Category: Inwood Hill Park
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The Birds for Our New York City Moment
Over the course of several busy and consequential days for New York City— a thrilling Halloween Parade, a photo finish for the NYC Marathon, and the city’s historic mayoral election— thousands of birds flew overhead. Some were late migrants en route to winter homes and springtime in the Southern Hemisphere. Other birds came here to…
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The Green Roof of the Javits Center: Birds, Climate, and Action
On Tuesday, September 23, I attended NYC Bird Alliance’s tour of the Green Roof at the Javits Center. I was there to see how the Javits Center, New York City’s main convention venue, transformed its facility into a climate-forward and bird-friendly nexus of urban infrastructure. The Javits Center sits on land near the Hudson River…
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The Osprey Labor Day Tradition and Notes on Early Fall Migration
In 2023 and 2024, I took pictures of an Osprey perched in the tree on September 1, so this year’s landing makes it three years in a row for that exact date.
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Continuous Captures: Photographing the Birds of Inwood
I use a discontinued Nikon Coolpix B700 camera with the birdwatching setting. Recent sightings at Inwood Hill Park highlight ongoing bird activity post-spring migration.
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Spotting the Spotted Sandpiper, or the Teeter-Peep
Amidst all the excitement of spring migratory birds arriving in the high canopies of Inwood Hill Park, it is sometimes easy to overlook the Salt Marsh. While walking along the marsh path on Tuesday, several vocal Baltimore Orioles in the nearby trees demanded attention. Following their movements, I glanced over to the sandy little island…
Birds of Inwood 