A short evening stroll on the High Line Park.
High Line 2/3/2020 
High Line 2/3/2020 
High Line 2/3/2020 
High Line 2/3/2020
New York City
Jamaica Bay
I went to Jamaica Bay NWR in Brooklyn with two dear friends yesterday. There were quite a few winter ducks. I enjoyed the Brant and Snow Geese. A special one was the Long Tailed Duck at Sheepshead Bay. The best one for me was the Long-tailed Grackle who serenaded us. As part of its song it did a wing slap. I learned something new. It was real treat to get out and bird.
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Sheepshead Bay 3/9/2020 
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Sheepshead Bay 3/9/2020 
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyyemalis), Sheepshead 3/9/2020 
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Sheepshead Bay 3/9/2020 
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), Sheepshead Bay 3/9/2020 
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Brant (Branta bernicla), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020 
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), Jamaica Bay 3/9/2020
Firehouse
This lovely old Gothic style firehouse is next to where I went to serve as a juror.
For Norm’s Thursday doors https://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com/category/thursday-doors/
Central Park with LSNY
I attended a field trip for winter birds led by Richard Z. for The Linnaean Society of New York on Saturday. The write-up for the trip is on the LSNY site that I manage and designed for the organization.
I had fun embellishing these images.
Two rarities were a partially leucistic Grackle and a young Red-headed Woodpecker.
Hooded Merganzer (Lophodytes cucullatus) , Central Park 2/8/2020 
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Central Park 2/8/2020 
Partially leucistic Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), Central PaRK 2/8/2020 
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Central Park 2/8/2020
North Central Park
I made these photographs during a trip with Sierra Photo NYC in January.
Central Park 1/11/2020 
Central Park 1/11/2020 
Seeds, Central Park 1/11/2020 
Seeds, Central Park 1/11/2020 
Great Blue Heron, Central Park 1/11/2020 
Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020 
Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020 
Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020
6BC Garden
I had some fun today with Corel Painter and other apps and I also added a few effects in Photoshop.
After: 6BC Botanical Garden, East Village 12/23/2019 
Before: 6BC Botanical Garden, East Village 12/23/2019
Happy Holidays
No snow yet, but we did find some ice in Central Park last Sunday. I wish you all a happy winter season.
Two leaves in Ice, Central Park, December 22, 2019
Sunset at Jamaica Bay
Marc and I went to the Littoral Society’s NE Chapter annual dinner last Sunday. Before the dinner I had time to take a few shots of a fabulous sunset at the Jamaica Bay NWR.
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019 
Sunset at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY 12/15/2019