10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2013

After over two hours at Jamaica Bay I headed to Big Egg Marsh for high tide and a bunch of shorebirds. Still, any day in New York City with 124 species is a day well worth experiencing! From there I went back to Jamaica Bay where I was treated to a tanager, grosbeak, and wood-warbler show in the North Gardens.

Jamaica 154

Jamaica New York City Oakland Bats 154

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. Eggbert side notes that the most famous bird in New York City is not a falcon, it is a Red-tailed Hawk named Pale Male.

Puerto Rico 245

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 245

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

But Northern Cardinal, Catbird, and White-throated Sparrow do not appear until the 270s, during a visit to Central Park while on business trip to New York City. A direct flight from Portland is also a plus, as is seeing new parts of America. 10, Mountain Quail at No. 11, Wandering Tattler at No. Geography is destiny.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. The male and female position themselves close to each other, on top or in back, so that the eggs are fertilized as the female releases them.

Reptiles 197

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out!

Owls 237

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. You’d think that the parks of New York City would be a natural for this bird, if it can survive from India to Montana.

Montana 144

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 144

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2013

It is hot in New York City as it should be in July. But the excess rain has also formed some pretty big puddles and the one in the parking lot at Big Egg Marsh at the southern end of Broad Channel, Queens, is one of the biggest that I know of. ……… Birds Big Egg Marsh digiscoping gulls Herring Gull'

New York City 161

New York City Eggs New York Species 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2015

Late March in my home borough of New York City is typically when Eastern Phoebe , Pine Warbler , American Woodcock , Osprey , and other early migrants are back but many of our wintering birds, like Snow Goose and American Tree Sparrow , are still sticking around. They won’t be around too much longer.

Bald Eagle 200

Bald Eagle New York City Birds New York 200