April 30, 2011: Birding Tifft Farm in Buffalo, and Williamsville Glen

We started out today doing some early Spring birding at Tifft Farm in Buffalo

Eastern Phoebe

Painted Turtle

Canada Goose

American Crow

Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher

Muskrat

Green Heron

Tree Swallow

White-Throated Sparrow

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Brown Thrasher

Ring-Necked Duck

Downy Woodpecker

House Wren

A few shots from the Williamsville Glen (Amherst State Park)

Palm Warbler

Lesser Celandine

Red-Tailed Hawk

Field Sparrow (taken at home)

April 17, 2011: Birding Long Island, Visting Manhattan, and Drive Home

We started out with some photos from around our hotel in Westport, then Oceanside Nature Center and Jamaica Bay before heading home via Manhattan

Above and Below: Monk Parakeets at our hotel

Oceanside Nature Center

Great Egret

Tree Swallow

Brant

Osprey

Blooming Flowers

Diving Osprey

Jamaica Bay NWR

Flying Gadwall

Above: Enjoying the planes taking off from JFK

A view of Manhattan

Flying Shoveler

Flying Brant

Fort Tilden NHS (Brooklyn, New York)

Forsters Tern

A view of the Atlantic from the beach

More scenes from the beach

American Oystercatcher

Common Merganser

Brooklyn sign!

Vertical car-park in Manhattan

Trump Tower!

American Museum of Natural History

Signs on the ride home through New Jersey and Pennsylvania

New Jersey Meadowlands

April 16, 2011: Long Island Birding and Queens Hall of Science

We started out birding at the Oceanside Nature Center in Oceanside, NY - before the Noreaster is due to arrive later today...

Great Egret

Lesser Yellowlegs

At Jones Beach State Park

American Crow

Northern Gannet

Northern Mockingbird in Long Beach, NY

High Gas prices in NYC!

New York Hall of Science in Queens

Blossoms in Queens

Sign on the Van Wyck