Winter Hits New York City

By Corey • December 21, 2009 • 6 comments

The nor’easter that blanketed the east coast of the United States did not leave New York City unscathed, and the birds are flocking to the Forest Park feeding stations after the first serious snowfall of the season. With about a foot of snow down in Queens, many of the natural food supplies that birds were relying upon are completely buried, making sunflower seeds and suet a very attractive option for the hungry avian hordes. Of course, I can’t help but take advantage of the birds’ hunger for my digiscoping!

And now that the snow has fallen and I’ve gotten pictures it can all melt, winter can end, and spring can start. Any day now, right? Right?!?! Please!?!?

Finally, if you want to see what the storm looked like in Brooklyn through the magic of time lapse photography, well, click here.

Tags: digiscoping, features, feeder birds, Forest Park, queens, winter

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy, their son, Desmond, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

6 Responses to “Winter Hits New York City”

Brenton Dec 21st, 2009 at 3:24 am

God, it is a dream of mine to visit New York City and New York State! Snow, I have never seen it!
Corey Dec 21st, 2009 at 8:34 am

@Brenton: You’re not missing much!
OpposableChums Dec 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Love that pic of the W/T Sparrow with the snow on its beak.
Jean L. Dec 21st, 2009 at 3:35 pm

Thanks to you & Danny for bringing seed yesterday when I was out-of-town. The birds were very happy to see me this morning! It is unfortunate that the storm resulted in our CBC being canceled…not only were the participants psyched to get countin’, but all those awesome count-week birds you have been accumulating ie ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, R-B Nuthatches, Pine & O-C Warblers may/may not be around 1/3/10 when our rescheduled count takes place.
Corey Dec 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pm

@Opposable Chums: Thanks…I was rather happy with that myself.

@Jean: They better be around. But I doubt it, especially for the flycatcher.
Brenton Dec 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 am

Corey, it will be 42C tomorrow in Adelaide. I will try some of the cold! LOL

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