10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ? When a new morning greets us with a symphony of wood-warblers, thrushes, and other spring birds?

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2016 2001 Battery 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. PN Carara–main headquarters.

2019 130

2019 China Battery Jamaica 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

You can easily scroll through the 940 species of bird included, which covers the United States (including Hawaii) and Canada. A nice touch is the option to view the app with black print on a white background or, if you want to save battery life and not illuminate the entire area, you can use it with white print on a black background.

New York 187

New York Battery Hawaii United States 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. I had high hopes for the 5th Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit this past Saturday at Fort Tilden. Osprey are awesome.

2018 224

2018 Bald Eagle Battery Birds 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2015

We chose the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden, along the barrier beaches of the Rockaway Pensinsula in Queens, because it affords a great view of both the bay and the ocean, as well as a wide expanse of dune scrub habitat. But what, exactly, is a Big Sit? The hawk flight was not large but we did see quite a few species of raptors.

2015 161

2015 Bald Eagle Falcons Battery 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Battery Pt. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. Brown Falcon – Falco berigora. Black Falcon – Falco subniger. 15 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Battery Pt. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. Brown Falcon – Falco berigora. Black Falcon – Falco subniger. 15 Jan 2016.

2016 102

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 102