Category: Salt Marsh
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The Hawk and the Kingfisher
By the time the juvenile Red-tailed Hawk landed on a perch near the Salt Marsh on October 4, it was sopping wet. It was practicing its hunting skills by buzzing over the ducks in the water and then chasing a Belted Kingfisher foraging there. The hawk and the fast kingfisher flew circles around one another…
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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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Black-crowned Night Herons of All Ages Arrive at the Salt Marsh
Both juvenile and immature Black-crowned Night Herons are doing just fine at the Salt Marsh at Inwood Hill Park. The sightings underscore a concern as the NYC Bird Alliance warns of their potential extinction by 2035 due to habitat loss and declining numbers in New York Harbor. Restore marshes.
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A Yellow Warbler’s Epic Journey, and Watching the Tides
The little yellow bird that flies a long way.
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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 