10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.

New York City 154

New York City New York Birds Breeding 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

You have used up all your New York blogging material. Harassed by the Ravens, it landed on a snag halfway up the cliff and hunched over its prize protectively. It flared its wings, and the Osprey flared to match but refused to abandon the fish. “Self,&# I said to myself, “it is Thursday.

Bald Eagle 166

Bald Eagle Eagles Fish Bears 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. A trip to the coastal plain may net you up to seven species of warblers, from the omnipresent Yellow-rumps to Chats and Cape Mays.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. They might eat it if they have to but it can sometimes keep those species away too. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

2011 194

2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 194