{"id":129062,"date":"2026-02-10T18:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:31:42","slug":"not-all-birds-fly-south-for-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129062\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all birds fly south for the winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JGIEO37FIZDNZHLSUZZPC7DIEA.jpg\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"For birds that only come in winter, this area is their version of going south. (Advance\/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of winter<\/p>\n<p>For birds that only come in winter, this area is their version of going south. (Advance\/SILive.com |Jan Somma-Hammel)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KTIWQJNV7VGQ3BIZQRAYCSTNH4.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FKTIWQJNV7VGQ3BIZQRAYCSTNH4.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Y5UVWZSZ4NAVTEOWGRCVLL4OM4.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FY5UVWZSZ4NAVTEOWGRCVLL4OM4.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/R766NZZ3Q5H6FAOKLIF6RAKODA.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FR766NZZ3Q5H6FAOKLIF6RAKODA.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FCH6NL6CMBAK5KLDDBWYAQRPLI.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FFCH6NL6CMBAK5KLDDBWYAQRPLI.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4ZEDIKJQ6BDRFKM27UZBSOWOLM.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors such as this Bluejay, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>6 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors such as this Bluejay, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2F4ZEDIKJQ6BDRFKM27UZBSOWOLM.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%20such%20as%20this%20Bluejay%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HEEG5ZBRG5GHHFGLGIKK6X2GHU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this female House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this female House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FHEEG5ZBRG5GHHFGLGIKK6X2GHU.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20female%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HON4GFSXPJHGDCETY3WNURJTPE.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>8 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FHON4GFSXPJHGDCETY3WNURJTPE.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20female%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6FOMA2GASVC4JNU2VXX53XBGSU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2F6FOMA2GASVC4JNU2VXX53XBGSU.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TBOFIDZ3I5DMBK26GJFGXPA75M.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FTBOFIDZ3I5DMBK26GJFGXPA75M.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SW72JD7QQZGSBOQU55VG4X5TFU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this female House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this female House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FSW72JD7QQZGSBOQU55VG4X5TFU.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20female%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OMQXVEDC6RH5RDA6PQDFNJBKLU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male House Sparrow, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FOMQXVEDC6RH5RDA6PQDFNJBKLU.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7Z3OET3S3RFW5OOB57OPVN4YWE.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>13 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2F7Z3OET3S3RFW5OOB57OPVN4YWE.JPG&amp;caption=An%20elusive%20red%20fox%20appeared%20in%20the%20trees%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/V5U2WGQTERAWDEW5S5XLL7IL74.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>14 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FV5U2WGQTERAWDEW5S5XLL7IL74.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AKZMKHD5L5HG3OARUJE45K3SSQ.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>15 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FAKZMKHD5L5HG3OARUJE45K3SSQ.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NHAONPFCVFANLDH5EW76O6LPTE.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"A few other visitors appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot, like this squirrel. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>16 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>A few other visitors appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot, like this squirrel. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FNHAONPFCVFANLDH5EW76O6LPTE.JPG&amp;caption=A%20few%20other%20visitors%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot%2C%20like%20this%20squirrel.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OY5QPO6SJNG2DOYQJAZCSO3WIU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>17 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FOY5QPO6SJNG2DOYQJAZCSO3WIU.JPG&amp;caption=An%20elusive%20red%20fox%20appeared%20in%20the%20trees%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TKVIASTIDBFIZMBNMQECWR2NFY.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>18 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this male Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FTKVIASTIDBFIZMBNMQECWR2NFY.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20male%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AX4Y5EO7LVH4LJLXJRVIRZKEFU.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>19 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>An elusive red fox appeared in the trees during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FAX4Y5EO7LVH4LJLXJRVIRZKEFU.JPG&amp;caption=An%20elusive%20red%20fox%20appeared%20in%20the%20trees%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NMKN42T5SZFHLLYQFVIPMF7BIM.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors appeared such as this female House Sparrow, during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors appeared such as this female House Sparrow, during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FNMKN42T5SZFHLLYQFVIPMF7BIM.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%20appeared%20such%20as%20this%20female%20House%20Sparrow%2C%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CAKG7ERW75HF3JXXL4MDOS4CBI.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>21 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FCAKG7ERW75HF3JXXL4MDOS4CBI.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20female%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3WQ5TOZ65NBZXAFF5EG7YAMCQ4.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors appeared such as these Mourning doves, during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. They are one of the most abundant and widespread birds in North America. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>22 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors appeared such as these Mourning doves, during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. They are one of the most abundant and widespread birds in North America. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2F3WQ5TOZ65NBZXAFF5EG7YAMCQ4.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%20appeared%20such%20as%20these%20Mourning%20doves%2C%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20They%20are%20one%20of%20the%20most%20abundant%20and%20widespread%20birds%20in%20North%20America.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/V2VA63KNVZGF3AUG4HEZZ7KLF4.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>23 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors, such as this female Cardinal, appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FV2VA63KNVZGF3AUG4HEZZ7KLF4.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%2C%20such%20as%20this%20female%20Cardinal%2C%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U63SKA5QIVC65A3ZRC7R6K247M.JPG\"   height=\"500\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Many colorful visitors appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>24 \/ 24<\/p>\n<p>Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com<\/p>\n<p>Birds of Winter on Staten Island<\/p>\n<p>Many colorful visitors appeared during a 30-minute visit to the Conference House parking lot. (Advance\/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)<a href=\"http:\/\/silive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FU63SKA5QIVC65A3ZRC7R6K247M.JPG&amp;caption=Many%20colorful%20visitors%20appeared%20during%20a%2030-minute%20visit%20to%20the%20Conference%20House%20parking%20lot.%20(Advance%2FSILive.com%20%7C%20Jan%20Somma-Hammel)&amp;affphotographername=Jan%20Somma-Hammel%20%7C%20jsomma%40siadvance.comfalse&amp;subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&amp;market=silive&amp;subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328\" class=\"gallery_photo_buy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Get Photo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 \/ 24 Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com Birds of winter For birds that only come in winter, this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-129062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}