Queens

Floyd Bennett and Jamaica Bay

Sherry Felix24 Comments

After a short stop at Jamaica Bay I decided to visit the community gardens at Floyd Bennett Field to look for butterflies.

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), Floyd Bennett Field 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans), Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023
Osprey, Jamaica Bay 9/14/2023

Jamaica Bay Shorebird Fest

Sherry Felix8 Comments

The 17th Annual Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay took place on August 13, 2022. It was nice to see many old friends at there. The weather couldn’t have been better. Not too hot and with a brisk breeze at the East Pond to drive away the mosquitos.

17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Lloyd and Sherry at 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Sherry at 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), and Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), and Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Silver-Spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina), 17th Shorebird Fest, Jamaica Bay 8/13/2022

Queensboro Bridge

Sherry Felix6 Comments

The Queensboro Bridge, built in 1909, was the first bridge linking Queens to Manhattan. It was designed by engineer Gustav Lindenthal and architect Henry Hornbostel. An interesting tidbit is Simon and Garfunkle’s 1966 song “59th Street Bridge (Feelin’ Groovy)“. Read more about that and the bridge at Beyond the Village and Back: The Queensboro Bridge – Village Preservation.

Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Queensboro Bridge 2/17/2022
Roosevelt Island 2/17/2022