Help Us Make a Bird-Watching Map of New York City
Monday, May 02, 2011
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WNYC.org and The New York Times are collaborating to create an interactive map of bird-watching spots throughout the five boroughs as part of "Bird Week," a celebration of avian life in the city.
What's your favorite place in the city to watch birds? Let us know by texting BIRD to 30644 from your cellphone or by submitting the form below.
We'll present the map of best bird-watching spots that includes your contributions by the end of the week.
Tune into The Brian Lehrer Show to hear talk of birding throughout the week.
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Little unfair to ask for texting only. There ARE a few of us that don't own cell phones.
Blue birds in NJ Botanical Grdns,
Bald Eagle flying over Sloatsburg Rd near Ringwood Manor
Goldfinches in my neighborhood near Ringwood State Park
Kingfisher in Pond at Ringwood State Pk
Blue Herons
Swans
Van Cortlandt Park, but I may be prejudiced because I've been birding there for 55 years.
Van Cortlandt Park has the best habits for birds in an urban park. Over 600 acres of woodlands gives them plenty of space to establish their territories. Also have Tibbets Brook and a feshwater lake in the park, so lots of waterfowl as well.
A huge parking lot makes it easy for folks to get to also end of the #4 and #1 subways. Roger Tory Peterson birded here in his youth.
Best kept birding secret --Van Cortlandt Park!.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a wonderful place to bird watch in the boroughs! Throughout the year you can see many kinds of birds; including herons, hawks, warblers, wrens, white-throats, waxwings....not to mention cardinals, catbirds, mockingbirds, robins, bow-tail grackles, doves.....the BBG is my second home!
If you want to see the bird, you can come to my apartment in NY and I will be happy to show you the bird any time you like.
One thing that's worth coming to Staten Island for is the birds. We've got acres of forest and wetlands. My "seen" list has too many birds to list, but I've seen such things as an entire flock of Cedar Waxwings displaying flycatcher behavior, and a Sharp Shinned Hawk eating a pigeon.
One caveat....when you get here, you'll be glad you came in a car. The public transit is, um, "somewhat lacking".
Many wonderful birds have come to the Hudson River Park btwn 14th and Canal. Saw a Flicker Woodpecker!
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