Tag: Salt Marsh
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A Red-breasted Merganser at the Salt Marsh
On the morning of Sunday, January 14, 2024, a male Red-breasted Merganser was floating along the banks of the Salt Marsh and trying to get some rest. Nearby was a group of Mallards that occasionally quacked. The Merganser is usually seen with its partner, often in the nearby Muscota Marsh, but this morning it was…
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Two Red-tailed Hawks in the London Planes of Inwood Hill Park
I took two brief walks in Inwood Hill Park this week, and both times I saw a Red-tailed Hawk. On the first walk on late Monday morning I observed a mature hawk, and the second time on the late afternoon of Wednesday, I saw a young hawk. They were both in the London planetrees on…
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Fish Friday in the Fog
Most every creature caught something to eat at the Salt Marsh in Inwood Hill Park on the morning of Friday, October 6, 2023. Conditions were foggy. An Osprey was there, and also the resident Great Egret and a Great Blue Heron. The Mallards were out in force along with a gallery of gulls. A Herring…
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Raptor Season – Between Heaven and Earth
During the beginning of raptor season, the time that birds of prey are on the move, the sky becomes the focal point for birdwatchers in Northern Manhattan.
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A Bald Eagle Lands in the Osprey Tree
A Bald Eagle landed on the tall snag on the south side of the Salt Marsh in Inwood Hill Park this morning and stayed for about ten minutes before flying off. It brought its prey to eat – not identified – and took in the surroundings. Seeing a Bald Eagle perched on a tree in…
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Becoming a Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Herons have settled into the life of the Salt Marsh in Inwood Hill Park this summer, and I have been surprised by seeing so many of them. Both adults and juveniles have found the marsh to their liking, offering many overhanging branches at water’s edge for shade and nesting with plentiful food in…
Birds of Inwood 