Rita and I haven't been to the neighborhood of the Riverside Church (Riverside Drive & 120th St., Manhattan)
in quite a while but we were brought there this afternoon by a "Music Before 1800" concert at 121st St. &
Broadway (medieval French, in this case). Having the luck to find a parking space ri
This afternoon, from the top of the Palisades, directly across from the north end of the Bronx,
Rita and I were watching Osprey fly up and down the Hudson. At about 5 PM, we saw one leave
the Bronx side and fly low over the water directly toward us. As it approached, we both put up
our binoculars a
A small (and very welcome) invasion by Cedar Waxwings took place at Wave Hill Park today.
Barry Freed
At 4:49 PM today, from the north end of the MetroNorth Riverdale station (Bronx), Rita and I watched an adult Bald Eagle gliding overhead south along the Hudson. It continued south until it disappeared out of 10x binocular range.
As we walked toward the station's exit, we encountered a young coupl
To the List:
Friday, Feb. 5, Rita and I, along with Rita's gardening buddy, Nora, went on a Bald Eagle-finding expedition along the east shore of the Westchester Hudson. While the numbers were disappointing, we did see a total of, perhaps, two dozen birds. Our first stop, Croton Point Park, was qu
A member of this list has pointed out to me that comments published on the Birder's World web site suggests that the reported sighting of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Texas is a hoax. The address for those comments is:
http://cs.birdersworld.com/brdcs/blogs/field_of_view/2010/01/22/woodpecker-expe
The full address for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker sighting press release mentioned today by Carl Starace is:
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-daniel-rainsong-finds-living-ivory-billed-woodpecker-1263914173.html
Barry Freed
Bronx, NY
It is good to know that your annual CBC (CHAPMAN Bird Count) went so well.
Please keep the sectarian label to yourself.
Yours for a non-sectarian society (and birding),
Barry Freed
Bronx, NY
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On an afternoon walk at Tibbett's Brook Park (Yonkers, Westchester County) today, Barry and I came upon about 500 Common Grackles feeding on white oak acorns in the leaf litter and on the paths. A few bronze were mixed among the purples. Quite a sight. It was clearly the in place to be for grackl
During a recent evening walk around the pond at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers (Westchester Co.), Barry and I observed Cedar Waxwings foraging in the vegetation that thickly covers the pond, turning it into a meadow. The plant cover is contiguous round fans of a triangular, toothed 1" leaf. A loca
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