Pinewood
New York correspondent
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Hello all,
Another cool day: late crocuses and early daffodils in the Park. My usual walk was blocked by crews trimming the trees, so I went by way of Cherry Hill and bow bridge, to the Point, and then on to the bird feeders, in the Ramble. On the way to the Ramble, I spotted a white crowned sparrow, illustrated in my previous post. At the feeders, I spotted a red winged black bird, illustrated in a painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, in Birds of New York, v.2, 1914 which have become scarce in the Park since the Lake's wetlands were dredged. Later I saw a hairy woodpecker and a red bellied woodpecker, both illustrated below, also from The Birds of New York.
Please note that the Fuertes illustrations are out of copyright but that they were provided for educational purposes. I have a copy of the Birds of New York but I have sourced the illustrations from the web at the Open Library. I had been using the BF's gallery for images, but I think Fuertes' illustrations need to be brought to the attention of another generation. Let me know what you think.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur :brains:
Another cool day: late crocuses and early daffodils in the Park. My usual walk was blocked by crews trimming the trees, so I went by way of Cherry Hill and bow bridge, to the Point, and then on to the bird feeders, in the Ramble. On the way to the Ramble, I spotted a white crowned sparrow, illustrated in my previous post. At the feeders, I spotted a red winged black bird, illustrated in a painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, in Birds of New York, v.2, 1914 which have become scarce in the Park since the Lake's wetlands were dredged. Later I saw a hairy woodpecker and a red bellied woodpecker, both illustrated below, also from The Birds of New York.
Please note that the Fuertes illustrations are out of copyright but that they were provided for educational purposes. I have a copy of the Birds of New York but I have sourced the illustrations from the web at the Open Library. I had been using the BF's gallery for images, but I think Fuertes' illustrations need to be brought to the attention of another generation. Let me know what you think.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur :brains: