Suddenly, in place of car horns, roaring planes, rattling trains and buses, New York ... white with well-defined speckling, and it has a prominent eye-ring. But you are more likely to hear this ...

His moving black-and-white pictures, published in his new book New York Street Diaries ... Instead, we would see seagulls on 8th Avenue, or hear birds chirping, and the sounds of ambulance ...

Across New York state ... most sighted bird, the blue jay with a 79,649 count. This common, large songbird is familiar to many people, with its perky crest; blue, white, and black plumage ...