Here's my selection of photos that I took from August 15-28, 2025. Enjoy:
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| Upland Sandpiper |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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| Immature Red-tailed Hawk |
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| Painted Skimmer |
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| Monarch |
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
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| Northern Waterthrush |
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| Spotted Beebalm |
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| Chinese Mantis |
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| Red-eyed Vireo |
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| American Redstart |
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| Eastern Giant Swallowtail |
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| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
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| Wilson's Warbler |
Below are the birding/nature trips from Saturday, August 30 - Sunday, August 31, 2025:
Brooklyn Bird Club
“Tail” -end Shorebird tour from Plumb Beach to Jamaica Bay
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Leader: Peter Dorosh
Description: The waning peak of shorebirds and water birds, terns, marsh species.
Registration: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com or Prosbird@aol.com
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Gateway National Parks
Birding for Beginners
Sundays, July 06, 2025 to August 31, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Interested in birds, but feel intimidated about getting into birding? No problem, this is birding for beginners! Together we will take a nature walk, talk about what makes Jamaica Bay such a great place for birds, and give you the tools to learn the basics of bird identification and appreciation. Bug spray and sunscreen are recommended, binoculars available.
Registration: Not required.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Birding in Peace
Sunday, August 31, 2025, 6:30am - 8:00am
Description: Throughout the season, you'll witness an ever-changing display of wildlife. April brings pine warblers, woodpeckers, and thousands of migrating songbirds among the blooming magnolias and dogwoods, while herons gather at the glacial ponds. May and early June offer peak birding with over 163 species passing through, including ruby-throated hummingbirds and wood warblers. Summer sees young red-tailed hawks taking flight, along with abundant butterflies and dragonflies. By late July, the first migratory birds begin their journey south.
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NYC Bird Alliance
Governors Island Bird Tour
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Leader: ______
Description: Did you know that nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on Governors Island? Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover what makes this island an excellent place for birding.
Registration: Registration page
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South Shore Audubon Society
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Leader: Members of SSAS
Description: From the Southern State Parkway, travel west to the Belt Parkway. Exit at Cross Bay Boulevard (Exit 17) south. Continue south on Cross Bay Blvd. through Howard Beach and over the North Channel Bridge (also known as the Congressman Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge). The entrance to the refuge parking lot is on the right side of the road, at a traffic light approximately one and a half miles past the bridge.
Registration: Registration is required by calling Joe Landesberg at 516-467-9498
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Urban Park Rangers
Saturday, August 30, 2025
McGolrick Bird Club at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
9:00am–11:00am
Free birding walks are held every Saturday at 9am, year-round. Meet at the Russell & Driggs entrance to McGolrick park.
Free
Riverside Park Birding Club at 116th Street and Riverside Drive (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
9:00am–10:30am
Monthly walks through birding hotspots in Riverside Park, led by Riverside Park Conservancy Field Staff.
Free
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Below are the birding/nature trips from Saturday, August 23 - Sunday, August 24, 2025:
Brooklyn Bird Club
Early Fall Songbirds at Green-wood Cemetery
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Leader: Rob Jett
Description: The beginning of the southern migration for neotropic warblers, flycatchers, orioles, shorebirds and other songbird species.
Registration: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com or Prosbird@aol.com
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Gateway National Parks
Birding for Beginners
Sundays, July 06, 2025 to August 31, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Interested in birds, but feel intimidated about getting into birding? No problem, this is birding for beginners! Together we will take a nature walk, talk about what makes Jamaica Bay such a great place for birds, and give you the tools to learn the basics of bird identification and appreciation. Bug spray and sunscreen are recommended, binoculars available.
Registration: Not required.
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Great South Bay Audubon Society
Jamaica Bay Nature Walk
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 8:00am - 10:00am
Leader: Mike Cooper, John Gluth
Description: Please join us as we head out to Jamaica Bay for an early morning adventure.
Registration: You must register for this trip. Text or email to Vera Capogna 516-639-5430 vlvcap@yahoo.com
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Linnaean Society of New York
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 32nd Annual Tom Davis Memorial Shorebird Walk
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Leader: Tom Stephenson
Description: This annual memorial walk honors Tom Davis, who was, by many accounts, from the birders who knew him, an incredible observer of wildlife especially interested in shorebirds. He was also well known for imparting his knowledge to others and ensuring that others would see the unique birds he sighted. This year’s walk, led by Tom Stephenson, will also be guided by those principles.
Registration: Christina Black — christina.black50@gmail.com
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NYC Bird Alliance
Governors Island Bird Tour
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Leader: ______
Description: Did you know that nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on Governors Island? Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover what makes this island an excellent place for birding.
