GammaBlog » Birds http://gammablog.com NYC Street Art, Architecture from the East Village Thu, 24 May 2012 10:27:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Robins in Tompkins Square Park http://gammablog.com/2012/04/10/robins-in-tompkins-square-park/ http://gammablog.com/2012/04/10/robins-in-tompkins-square-park/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:34:24 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6680
When the rob, rob robin comes bob, bob bobbing along… singin’its old sweet song.
Robin

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2012/04/10/robins-in-tompkins-square-park/feed/ 0 Woodpecker – Tompkins Square Park http://gammablog.com/2012/04/05/woodpecker-tompkins-square-park/ http://gammablog.com/2012/04/05/woodpecker-tompkins-square-park/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:24:23 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6676
I’d heard this woodpecker several times before, and I was staring up at the trees for about 10 minutes before it was kindly pointed out to me by Loy a park birdwatcher. Sorry the video is a bit wobbly, but I had to zoom in all the way and I had no tripod.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2012/04/05/woodpecker-tompkins-square-park/feed/ 1 Hawk in Tompkins Square Park http://gammablog.com/2012/03/18/hawk-in-tompkins-square-park/ http://gammablog.com/2012/03/18/hawk-in-tompkins-square-park/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:07:35 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6649 Tompkins Sq Park Hawk
I’ve scouted the skies and tree limbs over Tompkins Square Park for years hoping to find a hawk. Finally, I was sitting on a bench today with Laura Goggins and her friend Ed and Ed pointer this one out, right above us. Laura, who is a font of information about the park and the neighborhood in general said she thinks this particular hawk is named the Dominatrix because of its dominating nature.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2012/03/18/hawk-in-tompkins-square-park/feed/ 7 Chubby Robin http://gammablog.com/2011/07/11/chubby-robin/ http://gammablog.com/2011/07/11/chubby-robin/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:41:12 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6355 Chubby Robin

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Saw this hawk circling over the neighborhood this morning. The Beekman Tower is in the background.

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Poor thing, alive but probably not for long, standing unresponsive in the middle of the busy sidewalk on East Houston Street.

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Yes NYC does border the ocean.

Starling
Bold starling let me get a couple of feet away from him.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2010/09/19/duck-yoga-central-park/feed/ 0 Pigeon Posers http://gammablog.com/2010/07/11/pigeon-posers/ http://gammablog.com/2010/07/11/pigeon-posers/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:05:42 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=5723 These guys seemed to enjoy posing for me, in fact two others joined them on the fence. Or maybe they were too hot to feel like flying.
Pigeon Poser
I haven’t seen neither beak nor feather of my pal Samantha Raven in a couple of months, so I guess I’ll have to make friends with the pigeons. I wonder if you can identify individuals by plumage.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2010/07/11/pigeon-posers/feed/ 4 Has Anyone Seen Samantha? http://gammablog.com/2010/06/12/has-anyone-seen-samantha/ http://gammablog.com/2010/06/12/has-anyone-seen-samantha/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:49:47 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=5683 Samantha's Look
I took this photo on May 11, I haven’t seen her since. A neighbor whose apartment overlooks the cemetery hasn’t seen her in a couple of weeks. I don’t think her wing have healed enough for her to wander off by herself. But she was able to reach adjacent rooftops by scrambling up nearby trees. So I guess she could have maybe headed to Tompkins Square or some nearby back garden. Here’s hoping she is doing well.

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