A visual journal exploring the birds of Inwood and Northern Manhattan by Teri Tynes
Sightings Summer 2024 – August 2024
Cover: A Double-crested Cormorant assumes the pose on the dock of Muscota Marsh. August 2, 2024. 6:47 a.m. In the midst of a heat wave, the cormorant is drying off and cooling its feathers in the early morning hours.
Continuing monthly sightings for birds in Inwood and Northern Manhattan.
August 15, 2024. Raptor activity is picking up with sightings of Ospreys and a Bald Eagle. Read more about the Bald Eagle observed at the Salt Marsh on August 13, 2024.
Female Common Yellowthroat. August 31, 2024. Muscota Marsh
Ospreys – August 29, 2024
On the morning of August 29, 2024, three Ospreys fished along Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River. One took advantage of a perch on top of the Henry Hudson Bridge. Another took its fresh catch to the stadium lights of the Columbia University athletic facility.
Great Egret at the Salt Marsh. August 27, 2024. 7:37 a.m.Spotted Sandpiper. August 27, 2024Osprey in Spuyten Duyvil. August 27, 2024Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. August 26, 2024Semipalmated Plover. August 26, 2024Osprey in Spuyten Duyvil with large fish. August 26, 2024Great Blue Heron. August 26, 2024Great Egret. August 26, 2024Baltimore Oriole. August 25, 2024Juvenile Northern Mockingbird. August 25, 2024Downy Woodpecker. August 25, 2024Osprey in Spuyten Duyvil. August 25, 2024Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. August 25, 2024Juvenile Hairy Woodpecker. August 24, 2024Northern Flicker at nest. August 24, 2024Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. August 22, 2024Juvenile Black-crowned Night HeronAugust 22, 2024An immature Red-bellied Woodpecker and Northern Cardinal share the same perch. August 22, 2024Great Egret on dock. August 20, 2024Great Blue Heron with rising tide. August 20, 2024Osprey. August 19, 2024Osprey. August 19, 2024Osprey. August 19, 2024Great Blue Heron. High tide. August 16, 2024Great Egret. High tide. August 16, 2024Northern Cardinal. Early morning of August 16, 2024 Mourning Doves. August 15, 2024Great Blue Heron in flight. August 15, 2024Northern Flicker. August 15, 2024Bald Eagle. August 15, 2024Bald Eagle. August 15, 2024Baltimore Oriole. August 15, 2024Bald EagleAugust 13, 2024Bald Eagle. August 13, 2024Ruby-crowned Kinglet. August 12, 2024Great Egret. August 12, 2024Northern Flicker. August 12, 2024Great Egret preening at high tide. August 10, 2024. 2:47 p.m. ❤️Carolina Wren. August 10, 2024Great Egret. August 10, 2024Juvenile American Robin. August 10, 2024Mallard hybrid. August 10, 2024Great Blue Heron. August 10, 2024Four Great Egrets at the Salt Marsh. August 8, 2024Northern Flicker. August 8, 2024Bald Eagle. August 8, 2024Great Egrets. August 8, 2024Belted Kingfisher. August 8, 2024Great Egret and Mallard. August 8, 2024Four Great Egrets. August 8, 2024Morning rush hour at the Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North station. Great Blue Heron preening. August 6, 2024Great Egret. August 6, 2024Eastern Kingbird. August 6, 2024Great Egret. August 5, 2024Great Blue Heron. August 5, 2024Great Egret. August 2, 2024Blue Jay. August 2, 2024Double-crested Cormorant. August 2, 2024Great Blue Heron in tree. August 2, 2024Double-crested Cormorant. August 2, 2024
Birds of Inwood 