Bird Walks in Central Park + an owl walk in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. We also provide photos of birds in our area, as well as the his

Besides warblers and other landbirds, many shorebirds are heading south right now and passing through NYC. In the Bronx, at the Orchard Beach parking lot, a series of temporary freshwater pools, each less than four inches deep, have become a favorite resting/feeding spot for these birds including several uncommon to rare species. Last week on 25 August (Friday at 6:30pm), alerted by by two friends, Deborah and I photographed Red-necked Phalaropes, formerly called Northern Pha