Category: Rose-breasted Grosbeak

• Herons in Trees: Watching and Waiting at High Tide

  

  Many of my favorite heron sightings these past few weeks have occurred at high tide. While it’s more common to spot herons wading through the waters during times of low tide, abundant fish during the late summer keep the herons nearby. They watch and wait, frequently grooming their feathers. Look for them in trees or…

  Teri Tynes

  September 10, 2026

  Black-crowned Night Heron, fall migration, Great Egret, Green Heron, Inwood Hill Park, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-tailed Hawks, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Salt Marsh

  Inwood Hill Park, birding

• Catching Flies with a Rose-breasted Grosbeak

  

  Earlier this week, the locals experienced two full days and nights of over 300,000 birds flying through New York County. Many flycatchers, warblers, vireos, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks landed in Inwood Hill Park during these days, especially at the top of the forest. The birds found plenty of seeds and insects to replenish their diets. Many…

  Teri Tynes

  September 13, 2025

  bird photography, birdwatching, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-throated Blue Warbler, fall migration, Rose-breasted Grosbeak

• 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.

  Teri Tynes

  September 4, 2025

  Black-and-white Warbler, Carolina Wren, Eastern Wood-Pewee, fall migration, Inwood Hill Park, Osprey, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Salt Marsh, social media

  birding, Inwood Hill Park, photography, Salt Marsh