Birds

Jamaica Bay

2020-03-10Sherry Felix4 Comments

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

Central Park with LSNY

2020-02-13Sherry Felix26 Comments

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

North Central Park

2020-01-25Sherry Felix23 Comments

I made these photographs during a trip with Sierra Photo NYC in January.

Fahnestock Flora

2019-10-252019-10-25Sherry Felix5 Comments

I love moss and Lichen. There was plenty there to photograph. Autumn leaves and rushing streams too. I was luck to catch a kinglet with a large grub. I didn’t have me long lens so missed photographing the others I saw.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019

Abingdon Rail

2019-09-30Sherry Felix4 Comments

Yesterday afternoon on the way home Marc noticed a Tweet announcing a Virginia Rail at Abingdon Square Park, which is a rare occurrence for a very small park. It was a life bird for me. There was about a dozen other birders there, most of whom I know. We had cameras and binoculars, which amused the locals. The Virginia Rail seemed quite comfortable. It was feeding on dozens of worms and dodging around the legs of the people sitting on the benches.