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 | Tags: wildmetro urban environment urban ecology tulip tree tulip poplar sheila buff screech saw-whet sanctuary pine pell Pelham Bay Park partnerships for parks owls osprey orchard beach nature center orchard beach oak norway spruce new york city nature walks nature calendar marsh marine zoology kazimiroff hutchinson river hunter island hickory hawk grebes great horned glasswort glacial friends of pelham bay ducks cormorants cordgrass black locust barred audubon wild eyed volunteer butterflies Water Uncategorized Trees Summer Recreation Plants Parks New York Harbor Long Island Sound Invertebrates Insects Grasses Geology Flowers Fish Estuary Edible Plants Crustaceans Bronx Birds Atlantic Ocean
Birdwatching and salt marshes in New York City’s largest park.
by Sheila Buff,
Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in New York City. It covers 2,766 acres in the northeast part of the Bronx. Within the park are many popular recreation areas: mile-long Orchard Beach on the Long Island Sound, two golf courses, miniature golf and cache... Published by :naturecalendar2008-06-24 |  | Tags: White Pelican Western grebe Sandhill Crane Northern Harrier Mountain Bluebird grebes Great Blue Heron garter snake Forster's Tern Clark's Grebe Canvasback Black Tern Bald Eagle woodpeckers squirrels reptile raptor ornithology history oregon nesting natural history migratory birds mammals insect finches eagles ducks & geese cranes corvids conservation butterfly birdsong birds birding Klamath Basin Icterids Howard Prairie Lake Cascades I’ve already blogged about chasing raptors across the frozen steppe that is the Klamath Basin in winter…fine birding. Well, Thursday, June 19, the weather was far better, perfect in fact. Almost the end of spring, but it was summery to the feel. Crisp and cool in themorning but rapidly warming under the sun. The only hint of cache... Published by :atowhee2008-06-20 |  | Tags: Mark Cocker Hennock reservoirs Harry Griffin Great Crested Grebes Crossbills Country Diary Bullfinches Birding One of the discoveries this past year has been the writing of Mark Cocker. In the 1970s I never missed Harry Griffin’s Country Diary in The Guardian, and walking in the Lake District in the early autumn of 2005, Caroline bought me A Lifetime of Mountains, Martin Wainwright’s selection of Harry Griffin’s best columns. cache... Published by :crosstree2008-03-09 |  | Tags: Westfields Wetlands Westfield Wildlife Preservation Area walks waders Tourism swans snowflake shannon region Shannon Estuary Shannon Bridge and the Condell Road. Sean Griffin lough gur LIMERICK NATURE WALKS Limerick Environmental Awareness Group Limerick City Manager Tom Mackey. limerick city herons grebes Heritage Specialist into geoff hunt birdwatch ireland ducks conservation Community Westfields Wetlands in Limerick City has come to the attention of the public again,local councillor Kathleen Leddin has been to the forefront in this area for many years, which has seen it been saved from development which was granted recently by the Limerick City Manager Tom Mackey.
As per Sean Griffin of the Limerick Environmental Awareness Group cache... Published by :croom2008-08-07 | | Tags: Yellowhammers Trenchford Redstarts Hennock reservoirs Hedge Brown butterflies Great Crested Grebes Gatekeeper butterflies Dartmoor Birding
Hedge Brown or Gatekeeper butterfly
Gatekeeper butterflies in the blackberry bushes along the road edge, and Housemartins low across the fields, skimming just above grass height hunting for insects: for all the signs of summer it was, nonetheless, a cheerless start to August.
And yet, between showers, we walked our patch that first weekend: Mardon Down on cache... Published by :crosstree2008-08-25 |  | Tags: Kingfishers Titmice Grebes Nuthatches September Bretton Lakes YWT Reserve Birds September is arguably the most dazzling month at Bretton with it’s unique combination of light and colour. But for the naturalist, with leaves turning and migrant birds departing, it’s a quiet place - a place in limbo, waiting for those first frosts to finally put paid to the summer. The woodland is almost devoid of birdsong now - just the territorial Robin and ebullient Wren keep their voices in battle-readiness for the winter cache... Published by :bluebirder2008-09-25 |
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