Category Archives: Stuyvesant Cove

Stuyvesant Cove is located on the East River between 20th and 24th Streets in Manhattan.

Silver-spotted Skipper

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Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly

Silver-spotted Skipper

On the Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), the wings are brown-black; hindwing is lobed. Forewing has transparent gold spots; underside of hindwing has a metallic silver band.
The Silver-spotted Skipper has a wing span of 1 3/4 – 2 5/8 inches (4.5 – 6.7 cm). The photograph of this Silver-spotted Skipper was taken at the Stuyvesant Cove Park on the East River in lower Manhattan with the Canon 5D Mark III with the Canon 100mm Macro lens.

Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant on Piling in East River

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Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant

The picture of this Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant was taken at the Stuyvesant Cove Park on the East River in Manhattan. I enjoy going to this numberswiki.com

little park on the river to photograph because it has many pilings that are the remnants of an old factory where the cormorants love to perch and preen.

Ring-billed Gull in Flight Closeup

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Ring-billed Gull in Flight

This interesting closeup of this Ring-billed Gull was taken at Stuyvesant Cove on the East River in Manhattan. Ring-billed Gulls in many cases will winter at the same location every year and there are many Ring-billed Gulls that visit Stuyvesant Cove during the winter. It has become one of my favorite locations to photograph Gulls and this year cormorants.

Female House Sparrow

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House Sparrow Female

The picture of this female House Sparrow with lots of personality was taken at Stuyvesant Cove which is on the East River in Manhattan between 18th Street and 23rd Street. It was taken on a cold day when there was a wonderful fog encompassing the East River and Stuyvesant Cove.

Ring-billed Gull in Flight

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Ring-billed Gull in Flight

The picture of this Ring-billed Gull in flight was taken at Stuyvesant Cove on the East River in Manhattan. The picture of this Ring-billed Gull was taken with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III with the Canon 100-400mm lens.