Nature

Stonecrop Gardens

2021-09-132021-09-11Sherry Felix4 Comments

On September 8, 2021 after the morning trip with Linnaean NY to Rockefeller SP ended we went with our friend Kathleen to Croton Point to possibly see birds and eat lunch. There where so many bees we ate in the car. After a brief stop at the Echo Canoe launch we decided to drive to Cold Springs, New York for coffee. After that we drove up to Stonecrop Gardens nearby STONECROP GARDENS – 81 Stonecrop Lane – Cold Spring New York 10516. It is a drop-dead gorgeous garden and well worth a visit. The view from the hills of the Hudson Highlands is magnificent.

Stonecrop, opened in 1992, began as a private garden. In 1958, Garden Conservancy founder Frank Cabot and his wife, Anne, built their home on sixty hilltop acres of fields and woods outside Cold Spring, New York. The land was a gift from Anne’s grandmother, Evelina Ball Perkins (more history at the website).

Baloon Milkweed (Gomphocarpus physocarpus), Stonecrop Gardens, NY 9/8/2021

Birds in Forsythe

2020-12-162020-12-15Sherry Felix8 Comments

My main goal at E. B. Forsythe NWR was to see some Snow Geese – mission accomplished. We also saw a Snowy Owl way off in the marsh and an immature Bald Eagle. It is so relaxing to drive around the loop with my scope and camera. The weather on Sunday was shirtsleeve warm.

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020

Central Park with LSNY

2020-09-162020-09-13Sherry Felix5 Comments

The first Central Park walk with The Linnaean Society of New York took place on 9/8/2020. I managed a few shots wile we looked for birds. Check out their site for upcoming programs and field trips.

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Central Park 9/8/2020

Central Park September 4

2020-09-07Sherry Felix13 Comments

A few things caught my eye; such as, rays of sunlight and spider webs.

Hilltop, Garret Mt, and River Barge

2020-09-02Sherry Felix5 Comments

We went to 3 places in in New Jersey in the afternoon of September the 28th that we haven’t seen before: Hilltop Reservation, Garret Mountain Reservation, and River Barge Park.

Hilltop Reservation, Essex County, New Jersey 8/28/2020

Garret Mountian Reservation, Passaic County, New Jersey 8/28/2020

River Barge Park, Bergen County, New Jersey 8/28/2020

Afternoon at Pelham

2020-08-132020-08-14Sherry Felix22 Comments

Last Friday we went to Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York in the afternoon and had a 3 mile hike around Hunter Island. The views are lovely, but it was hot and buggy. After that we drove to the Lobster Shack on City Island to buy a take out. While parked off the road in a driveway a crew cab pickup truck scraped the paint off the edge of our side mirror. The list of mishaps grows long for our little VW Jetta “James”. We’ve only had it a couple of months.

A related post: https://port4u.net/2014/11/26/gull-in-algonquin-mist-pelham-bay-1282013/ Inspired by a book on the place called The Last Algonquin by Theodore Kazimiroff.