflies in evidence around the park. Along with the usual Cabbage Whites, there were what appeared to be a few Orange Sulphurs flitting about the soccer fields. there were also a few duskywings which i believe were Juvenal's Duskywings, though the duskywings are notoriously difficult to pin down to id. 05/30/2015 Inwood Hill Park. It was warm...
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Inwood Birder: May 28 - Central Park - Final Thursday AMNH walk of the spring.
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Thursday, May 28, 2015. May 28 - Central Park - Final Thursday AMNH walk of the spring. It was warm and muggy for my final Thursday morning AMNH Central Park bird walk of the spring. Despite that we had a very pleasant walk with 28 species. We even added two species to our spring total list (Turkey Vulture and Eastern Wood-Pewee), bringing our cumulative list for the spring to 100 species. The total list can be seen here. May 21 - Centr...
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Inwood Birder: 2015 Great Gull Island Birdathon account and species list.
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. 2015 Great Gull Island Birdathon account and species list. Sean and I drove up to Wurtsboro, NY on Friday and did a little scouting on Friday afternoon before checking in to the Days Inn and going across the road to finishing shopping for supplies for the weekend. Dave joined us for dinner at Danny’s in Wurtsboro and then it was back to the motel to prepare sandwiches for the next day and get to bed early. Brant - J, W. Wood Duck - B.
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Inwood Birder: May 31/June 1 - pelagic birding trip
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Birding and natural history in the New York City region - primarily. Thursday, June 4, 2015. May 31/June 1 - pelagic birding trip. It has taken a few days to mostly recover from a fabulous pelagic birding trip on June 1 on the Brooklyn VI. Out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The trip was organized by Paul Guris through his See Life Paulagics. Galvanized them awake and off their benches. This was one of the target birds of the trip and for many years had been at the top of my most wanted list until I fin...
