A visual journal exploring the birds of Inwood and Northern Manhattan by Teri Tynes
Sightings Winter 2024 – February 2024
Regular sightings for the month of February 2024. The location is Inwood Hill Park unless otherwise noted.
Cover: Red-tailed Hawk. February 4, 2024.
Notes: In the first week of February, the most active birds observed were Northern Cardinals, woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Dark-eyed Juncos, Carolina Wrens, Mallards, gulls, and Red-tailed Hawks. The Red-tailed Hawks were often observed in hunting parties of 2 to 4 hawks.
On February 8 and 9, the Eastern Screech-Owl was observed in its crevice home in the Clove. Read more about this owl. On the morning of February 12, a Great Horned Owl was seen in a thicket above the Clove. This owl was last observed by me in the same location in the spring of 2022.
Downy Woodpecker. February 29, 2024White-breasted Nuthatch. February 29, 2024Hairy Woodpecker. February 26, 2024Carolina Wren. February 27, 2024Chipmunk. February 27, 2024Northern Mockingbird. February 26, 2024Hairy Woodpecker. February 26, 2024Chevron of geese heading north. February 26, 2024Eastern Screech-Owl. February 25, 2024Ruby-crowned Kinglet. February 25, 2024Northern Cardinal. February 25, 2024 Red-tailed Hawk and Eastern Screech-Owl in same tree. February 22, 2024Double-crested Cormorant in the Salt Marsh. February 22, 2024Eastern Screech-Owl in the rain near sunset. February 22, 2024White-throated Sparrow. February 21, 2024Blue Jay. February 21, 2023male Northern Cardinal. February 21, 2024female Northern Cardinal. February 21, 2024Eastern Screech-Owl. February 19, 2024Red-tailed Hawk. February 19, 2024Northern Cardinal pair. February 17, 2024Eastern Screech-Owl. February 17, 2024. 5:18 p.m.American Crow with prey. February 17, 2024Northern Cardinal. February 14, 2024Canada Geese and Herring Gulls. February 14, 2024Blue Jay. February 13, 2024House Sparrow. February 13, 2024Great Horned Owl. February 12, 2024Blue Jay. February 11, 2024Hairy Woodpecker. February 11, 2024American Robins. February 11, 2024Find the Carolina Wren in this picture. February 11, 2024Mourning Doves. February 10, 2024Eastern Screech-Owl. February 9, 2024Red-tailed Hawk. February 9, 2024Eastern Screech Owl in the Clove. February 8, 2024. 6:54 a.m.Northern Cardinal. February 6, 2024Mallards. February 6, 2024Red-tailed Hawk at the Salt Marsh. February 6, 2024Red-tailed Hawk in a Tulip Tree. February 5, 2024male Northern Cardinal. February 5, 2024American Robin. February 4, 2024Red-tailed Hawk. February 4, 2024Carolina Wren. February 1, 2024female Northern Cardinal. February 1, 2024Blue Jay at the Screech-Owl crevice. February 1, 2024
Birds of Inwood 
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