Monday, September 14, 2026

Birds around the nabe

Quick notes as I'm away for a few days 

A Royal Tern appeared at Bush Terminal Pier Park. Likely the first one there historically, as reported by Nick Dawson

A Yellow breasted Chat showed up at an area by the Zucker nature playground by the Vale Cashmere

Black billed Cuckoo is a notable sighting at Sylvan Water West in Greenwood Cemetery  where I read reports that the area and hedgerows were recently mowed sending away Lark and Clay colored sparrows that hung around there 

At rarely heard and vastly underreported Ridgewood Reservoir, a Connecticut Warbler is a good one there. Another Connecticut was reported by Andrea T at the GWC South slope Sylvan water means it's peak time for this species 





Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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