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. Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran. “Wait! ” you’re probably saying.

New York City 154

New York City New York Birds Breeding 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2014

Every spring they totally steal the show in the northeast and you really can’t blame birders for abandoning their jobs, their families, and their sanity as they rush to New York City’s abundant and amazing parks to see the show live and in technicolor. … Birds migration New York City wood-warblers'

New York City 172

New York City New York Kentucky Abandon 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2022

She offers up their historical scientific usefulness; ubiquitous presence in films; anatomy; diversity in breeds and appearance; relatives–from Dodo to Nicobar; and, in the longest chapter, their behavior, from cooing to wing clapping to riding the subway to courtship, nesting, and fledging. I will watch the pigeons of New York City.

2018 225

2018 New York City Birds Abandon 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve seen Yellow Warblers in the low shrubs of Western New York pastures, the river valleys of Missoula, and the trees of abandoned industrial sites in New York City. They are not shy, not given to skulking in dense underbrush or retreating to the crowns of great trees.

Connecticut 180

Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 180

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A surprise was a Common Merganser , a bird we don’t see much in New York City and especially not flying over the coast in Brooklyn. The islands have long been abandoned and now host heronries in the summer and a horde of gulls in the winter.

New York City 164

New York City New York Jamaica Seals 164