Pinewood
New York correspondent
I live between Riverside and Central Parks in Gotham [I never liked Big Apple as a nickname] When I "said hello," I was encouraged to go to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Am I too "laid back" to consider the ninety minute trip, by public transport, too much? After all, I have been birding for only seven months and I have not identified a signifigant portion of birdlife near my front door.
My first bird, at the very start of pursuing this intersest was a long eared owl, near Central Park's lake. In the same vicinity, I have seen other waterfowl, gulls waders, grackles, and a raptor. Now that I more aware I noticed and identified a house finch, which visited my sill. While a neighbour had a wild turkey visit the terrace of his 25th floor flat. I seem to have trouble finding and identifying those little perching birds, but before I started this pursuit I thought that the city only had pigeons and sparrows.
A correspondent of mine, in Houston, Texas is alway amazed at the birdlife to be seen in New York.
My first bird, at the very start of pursuing this intersest was a long eared owl, near Central Park's lake. In the same vicinity, I have seen other waterfowl, gulls waders, grackles, and a raptor. Now that I more aware I noticed and identified a house finch, which visited my sill. While a neighbour had a wild turkey visit the terrace of his 25th floor flat. I seem to have trouble finding and identifying those little perching birds, but before I started this pursuit I thought that the city only had pigeons and sparrows.
A correspondent of mine, in Houston, Texas is alway amazed at the birdlife to be seen in New York.
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