A visual journal exploring the birds of Inwood and Northern Manhattan by Teri Tynes
Sightings Summer 2025 – July 2025
Regular sightings for the month of July 2025.
In July, activity in the marshes pick up with frequent sightings of Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night Herons, several types of gulls, and waterfowl. Juveniles are present as well.
Birds of Inwood now includes sightings from Sherman Creek Park. Read more.
Cover: Double-crested Cormorant at Muscota Marsh, Inwood Hill Park. July 12, 2025. 6:58 a.m.
Northern Waterthrush. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Great Blue Heron and Double-crested Cormorants. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Barn Swallows. Boathouse. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Laughing Gull. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Great Bllue Heron. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Killdeer. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Semipalmated Sandpipers. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Great Blue Heron. Sherman Creek Park. July 31, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 29, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 29, 2025Northern Cardinal. July 29, 2025Blue Jay in natural springs. July 29, 2025Blue Jay and Red-winged Blackbird in natural springs. July 29, 2025Great Blue Heron. Sherman Creek Park. July 28, 2025Great Blue Heron. Sherman Creek Park. July 28, 2025Great Blue Heron and Double-crested Cormorants. Sherman Creek Park. July 28, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. Sherman Creek Park. July 28, 2025Immature Black-crowned Night Heron. July 26, 2025. 6:32 a.m. Kayak/canoe launch. Inwood Hill Park
Sherman Creek Park – July 23, 2025
All the herons were there in Sherman Creek Park, a waterfront park on the Harlem River along Inwood’s east side.
An hour and a half before low tide, members of the heron family foraged in the waters. Three Killdeer wandered the muddy flats. A Great Black-backed Gull perched on one of the piers. So, too did a Double-crested Cormorant. Read more in this new post.
Herons. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Great Blue Heron and Great Egret. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Black-crowned Night Heron and Great Egret. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Great Egret. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Great Black-backed Gull. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Killdeer. Sherman Creek Park. July 23, 2025Mallard. July 23, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 23, 2025Barn Swallows. July 23, 2025Barn Swallow. July 23, 2025Barn Swallow. July 22, 2025Barn Swallows. July 22, 2025Common Grackle. July 22, 2025Eastern KIngbird. July 22, 2025Ring-billed Gulls. July 21, 2025Gray Catbird. July 21, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 21, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. July 21, 2025Turkey Vulture. July 21, 2025Black-crowned Night Heron. Spuyten Duyvil. July 19, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 19, 2025Barn Swallows. July 19, 2025Barn Swallows. July 19, 2025Song Sparrow. July 19, 2025Song Sparrow. July 19, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 18, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 18, 2025Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. July 17, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 17, 2025Barn Swallows. July 16, 2025immature Black-crowned Night Heron. July 16, 2025Northern Mockingbird. July 16, 2025American Goldfinch. July 16, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. July 16, 2025Great Blue Heron in flight. July 15, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. July 15, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. July 15, 2025Barn Swallow. July 14, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. July 14, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 14, 2025Immature Black-crowned Night Heron. July 14, 2025Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. July 14, 2025Black-crowned Night Heron. July 13, 2025Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. July 13, 2025Black-crowned Night Heron. July 13, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. July 12, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 12, 2025Peregrine Falcons. July 10, 2025Peregrine Falcons. July 10, 2025Peregrine Falcon (enhanced detail). July 10, 2025Cedar Waxwing. July 10, 2025Blue Jay. July 10, 2025Immature Red-bellied Woodpecker. July 9, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 9, 2025Double-crested Cormorant. Muscota Marsh. July 9, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. Muscota Marsh. July 9, 2025Mallard. July 8, 2025Mallard. July 8, 2025Mallard. July 8, 2025Mallard. July 8, 2025Mallard. July 8, 2025Northern Mockingbird. July 6, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 6, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. July 6, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. July 6, 2025Double-crested Cormorants. July 6, 2025Great Egret. July 4, 2025. Inwood Hill Park, Northern Manhattan, NYC. 7:31 a.m.
Fishing opportunity – Great Egret and Great Blue Heron go fishing on July 3, 2025. 6:54 am – 7:31 am
Great Blue Heron and Great Egret. July 3, 2025Great Blue Heron and Great Egret. July 3, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 3, 2025Great Egret. July 3, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 3, 2025American Goldfinch. July 2, 2025Turtle and Mallards. July 2, 2025Northern Cardinal. July 2, 2025Blue Jay. July 2, 2025Herring Gull. July 2, 2025Red-tailed Hawk. July 2, 2025 Canada Geese. July 1, 2025Song Sparrow. July 1, 2025Great Blue Heron. July 1, 2025Northern Mockingbird. July 1, 2025
Herring Gull. June 1, 2025Cedar Waxwing. Isham Park. June 3, 2025Baltimore Oriole. June 4, 2025Northern Rough-winged Swallow. June 5, 2025American Goldfinch. June 7, 2025Tree Swallows. June 8, 2025 Red-tailed Hawk. June 8, 2025 Osprey. June 9, 2025. 7:22 a.m.Black-crowned Night Heron. June 10, 2025Great Blue Heron. June 19, 2025June 30, 2025
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