#Inwoodhillpark

It had been a disappointing day: just the usual daily birds. Robins, sparrows, pigeons, cardinals, blue jays. Then I heard a ruckus just in front of me: there, on the ground, was a juvenile red-tailed hawk. It had apparently tried to grab a squirrel, which was up a nearby tree emitting a buzzy sound that sounded highly stressed. For several years, red-tailed hawks had messed with me, flying off when I pointed my camera at them, or flying close by knowing full well that my battery was about to die. At last, in recent years, they relented and became more cooperative. This one hung around for quite a while, hopping to different perches. I must have taken a thousand photos. This is one.

#BirdOfTheDay #OneLeg #EastCoastKin

#RedTailedHawk #Raptors #Buteos #Bird #BirdPhotography

#InwoodHillPark

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

A rather grouchy looking Northern Cardinal and some ring-billed gulls at Inwood Hill Park today. The “gray feathers on back, brown feathers on wings” bird is a first winter gull.

#birdcpp #birding #birdwatching #inwoodHillPark

#XtraXmas #Drummers #EastCoastKin

#TommyCampbell #Jazz #InwoodHillPark #JazzMusicians #LiveMusic #Music

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EastCoastKin #Red-tailedHawk #Buteos #Raptors #InwoodHillPark #Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

#HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Musicians #InwoodHIllJazzFestival #InwoodHillPark #People #BassPlayers #AcousticBass #Jazz #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

"Seriously, you're using that camera and that lens? You should get yourself a Canon R5. It has animal eye focus. And get a better lens!" "Good idea. Maybe you'd care to buy that for me?" "Brilliant! Maybe B&H Photo will accept pigeon and rat remains for payment." "Ah, you're nuts." "I'm nuts? You're the one having an imaginary conversation with a bird!"

#BirdOfTheDay #Character #EastCoastKin #RedTailedHawk #Hawks #Buteos #Raptors #Birds #BirdPhotography #Urban #InwoodHillPark #ForestFriday #FeatheredFriday #UrbanPhotography #NYCphotography #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

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TOMORROW!
Celebrate #CityofWaterDay with Inwood Canoe Club on Sat, July 12! Join our special Open House at #InwoodHillPark (near Columbia Boathouse & Muscota Marsh) from 2–4pm.
Sign-up starts at 1:30pm. First come, first served!
PS: No events at our Hudson boathouse this weekend.

Inwood Hill Park at Indian Road, Muscota Marsh and Columbia C on Harlem River

Celebrate #CityofWaterDay on Sat, July 12 with #Inwood Canoe Club’s Open House near Columbia Boathouse in #InwoodHillPark —by historic Muscota Marsh, where the club began. Just off Indian Rd.
⏰2–4pm, sign-up at 1:30pm for FREE public kayaking
🚫No events at our boathouse.

I feel that I should, every so often, post *something* that will help counteract the impression that I am a bot, churning out othing but Mamdani posts.
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It had been a disappointing day. Two hours or more, and no birds other than the common ones. Ahead of me, I heard noises. And there, maybe 10 feet away, was this juvenile red-tailed hawk. A very stressed squirrel trembled on a tree trunk a bit further away. Evidently, the hawk had tried to grab the squirrel and missed. It took little notice of me, although, as you can see, it gave me an occasional look. An adult hawk of any species would never let a human get this close. I fired away for nearly half an hour, even when the hawk flew off to another tree. I was able to follow it. It turned out to be a great day.

A juvenile #RedTailedHawk for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZoology #EastCoastKin. #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Hawks #Raptors #Buteos #InwoodHillPark #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #UrbanWildlife. See alt for more.

City of Water Day

Celebrate #CityofWaterDay with Inwood Canoe Club on Sat, July 12! Join our special Open House at #InwoodHillPark (near Columbia Boathouse) from 2–4pm. Sign-up starts at 1:30pm. No events at our Hudson River boathouse that weekend. First come, first served!

#HumansofBlueSky #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Musicians #MusicalInstruments #Basses #AcousticBasses #InwoodHillPark #Jazz #Music #LiveMusic #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

A red-tailed hawk sneering at my equipment. #TalonTuesday #RedTailedHawks #Hawks #InwoodHillPark #Raptors #NYCParks #NYC #Manhattan #Buteos #Birds #BirdPhotography #photography #urbanphotography

Sometimes you need to stop and photograph Spring.

#FortTryonPark
#InwoodHillPark

#Inwoodhillpark Uptown Penguins

Birding in the winter. #inwoodhillpark #birdsinthesnow

FDNY battles second brush fire at Inwood Hill Park Fire crews returned to Inwood Hill Park after another brush fire broke out just a week after crews doused flames at the same location.

Again? I hope the entire community is ready to mobilize for the #environment
abc7ny.com/post/nyc-tri... #inwoodpark #inwoodhillpark #inwood #Climate #climatechange

#kingfisher in #inwoodhillpark

At low tide, the tidal flats of Muscota marsh provide camouflage for the otherwise showy Great Blue Heron carefully walking through.

A #GreatBlueHeron hides in plain sight
#NYC #InwoodHillPark #Manhattan

There was another small fire on the hill when I took this shot -- so the air smelled like wood smoke. I guess it is reassuring that the birds have not given up on the park as an urban respite for wildlife.

Inwood, Manhattan, NYC. #InwoodHillPark #brushfire flares back to life after having been supposedly extinguished. @marklevinenyc.bsky.social

Haze and a line of fire on a hill side

FDNY troops approach the fire

Fire boat sprays Inwood hill park from the Harlem River

#fire hit my #nyc neighborhood today.
🔥 😭
I was walking in #InwoodHillPark this morning. #drought #ClimateChange

iPhone screenshot of hiking workout details. Hiking Open Goal 11:37 AM-1:35 PM New York Workout Details Workout Time 1:57:46 Active Calories 711CAL Elevation Gain 528FT Avg. Heart Rate 133BPM Distance 4.95MI Total Calories 935CAL Avg. Pace 23'47"/MI

Map of upper Manhattan from 175th Street all the way north, with a line wandering from 181st St north through Fort Tryon Park and then twisting back and forth and around through the arduous hills of Inwood Hill Park, then all the way to the 1 train at Dyckman which was not running so all the way back along Thayer St to the A train at Dyckman. Whew!

A semi-secret path down the side of a hill in Inwood Hill Park, lined with an old stone wall. Visible through the trees in the distance is a blue apartment tower which is actually in Marble Hill on the north (far) side of Spuyten Duyvil Creek.

A rare chipmunk sighting in Inwood Hill Park.

A bit of stress in the atmosphere today, so I went for a long hike through some hilly parks. #forttryonpark #inwoodhillpark