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This past Sunday morning, as I have mentioned in my last two posts, was the Queens County Bird Club’s field trip to Kissena Park.  The trip, held yearly in autumn and led by Eric Miller, one of the best birders in Queens, focuses on finding migrating sparrows and other birds that might be attracted to [...]

On the recent Queens County Bird Club field trip to Kissena Park in search of migrating sparrows, field birds, and whatever else might cross our path, I was distracted by some male House Finches Carpodacus mexicanus feeding on, or, to be more accurate, pigging out on, crabapples.  They were so intent on eating the apples [...]

After sleeping in for the first time in forever (Daisy even got up and fed the cats!) I realized that having birded Jamaica Bay yesterday (and getting my first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Glossy Ibis, and Wood Duck of the year) I didn’t really have a plan for the couple of hours worth of birding I could [...]

On this blustery day I spent my morning walking across Queens.  Well, not all the way across Queens, but across a goodly portion of it, and it was definitely worth the slightly sore back, cold body, and soaking feet.  I was out of the house at about twenty after seven and caught the Q46 bus [...]

It was shortly after the Red-necked Phalarope that I had to make a pretty major decision. We, being Mike, Carrie, and me, had received word of an amazing array of wood-warblers in Forest Park, and were practically salivating at the idea of our first-ever Kentucky Warbler. Forest Park is only a quick drive [...]

A story in pictures…roll over the images for pop-up captions.

Once the female House Sparrow was driven off the males turned to fighting each other:

Too bad for the House Sparrows that a European Starling was waiting in the wings:

All of the pictures were taken in Kissena Park in Queens last weekend. And, no, I [...]