CHRISTMAS 2023

Brooklyn Christmas Bird of the Year: Purple Sandpiper

Purple Sandpipers are reliably present at Christmastime each year on the wave-washed rocky waterfront of my Brooklyn neighborhood along the Verrazzano Narrows. They breed in the far north, and Brooklyn is their idea of south for the winter; they arrive around Thanksgiving and stay into the spring. It’s their tradition.

I will forever suggest you make cards......$$$........merry and WISE