Black-chinned Hummingbird—a state first!
On the afternoon of November 15, 2023, a Randall’s Island Park worker spotted a hummingbird at the Urban Farm, a popular picnicking
December 18, 2023
Field Reports & Research
An Introduction to iNaturalist by Janet Wooten
iNaturalist, launched in 2008 and owned by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, is one of the best online resources available to natural history enthusiasts.
March 22, 2023
Dale Dancis’ History of the Great Gull Island Project
A long-time volunteer to the Great Gull Island Project, Dale Dancis, has created a record of this remarkable effort.
April 21, 2022
The Mysteries of Micro-Parks by Jacob Drucker
Although major urban parks like Central Park and Prospect Park may attract and concentrate large quantities of migratory landbirds…
December 4, 2017
The Famous Painted Bunting by Sherry Felix
The vagrant Painted Bunting in Prospect Park…
December 8, 2015
New York State 400: Milestone or Miles Travelled? By Sean Sime
I’ve always wondered what my 400th bird species in New York State would be. Thirty something years into this life of birding would imply it had to be something good. Unless of course, it’s not.
July 15, 2015
Central Park Birding in the Thirties by Irving Cantor
The birding world, of which Central Park is a microcosm that I entered into in May 1932, is incomparable to today’s world.
April 1, 2015
Eurasian Collared-Dove by Patrick Baglee
To bird the Hudson at the end of 23rd Street you pass through Chelsea Waterside Park…
July 3, 2014
Raising Orphaned Wood Ducks by Leo Hollein and Judy Schmidt
Mallards and Wood Ducks are the most common breeding ducks in New Jersey. While both species breed in fresh water habitats throughout the state, their life styles are quite different…
September 1, 2010
Observations On A Nest Box Used by House Wrens in Central Park by Chuck McAlexander
Sometime during the spring migration of 2003 a fellow birder pointed out a House Wren nest near the Andrew Haswell Green bench in the north end of Central Park. It was inside the hollow branch of an otherwise healthy tree…
May 1, 2009