Category: Inwood Hill Park
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Hawks for the Holidays
A good way to start a busy morning during the holiday season is to walk into a forest and find a hawk. In NYC, Red-tailed Hawks are relatively common and make a good choice for hawk chasing. A Cooper’s Hawk may be around as well. With luck, you may find these two hawks chasing one…
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Brainy Black-capped Chickadees Arrive En Masse
Black-capped Chickadees, the famously cute and clever birds of the northern latitudes, have been everywhere in Inwood Hill Park this past week. I’ve seen them flitting about trees in the sunken willow corner of the marsh path, perching on low branches on top of the W. 207th steps, jumping around trees on the trail leading…
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The Wonderful Twos of a Black-crowned Night Heron
This summer, both juvenile and adult Black-crowned Night Herons were observed at the Salt Marsh. An immature heron, recently spotted, exemplifies the gradual transition to adulthood, marked by the fading of juvenile markings and developing features. Additionally, fall migration activities are beginning, coinciding with the artist’s new seasonal artwork offerings for sale.
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Observing Warblers in Migration Through Moments of Chaos and Clarity
Small migratory birds such as warblers move through the landscape so swiftly and unpredictably that observing them can feel at times chaotic and overwhelming. Since the beginning of September, a few nights of high nocturnal migration have brought a flurry of new or returning birds to Inwood Hill Park. Experienced birdwatchers have gathered in the…
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Ospreys on Bridge Watch, and Fall Migration Season Begins
The Ospreys took command of the Henry Hudson Bridge this past week. Developed in the 1930s by New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to link Manhattan and the Bronx for motorists, the bridge served as the strategic launching perch for Ospreys fishing in the waters of Spuyten Duyvil Creek below. Near the times of…
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Herons From On High, and a Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron Goes Fishing
The past week I’ve hiked up the high trail in Inwood Hill Park that leads up and under the Henry Hudson Bridge. From this high vantage point, observers can get great views of Spuyten Duyvil, the Hudson River, and the New Jersey Palisades. The high trail also affords good views of herons and raptors. I…
Birds of Inwood 