Sightings Winter 2024 – December 2024

Typical sightings in Inwood during December include ongoing hawks (Red-tailed and Cooper’s), woodpecker varieties, Carolina Wrens and Winter Wrens, a resident Great Blue Heron at the Salt Marsh, a Belted Kingfisher, a variety of sparrows, common water birds, and one or two Northern Mockingbirds.

The recent return of the popular winter birds – Black-capped Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-breasted Nuthatches and Tufted Titmice – will likely continue. Park regulars include Northern Cardinals and Blue Jays.

Cover: Red-tailed Hawk. Read more about this continuing hawk. December 10, 2024

Black-capped Chickadee:December 31, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk Afternoon Flights: December 30, 2024

2:22 pm

2:38 pm

2:41 pm

2:53 pm

At Sunrise: December 30, 2024

Northern Cardinal. December 30, 2024

Tufted Titmouse. December 30, 2024

In the hardwood tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera): December 27, 2024

Eastern Gray Squirrels. December 27, 2024

male Northern Cardinal. December 27, 2024

female Northern Cardinal. December 27, 2024

Cooper’s Hawk after sunrise. December 27, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk. December 25, 2024

Northern Cardinal. December 25, 2024

Northern Cardinal. December 24, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk. December 24, 2024

Bird feeder with Sparrows. December 24, 2024

Blue Jay. December 24, 2024

Inwood Hill Park. December 24, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk in a Tulip tree. December 19, 2024. 9:06 a.m.

Black-capped Chickadee. December 18, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk. December 18, 2024. 8:15 a.m.

Red-tailed Hawk. December 18, 2024. 8:18 a.m.

Northern Parula. December 18, 2024

Red-bellied Woodpecker. December 18, 2024

Tufted Titmouse. December 17, 2024

Eastern Grey Squirrel. December 17, 2024

White-breasted Nuthatch. December 17, 2024

Red-tailed Hawk. December 17, 2024

Blue Jay in the Clove. December 13, 2024. 8:08 a.m. This crevice has been used in past years by an Eastern Screech-Owl. Has the little owl returned? Stay tuned.