Registration: Registration page
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Rockaway Birding
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 9:30am - 11:00am
Leader: Russell Jacobs
Description: Join NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon) to explore the Rockaways - a vital habitat for shorebirds. In the summer, these beaches provide crucial nesting grounds for shorebirds like Piping Plovers, Least Terns, and Black Skimmers, while in the fall, becoming important foraging habitat for sandpipers and other shorebirds making their way south. The extensive dune vegetation provides habitat for a variety of sparrows and other birds stopping over in New York City, while sea ducks, grebes, and loons overwinter just offshore.
Registration: Registration page
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Intro to Birding on the QueensWay
Sunday, August 24, 2025, 9:30am - 11:00am
Leader: Woo Sung Park
Description: Join NYC Bird Alliance's Woo Sung Park and The Trust for Public Land and explore The QueensWay! The QueensWay is an intiative to transform the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch that cuts through Forest Park into a new green space. This blossoming new park is sure to attract many bird species this fall.
Registration: Registration page
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South Shore Audubon Society
Mill Pond Park
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Leader: Members of SSAS
Description: Use street parking on the westbound side of Merrick Road. The park is four blocks west of the Wantagh State Parkway. Meet at the gazebo.
Registration: Registration is required by calling Joe Landesberg at 516-467-9498
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Urban Park Rangers
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Birding in Bucks Hollow at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
8:30am–10:00am
Discover the birds of the Greenbelt on a short hike through Bucks Hollow.
Free
McGolrick Bird Club at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
9:00am–11:00am
Free birding walks are held every Saturday at 9am, year-round. Meet at the Russell & Driggs entrance to McGolrick park.
Free
Hudson River Park's Park Tours: Nature Walks at Christopher St. Fountain, Manhattan
10:00am–11:00am
Learn about Hudson River Park’s wildlife by joining knowledgeable naturalists on guided nature walks along the Park’s esplanade. Hudson River Park is home to many plant and animal species including over 100 species of birds. Peek into some of our gardens to discover butterflies, dragonflies and other interesting insects.
Free
Here's my selection of favorite photos taken during the first two weeks of August, 2025. Enjoy and comment, if you'd like:
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| Peruvian Lilies |
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| Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) |
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| Dogbane Tiger Moth (Cycnia tenera) |
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| Juvenile Striped Skunk |
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| Fem. Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) |
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| Long-jawed Orb Weaver |
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| Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon) |
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| Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) |
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| Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) |
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| Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) |
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| Smiling Eastern Gray Squirrel |
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| Groundhog (Marmota monax) razzing me |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
Below are the birding/nature trips from Saturday, August 16 - Sunday, August 17, 2025:
Gateway National Parks
20th Annual Shorebird Festival
Sunday, August 17, 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Join Gateway National Recreation Area and our park partners American Littoral Society, NYC Bird Alliance, NYC Plover Project, and Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy for the 20th Annual Shorebird Festival—a free, fun-filled event for birders of all levels and families of all ages.
Registration: No required.
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Birding for Beginners
Sundays, July 06, 2025 to August 31, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Interested in birds, but feel intimidated about getting into birding? No problem, this is birding for beginners! Together we will take a nature walk, talk about what makes Jamaica Bay such a great place for birds, and give you the tools to learn the basics of bird identification and appreciation. Bug spray and sunscreen are recommended, binoculars available.
Registration: Not required.
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NYC Bird Alliance
Governors Island Bird Tour
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Leader: ______
Description: Did you know that nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on Governors Island? Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover what makes this island an excellent place for birding.
Registration: Registration page
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20th Annual Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay
Sunday, August 17, 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Leader: ______
Description: Shorebirds are a diverse group with approximately 235 species, and over 40 species that visit NYC each year. August is the perfect time to explore the diversity of New York City’s shorebirds! Join the American Littoral Society, NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon), NYC Plover Project, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, NYC Parks, and Gateway National Recreation Area for the 20th Annual Shorebird Festival—a FREE, fun-filled event for birders of all levels and families of all ages. Join us in learning all about these beautiful birds and explore the natural habitat of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, filled with marshland, fresh and brackish water ponds, and grassy fields.
Registration: Not required.
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Queens County Bird Club
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 7:45am - 12:15pm
Leader: Eric Miller - (917) 279-7530
Description: This is expected to be a "mini trip" covering Jamaica National Wildlife Refuge, both East and West Ponds, and perhaps other nearby hotspots. Please confirm with trip leader whether packing a lunch is necessary.
Registration: Please contact trip leader for meeting time and location.
