Look around New York, and you’ll probably see birds: wood ducks swimming in Queens, a stalking black-crowned night-heron in Brooklyn, great horned owls perching in the Bronx, warblers feeding in Central Park, or Staten Island’s purple martins flying to and fro. You might spot hawks and falcons nesting on skyscrapers or robins belting out songs from trees along the street.
America’s largest metropolis teems with birdlife in part because it sits within the great Atlantic flyway where migratory birds travel seasonally between north and south. The Big Apple’s miles of coastline, magnificent parks, and millions of trees attract dozens of migrating species every year and are also home year-round to scores of resident birds.
There is no better way to identify and learn about New York’s birds than with this comprehensive field guide from New York City naturalist Leslie Day. Her book will quickly teach you what each species looks like, where they build their nests, what they eat, the sounds of their songs, what time of year they appear in the city, the shapes and colors of their eggs, and where in the five boroughs you can find them―which is often in the neighborhood you call home. The hundreds of stunning photographs by Beth Bergman and gorgeous illustrations by Trudy Smoke will help you identify the ninety avian species commonly seen in New York. Once you enter the world of the city’s birds, life in the great metropolis will never look the same.
The Bird Book For NYC For New Yorkers and visitors, this is the ultimate birder’s book. It’s inspirational, instructive and interesting. Excellent for beginners who benefit from knowing which species to look for in which season. Each bird’s details are presented in a concise easy to read layout. This is a great field guide to the City. The photo and illustrations are beautiful and make it easy to identify the birds we see in our neighborhoods and parks. Congratulations to Leslie Day for producing the…
Great book for your favorite bird lover Do you like watching birds but aren’t totally sure which ones they are and you live in NYC, well then this is the book for you. It’s a nice heavy book with beautiful color photos of the various birds of New York City.It’s really nice to find a book that is focused on NYC alone…..as we have a lot of beautiful birds here, different birds in different seasonsIt would make a beautiful gift for your favorite bird lover.
It’s about time New Yorkers got to know their avian neighbors! The pictures are wonderful, and the text is readable. As an amateur birder, I was dying to learn more about the birds I see each day in NYC. There’s a cardinal family outside of my apartment, and there are bunch of sparrows who vie with them for snacks. This book is wonderful.