Today marks the third time (week) I went with the bird watcher group of Van Cortlandt Park. VanCortLandtPark Birds Checklist was given to everyone. With this list, one is supposed to find all the birds, which are a lot, in this park.
I've created a new category, Ornithology, for this journal.
Today, while birding, a red bird flew by us and our guide Joseph said "Oh, shit!", which I later learned that he thought it was a Scarlet Tanager, which is rare. One of us responded comically, "that's a shit bird". I couldn't help myself and chuckled. It is likely a Northern Cardinal (redbird), which is the only common in the area. The other rare red bird is Summer Tanager, the rarest of them all.