Nature

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.

Cicada Killer (Sphecius speciosus) plus 1 inch, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020

Forsythe Landscapes

2020-08-032020-08-02Sherry Felix11 Comments

After an unsuccessful attempt at house hunting in NJ on Friday. We went to E. B. Forsythe NWR in the afternoon. It was a rainy and very buggy. The little specks in the mud are all the shorebirds. Details in next post.