Seasonal Birds

Mockingbird

Fox Sparrow

Cowbird - NYBG 11/16

Cowbird - female NYBG 10/16

Cowbird - female 10/16 NYBG

These nestlings are either Willow or Alder flycatchers. I located this nest along the edge of Turtle Cove 8/16

A confusing flycatcher, but leaning more towards Alder than Willow.

Gray checked thrush

Ruby Crowned Kinglet - NYBG 12/15

Red eyed vireo- NYBG

Red eyed vireo

White eyed vireo CP 4.16

Eastern Phoebe- NYBG 12/15

Eastern Phoebe in December @NYBG

Carolina Wren, Bartow Pell

Great Egret, Turtle Cove 8/15

Indigo Bunting, CP 5/8/15

Mourning Dove

Mockingbird, NYBG

Mockingbird - NYBG

Northern flicker

Cooper's Hawk, Immature, CP 1/1/15

Blue headed vireo- Central Park

Mystery bird appears to be an immature and drab Indigo Bunting feeding in the Native Plant Garden

Immature Indigo Bunting

Ruby-throated hummingbird fun at The New York Botanical Garden

Most of the hummingbirds you will find migrating through the northeast United States are Ruby-throated females. Where are the males? They take a different path of migration. Eventually they all meet up in Mexico where they spend our winter. They return in the spring to the northern parts of New York where they nest, raise their young and then do it all over again. The RTH takes a 600 mile trip twice a year, and most often that trip is taken in one gigantic burst of energy. In other words, they fly non-stop. Quite a feat for such a tiny bird. But where these birds lack on size they make it up twice-fold on energy and tenacity. Highly territorial, both sexes fight for the best nectar and nesting sites. The hummers @NYBG sip and store nectar from the very vibrant jewelweed. Its orange blossoms welcome the long beaks of the hummers as they fly from bloom to bloom sipping the sweet nectar. Birders delight in watching the hummers hover and dive, battle each other in mid-air and chase away birds, much larger than themselves. You can enjoy the RTH @NYBG from late August until mid-October in the Swale or Native Plant Garden.

Ruby throated hummingbird in jewelweed patch @ NYBG

Ruby throated hummingbird at NYBG

Rose breasted Grosbeak, NYBG

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Marsh Wren, Turtle Cove

Marsh Wren, Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park 8.22.14

Warbling Vireo, NYBG

Orchard Oriole, Pelham Bay Park

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Eastern Kingbird in crab apples, NYBG

Rose breasted grosbeak- NYBG 5.3.14

Bald Eagle, NYBG

American Woodcock, NYBG

Rusty Blackbirds on Snow at NYBG

Immature Red winged blackbirds with female- Pelham Bay Park

Loggerhead Shrike, Fl

Loggerhead Shrike with lizard - Fl

Bobolink-Turtle Cove

Great Crested Flycatcher, immature- Bartow Pell

Eastern Kingbird - NYBG

House Wren with Spider- NYBG

House Wren - NYBG

Carolina Wren, immature, Pelham Bay Park

Carolina Wren-Bartow Pell

Carolina Wren - Bartow Pell Mansion

Rufous Hummingbird - American Museum of Natural History

Summer Tanager - Central Park

Summer Tanager- Central Park

Scarlet Tanager- Central Park

Scarlet Tanager - Central Park

Red eyed Vireo- Central Park

Baltimore Oriole- NYBG

Baltimore Oriole, Fledgling-NYBG

Red winged Blackbird on nest- NYBG

Female red winged blackbird flying off the nest- NYBG

Rough Winged Swallow- NYBG

Ruby crowned kinglet, NYBG

Ruby Crowned Kinglet- Female - Central Park

Rusty Blackbird - NYBG

American Woodcock - Bryant Park

White winged Crossbill - NYBG

Rusty Blackbird- NYBG

Blue gray Gnatcatcher- NYBG

White winged Crossbill - NYBG

Winter Wren- Central Park

Winter Wren- NYBG

Northern Mockingbird-NYBG

Grey Catbird - NYBG

Red winged Blackbird- Central Park

Golden crowned Kinglet- NYBG

Brown Thrasher, Central Park

Least flycatcher, Turtle Cove. Pelham Bay Park

Alder Flycatcher, 23rd St and East River

Eastern Wood Pewee- The New York Botanical Garden

Eastern Wood Pewee - The New York Botanical Garden

Willow Flycatcher - Central Park

Bobolink - Turtle Cove

Bobolink- Turtle Cove

Cedar Waxwing - The New York Botanical Garden. Cedar Waxwings eat berries most of the time, but during the summer months they become fly catchers and perch on branches and twigs over lakes preying on dragonflies and other insects.

Cedar Waxwing-NYBG

Eastern Kingbird- The New York Botanical Garden

Cedar Waxwing - The New York Botanical Garden

Towhee, Male- Bryant Park

Towhee, Female- Bryant Park

Eastern Phoebe, The New York Botanical Garden

Eastern Phoebes are the harbinger of Spring. The delightful sound of phee-bee usually means spring has arrived. Listen for them in woodland areas and especially around lakes and rivers. They are flycatchers and will fly out from hiding to grab an insect and return back to a nearby branch.

Tree Swallow, Bartow Pell Mansion

American Robin, immature- 23rd St and FDR

Eastern Phoebe - New York Botanical Garden

Indigo Bunting - Cooperstown, NY

Indigo Bunting - NYBG

Ruby throated Hummingbird- Central Park

Brown Creeper- Union Square Park

Brown Creeper - New York Botanical Garden

Loggerhead Shrike, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Northern Cardinal- Central Park

Cardinal, male- The New York Botanical Garden

Cardinal, female - The New York Botanical Garden

Cardinals are resident birds in the New York area. In the spring listen for the male's distinct virbrato call declaring mating season has begun. Males sing to attract females and for territory. Cardinals love to eat seeds (look at that beak) but when raising their young they will eat insects as well.

The male pictured spied a dried sunflower and picked out the sunflower seeds one by one.

Red winged black bird- The New York Botanical Garden

Female Red-winged blackbird - Turtle Cove. The females look much different than the males. Male and female Red -winged blackbirds migrate separately.

Rusty Blackbird, NYBG

Rusty Blackbird- NYBG

Spot breasted Oriole- Tamarac, FL

Spot breasted Oriole - Fl

Monk Parakeet- City Island Bridge

Grey Catbird

Veery- Central Park

Wood Thrush - Central Park

Swainson's Thrush- Bryant Park

Hermit Thrush- Bryant Park

Hermit Thrush - 23rd Street

Hermit Thrush- 23rd St

Belted KingFisher - Central Park

Grackle, The New York Botanical Garden

Grackle- The New York Botanical Garden

Northern Oriole - The New York Botanical Garden

Cedar Waxwings - The New York Botanical Garden

Great crested flycatcher - The New York Botanical Garden

Red Crossbill - Central Park

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Immature, Bartow Pell Mansion

Red Crossbill, female- NYBG

Red Crossbill, female - NYBG

Red Crossbill - NYBG

Black- billed Cuckoo- Wallington, NJ

Orchard Oriole - Bartow Pell Mansion

For a brief moment on Aug. 31 2012 Red Crosbills invaded the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. Luckily, I was able to capture these rare visitors to NYC.

Red Crossbill- Central Park

Red Crossbill, female-Central Park