It was a treat to see so many wood ducks and a swamp sparrow in the Bronx River.
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NYBG April LS
New York Botanical Garden landscapes. Spring is here and it is time to visit the gardens.
Marine Park Osprey
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/
Marine Park Mix
I photographed these by the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
Jamaica Bay in March
Landscapes of Jamaica Bay. The first image shows Snow Geese and Brant in flight. I wonder what the plant is. I liked the red color on the leaves.
Jamaica Bay Birds in March
Sunday’s excursion to Jamaica Bay, Gateway NWR.
Jamaica Bay is an estuary on the southern portion of the western tip of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The estuary is partially man-made, and partially natural. The bay connects with Lower New York Bay to the west, through Rockaway Inlet, and is the westernmost of the coastal lagoons on the south shore of Long Island. Politically, it is primarily divided between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, with a small part touching Nassau County.
The bay contains numerous marshy islands. It was known as Grassy Bay as late as the 1940s. Jamaica Bay is located adjacent to the confluence of the New York Bight and New York Bay, and is at the turning point of the primarily east-west oriented coastline of southern New England and Long Island and the north-south oriented coastline of the mid-Atlantic coast. (Jamaica Bay – Wikipedia)
The Ospreys are back and competing for nesting spots.
Battery Park LS
A rainy mooning at Battery Park, at the tip of Manhattan in New York City.
Battery Park Flowers
I planned to meet up with the Sierra Photo NYC group at Battery Park at the tip of Manhattan. I arrived way too early and it was raining. There was no where dry to sit so I decided to leave after taking a few photographs.
