Culture
Photographing Brooklyn's Birds
A new book, Birding at the Bridge, compiles pictures of the borough’s winged residents.
Heather Wolf found herself flopped stomach-first on a patch of grass, crawling on her elbows to inch closer to a brown thrasher. She was indifferent to the panoramic view, across the water, of skyscrapers and the Brooklyn Bridge.
While many people visit Brooklyn Bridge Park for the sweeping views of Lower Manhattan and the busy waterway that crashes against it, Wolf’s sightseeing mission is on a much smaller scale. She stakes out the park’s avian residents alighting over basketball courts, snack shops, and bikes.