Jim Colgan
Former digital editor at The Takeaway, former producer at The Brian Lehrer Show.
Your Favorite Bird-Watching Spots in NYC
Thursday, May 05, 2011
In collaboration with The New York Times, we've been asking you to send your favorite spots to watch birds throughout the city. We received hundreds of text messages and we've plotted the submissions on the map below. Click on the place-markers to get the info for each location, along with the bird mentioned. Many of you also left audio messages, which you can hear by clicking the link where available.
The map was built using a Google Fusion Table and the text message service was provided by Mobile Commons.
The most spotted birds, using Wordle:
Comments [7]
Thankfulness to my father who shared with me concerning this website,
this website is genuinely amazing.
I live in bayside ny and never in my life have I ever seen Here nor anywhere else a albino finch .. I was taken back to say the least. My buddy thought it was s finch holding a paper towel but turns put to be a white finch. Anyway got some pics , not very good ones but j thought it was such a rare thing I had to do something.. Don't know where to send them.. Maybe someone can suggest a site?
There is a lot of different birds in Forest Park, Queens. Just this weekend I saw wood duck, mallards, blue jays, cardinals, sparrows and wrens. This is definitely a great birding spot wight in the neighborhood.
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is actually great for bird watching. I think they even host tours sometimes.
McGolrick Park, Greenpoint Brooklyn has so many birds including hawks. I heard a woodpecker the other day. No geese either.
I had a neighbor move in next door a couple of years ago and he cut down every single tree on his property (about 8) to burn them in his fireplace to save on heating costs. After trying to think of something positive about this, I finally realized that it meant that there were now more birds in my own trees. So my favorite place to watch birds is my own backyard.
We have great birds that visit us on our deck - male and female cardinals, red finches, blackbirds, morning doves and even a fly catcher who sings beautifully!
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