Tag: birds
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The Hunting Party – Red-tailed Hawks Chase Squirrels on a Winter Morning
A hunt of hawks. A cast of hawks. A kettle of hawks. A conspiracy of hawks. A boil of hawks. An aerie of hawks. I’ve come across several collective nouns for hawks in the past few hours. I was searching for the right word, because on the morning of January 4, 2024, between 9:30 a.m.…
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Birds of the New Year in Inwood and Highlights of 2023 in Local Birding
On walks into Inwood Hill Park on the final days of 2023 and in these first days and 2024 I have spotted many woodpeckers, at least a couple of Red-tailed Hawks, several Carolina Wrens, a Winter Wren, a host of Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, a few American Robins, some kinglets, many Mourning Doves, and the…
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Woodpeckers Own This Place
With the leaf fall of autumn nearly complete, a curtain has been pulled back to reveal the main characters of the now bare old-growth forest. American Robins, Blue Jays, and Northern Cardinals, plenty of sparrows, a couple of hawks, and many others are still here in Inwood Hill Park, but if my walk yesterday morning…
Birds of Inwood 