Being the Continuing Adventures of a Woman and her Trusty Kayak in New York Harbor, the Hudson River, and Beyond.
(with occasional political rants just to keep things lively!)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Black-Crowned Night Heron under the Belt Parkway, Jamaica Bay
Sunday evening, at the mouth of the Paerdegat.
I really will write something one of these days. Honest.
Nice pic. We have some beautiful Grey Herons here. Do you remember seeing Aku'u in Hawaii? I think I asked you that a long time ago. Anyway, same bird as in your pic, indigenous to the Islands. I loved watching them.
Pandabonium, I don't remember those, but I didn't do a lot of birdwatching when I was a kid. I'm afraid that the wading birds I mainly recall seeing were the cattle egrets at the Sumida watercress farm - a wonderful anomaly in the middle of a mall complex at the foot of the mountains where I grew up.
A picture of a Black-Crowned Night Heron is worth a thousand birds.
ReplyDeleteIt's so Dutch around there, isn't it?ew
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ReplyDeleteNice pic. We have some beautiful Grey Herons here. Do you remember seeing Aku'u in Hawaii? I think I asked you that a long time ago. Anyway, same bird as in your pic, indigenous to the Islands. I loved watching them.
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ReplyDeleteYes, Dutch names, due to the settlers.
ReplyDeletePandabonium, I don't remember those, but I didn't do a lot of birdwatching when I was a kid. I'm afraid that the wading birds I mainly recall seeing were the cattle egrets at the Sumida watercress farm - a wonderful anomaly in the middle of a mall complex at the foot of the mountains where I grew up.
ReplyDeleteps - Nope, I don't think names get much Dutch-er than Paerdegat. Although if my friend Will begs to differ, I would concede the point without protest.
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