Entries by David Lindo

The Central Park Effect

I made my first ever birding trip to Central Park accompanied by filmaker Jeff Kimball who is responsible for a great documentary that has recently been released called Birders: The Central Park effect. You must check it out as it is incredible. www.centralparkbirdfilm.com  American Robin  Red-bellied Woodpecker -male  Red-bellied Woodpecker – back view  White-breasted Nuthatch […]

I kissed an Eskimo Curlew……

…. and I stroked a Ivory-billed Woodpecker! For those who don’t know, both of those species are deemed extinct by the greater scientific community. I was privileged to get back stage access to see specimens of these enigmatic birds whilst on a guided tour of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York State. […]

Upstate New York: Welcome to the arctic!

I’ve been cold in recent years but never as cold as I was today birding around Upstate New York not a million miles from Cortland – at least four hours drive west of NYC.  Brrrrr!!  Double brrrrr! TUB with Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Matthew Young  Treble brrrrrrr!!  Blue Jay  Black-capped Chickadee  Horned Lark  Singing Horned […]

Last day in New Jersey

 Red-tailed Hawk  TUB and Rob Fergus aka Birdchaser  A blurry female Golden-crowned Kinglet  Song Sparrow An Eastern Screech Owl by torchlight in a New Jersey barn

Nowhere near Jersey Shore

 A partially hidden Saw-Whet Owl  Turkey Vulture  Black Vulture  Eastern Bluebird  Ring-billed Gulls Cackling Goose (centre) with larger Canada Geese After saying my goodbyes to Cape May, I drifted north on a night drive to Hunterdon, New Jersey in at times quite persistent snow. I was going to stay with Rob Fergus aka The Birdchaser, […]

Goodbye Cape May

 My hosts; Richard & Debbie Crossley with TUB – thanks guys!  Killdeer  The sun setting  A Mute Swan with a lone Tundra Swan  Cape May beach life  Snow Bunting  Horseshoe Crab shell  Megan and Mike Crewe A female Red Crossbill   American Herring Gull  Another Cedar Waxwing Great Black-backed Gull

Cape May Birding

Had a great 10 hours birding in the bright sunshine yesterday at Cape May with great results. Saw a good number of birds some of which I managed to photograph.  Bald Eagle  Ring-billed Gull  Male Long-tailed Duck  Common Starling  Cape May Lighthouse  Cedar Waxwing  Female Red Crossbill  Cedar Waxwing gobbling a berry  Male Red Crossbill […]

Cape May in February

After leaving Tucson last Friday morning I headed back to LA for a couple of days before flying once again, this time to Philadelphia. My next move was to rent a car and do the 90 minute drive to Cape May, New Jersey. Well, that was the plan. Although I did stick to it I […]

Tucson birds

 Costa’s Hummingbird  The same bird taking a peek at me  Gila Woodpecker  American Kestrel  American Wigeon  Orange-crowned Warbler  Abert’s Towhee  Northern Shoveler  Pyrrhuloxia  Black-throated Sparrow  Solitary Sandpiper A bad snapshot of a Sora Rail

Beep Beep!!

After three days of searching Tucson and environs for a Roadrunner and dipping miserably, I finally succeeded this afternoon. I found one feeding away on a lawn on a private estate far from its classic dusty desert habitat. Goes to show yet again that anything can turn up anywhere at anytime!

Having a laugh in Tucson

Had a great day birding in and around Tucson and capped the day with a talk. Too knackered to say anything more than that! More tomorrow.  A pair of Harris’ Hawks  A 1st winter male Vermilion Flycatcher  A pair of Cactus Wrens  Northern Shoveler in the background with 2 Canvasbacks and 4 American Wigeon  A […]

My first morning in Tucson, Arizona

Landed in Tucson last night after a comedic flight from LA. When I say comedic I mean it in the best way possible. The flight attendants were cracking gags throughout the flight over the tannoy – even when they were doing the safety demonstrations! I was picked up by Sharon Arkin, proprietor of Bed and […]

Steller’s Jay – my 1st USA tick!

A brief stroll into the local canyon today rewarded me with my first tick of my American tour. I was delighted to glimpse several Steller’s Jays pinching nuts from peoples gardens and flying low into the canyon. I always assumed that they were birds of the high elevations but I learnt today that they are […]

Quiet days in old LA

 Red-shouldered Hawk  Band-tailed Pigeon A female Mule Deer A male House Finch Things have been pretty quiet for me here in Hollywood since I arrived last Sunday. I haven’t been out properly birding yet and for the first three days I had horrendous jetlag to contend with. Any birding was incidentally seen from the apartment […]

LA school day!

Fresh after a 10 hour long haul flight from London and after a disturbed night’s sleep, I was whisked to Viewpoint School (www.viewpoint.org) early in the morning to speak to a group of 120 6th graders (11 year olds) about the joys of urban birding. The whole event was put together by Tracy Wymer, an […]

Fieldfare fest on The Scrubs

Last week saw a fantastic influx of Fieldfares down at The Scrubs. Normally, we are lucky to see perhaps one or two head over at this time of year. But due to the severe weather there was influx that saw at least 200 birds on site variously feeding on the ground, hanging out in the […]

My Portuguese list

Life has raced on and I’m now sitting in an apartment in Los Angeles as I write this blog entry about my short time spent hanging out in the Alentejo Region in Portugal just a few days ago. I certainly consider myself lucky to be able to have such a seemingly jetset lifestyle.  Of course, […]

My views on the Alentejo region, Portugal

I snuck off for a quick for day trip to the Alentejo region of Portugal. It is the area sandwiched between Lisbon in the north and the Algarve in the south. Most people who visit Portugal tend to make a beeline for the latter area missing out on this amazing area.  Male Chaffinch  Greenfinches with […]

Ruff day at The Scrubs

The last couple of days at The Scrubs have been pretty good when it comes to adding to our newly started 2013 year list. Yesterday, after watching my personal first Bullfinches fly over (however, not the first for The Scrubs this year) I glimpsed a Med Gull flying past and managed to grab a rather […]

New bird for the 2013 Scrubs List

Great Black-back Gull (Russell F Spencer) Whilst I was having a meeting within a warm, posh cafe in Notting Hill things were stirring at The Scrubs. I was chatting with the main marketing woman at Hurtigruten regarding my leading a cruise for them and the RSPB along the Norwegian coast in April. It will be […]