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South Shore Audubon Society
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Leader: Members of SSAS
Description: From the Meadowbrook Parkway, use the Merrick Road M9 east exit. Enter the Department of Sanitation entrance immediately on right (if you’re driving west on Merrick Road, make a U-turn after Central Boulevard and before the Meadowbrook Parkway). Look for signs to Levy Park and Preserve parking lot.
Registration: Registration is required by calling Joe Landesberg at 516-467-9498
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Urban Park Rangers
Saturday, August 16, 2025
McGolrick Bird Club at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
9:00am–11:00am
Free birding walks are held every Saturday at 9am, year-round. Meet at the Russell & Driggs entrance to McGolrick park.
Free
Below are the birding/nature trips from Saturday, August 9 - Sunday, August 10, 2025:
Bedford Audubon Society
Field Trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Sunday, August 10, 2025, 8:00am - 1:00pm
Leader: Tait Johansson
Description: If you can’t make our Shorebirds Workshop and Field Trip, we are offering another chance to take a trip birding with Naturalist Tait Johansson to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. This trip is timed to coincide with high tide when the marshes of the open bay are submerged, but the East Pond mudflats are not tidal, providing foraging and/or resting areas while the waters are high outside. Wear rubber boots, or old sneakers and a change of footwear for later, as we’re expecting mud possibly up to above the ankles while we search for Glossy Ibis, Great Blue and Yellow-crowned Night Herons, Osprey, egrets, and possibly flocks of hundreds of sandpipers and plovers of many species.
Registration: Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate. Registration required by emailing Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or by calling 914-302-9713.
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Brooklyn Bird Club
Southward Shorebirds on the Fly: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Leader: Tom Stephenson
Description: The early wave of shorebirds and water birds, terns, marsh species.
Registration: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com or Prosbird@aol.com
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Gateway National Parks
Birding for Beginners
Sundays, July 06, 2025 to August 31, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Interested in birds, but feel intimidated about getting into birding? No problem, this is birding for beginners! Together we will take a nature walk, talk about what makes Jamaica Bay such a great place for birds, and give you the tools to learn the basics of bird identification and appreciation. Bug spray and sunscreen are recommended, binoculars available.
Registration: No required.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Birding in Peace
Sunday, August 10, 2025, 6:00am - 7:30am
Description: Throughout the season, you'll witness an ever-changing display of wildlife. April brings pine warblers, woodpeckers, and thousands of migrating songbirds among the blooming magnolias and dogwoods, while herons gather at the glacial ponds. May and early June offer peak birding with over 163 species passing through, including ruby-throated hummingbirds and wood warblers. Summer sees young red-tailed hawks taking flight, along with abundant butterflies and dragonflies. By late July, the first migratory birds begin their journey south.
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NYC Bird Alliance
Governors Island Bird Tour
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
Leader: ______
Description: Did you know that nearly 240 bird species have been spotted on Governors Island? Whether you’re an expert birder or a beginner, these tours will help you discover what makes this island an excellent place for birding.
Registration: Registration page
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Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
LaTourette Park Walk
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Leader: Don Recklies
Description: We’ll meet at the Greenbelt Nature Center Nature Center, 700 Rockland Avenue at the intersection of Rockland and Brielle, for a late summer walk on the Blue, Red and Nature Trails. In this loop, we’ll stop at Hyerdahl Hill, identify some of the common trees and try to stay in the shade. If the day is hot, bring water. Inclement weather (but not a light rain) will cancel this walk.
Registration: For more information call Don Recklies at (718) 768-9036 (on the day of the walk call (646) 675-5787).
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Dragonfly Talk and Walk
Sunday, August 10, 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Leader: Paul Lederer
Description: Join naturalist Paul Lederer and explore the lives of dragonflies, insects that have inhabited our planet millions of years before dinosaurs walked the earth. Paul will discuss the biology, life histories and identification of these creatures of wonder and then conduct a “dragonfly safari” to the shores of Lake Ohrbach. Bring binoculars if you have them and dress appropriately for the woods and trails of the great outdoors. It is recommended that you bring water/hydration fluids, insect repellent and sunblock. Participants will meet in the main Pouch Camp parking lot along Manor Road, beside the Boy Scout store.
Registration: Spots are limited so call Paul Lederer at (718) 354-9200 to confirm your registration.
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Urban Park Rangers
Saturday, August 9, 2025
McGolrick Bird Club at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
9:00am–11:00am
Free birding walks are held every Saturday at 9am, year-round. Meet at the Russell & Driggs entrance to McGolrick park.
Free
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Summer Birding at Wave Hill, Bronx
9:30am–11:00am
Naturalist Gabriel Willow leads this walk through the gardens and woodlands to seek out summer birds.
Free
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