Brooklyn

Green-Wood Flowers in April

Sherry Felix12 Comments

The cemetery is full of flowers in the Spring.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Cherry (Prunus), Central Park 4/13/2023
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Chestnut, Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023

Green-Wood Birds in April

Sherry Felix13 Comments

Rather than walk with the Linnaean Society’s field trip we drove. I injured my Achilles tendon and walking is painful. We cam across the group at Crescent Water and they excitedly beckoned us over. There was a Wilson’s Snipe there. It wasn’t as birdy a day as it could have been.

Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum), Green-Wood Cemetery 4/15/2023

Prospect Park Carolina Wren

Sherry Felix3 Comments

A little charmer with a loud voice.

Carolina Wren Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Also posted on https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/04/18/whiskered-tern/ for bird of the week.

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023

Prospect Park Birds in April

Sherry Felix8 Comments

A photography trip to Prospect Park with the Linnaean Society of NY led by Tom Stephenson. I found this trip to be very informative an enjoyable.

More birds and nature from Prospect Park in April in the next 3 posts.

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), Prospect Park 4/8/2023
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Prospect Park 4/8/2023

Green-Wood Nature in April

Sherry Felix15 Comments

A few of the birds and plants that we saw in Green-Wood – National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, NY.

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Cherry (Prunus), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Daffodil (Narcissus), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Blue Violet (Viola sororia), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Daffodil (Narcissus), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Blue Violet (Viola sororia), Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Bud, Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Hellebore, Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023

Green-Wood in April

Sherry Felix9 Comments

My favorite Cemetery, Green-Wood – National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, NY, looks lovely this time of year. I injured my Achilles heel so we drove around to and stopped briefly to make photographs.

Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023
Winter Path, Green-Wood Cemetery, NY 4/7/2023

Marine Park Osprey

Sherry Felix7 Comments

I’m not sure what sort of fish the Osprey is eating. It looks like it might be a Menhaden.

Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and “the most important fish in the sea”, are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden (pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau (“he fertilizes”), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer. It is thought that Pilgrims were advised by Tisquantum (also known as Squanto) to plant menhaden with their crops. (Menhaden – Wikipedia)

The Osprey was busy eating and chasing off rivals. I’m guessing that the one sitting on the nest is the female.

Shared with bird of the week at https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/intermediate-egret-bird-of-the-week/

Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus), Marine Park 3/26/2023

Marine Park Mix

Sherry Felix3 Comments

I photographed these by the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn.

Marine Park 3/26/2023
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Daffodil (Narcissus) and Crocus (Crocus sativus), Marine Park 3/26/2023
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum), and Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) Marine Park 3/26/2023
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) and Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum), Marine Park 3/26/2023