Below is a list of upcoming local trips for the weekend of November 21st - 22nd, 2009: Protectors of Pine Oak Woods Saturday, November 21, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Birds of Great Kills Park Meet Howie Fischer in the first large parking lot, in from the Hylan Boulevard entrance opposite Buffalo Street. ...

Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a really great citizen science project call "Celebrate Urban Birds". The website has a lot of good information and resources for the beginner to intermediate birder. It also provides fun material for educators and groups organizing events. This post was created by Rob ...

I received a call from Bobby this afternoon regarding the St. Agnes Church Red-tailed Hawk. The feisty male hawk was ready to be released and Animal Care & Control was coming by his place to pick it up. Wildlife rescuers try to release animals as close to where they were picked up as possible, so ...

I've been thinking about owls a lot lately. November is usually the month when migratory species begin to move through our area, which has motivated me to start checking stands of conifers for any signs. The most common species of owls (but which are rarely seen in abundance) that spend the winter in ...

Earlier in the week I rode my bicycle to Dreier-Offerman Park, then continued north along the promenade at Gravesend Bay towards Owls Head Park. Along the route I didn't observe much bird activity, but did find a new arrival on the rocky shoreline below the Verrazano Bridge. It has only been in the ...

I just received a report from Bobby Horvath regarding recent patients and a new hawk that was just brought in: ***** From: Bobby Subject: Red-tail News Letting you know that Animal Control just dropped off here an adult, light-eyed, male Red-tailed Hawk that had been trapped in the attic of St. Agnes ...

During this point in the fall migration waterfowl have begun streaming along New York City's coastline, as well as, descending into our inland ponds and lakes. Many will overwinter here and some will continue moving south. In addition to the various ducks, several species of loons and grebes have started ...

Part of the birding experience is sharing, or passing along knowledge to other birders, that includes helping someone find a "life bird". I had that opportunity, recently, and it nearly mirrored an experience I had during the late fall of 2003. During a bike ride out to Floyd Bennett Field I ran into ...

Below is a list of upcoming local trips for the weekend of November 14th - 15th, 2009: New York City Audubon Society Saturday, November 14, 11am - 12:30pm Winter Wildlife Preparation at Alley Pond Park With City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, Urban Rangers Guide: Urban Park Rangers ...

I just read an interesting posting on the New York State Birding list regarding a Red-tailed Hawk in Midtown Manhattan. The following was posted by Rob Bate: "Tracy Meade and Stuart Cocheran just witnessed an adult Red-tailed Hawk crash into a building at 31st St and 7th Ave in Manhattan and fall about ...