A female mallard duck leads one of her offspring across a paved pathway at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Despite its urban image, the Bronx borough of New York has 7,000 acres of parkland, about 25 percent of its total area.
Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
A woman walks through the entrance to the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the Bronx's New York Botanical Garden in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Other Bronx attractions include Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, a 19th century garden overlooking the Hudson River called Wave Hill and Van Cortlandt and Pelham Bay parks.
Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
Tourist Anne Soulier of Montmorency, France, sniffs a rose in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, part of the Bronx's New York Botanical Garden in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
Henry Moore sculpture, part of the "Moore in America" exhibition, rises above a bed of roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the 250-acre New York Botanical Garden in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The sculpture is part of the largest outdoor exhibition of the artist's works ever presented in a single venue in the United States.
New York Botanical Garden
An Allium Giganteum, a member of the onion family, blooms at the New York Botanical Garden in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
New York Botanical Garden
Lisa Henderson and her daughter Sabrina admire snapdragons at the New York Botanical Garden in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Arthur Avenue Retail Market
Greco, son of the owner of Mike's Deli, talks with customers inside the delicatessen, located in the Arthur Avenue Retail Market in the Bronx in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The counter behind Greco displays Italian specialty meats and sausages.
Arthur Avenue Retail Market
Salads featuring classic Italian cheeses, bruschetta and caponata sprinkled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar served on wooden cutting boards are part of the luncheon menu at Mike's Deli inside the Arthur Avenue Retail Market in the Fordham section of the Bronx in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Arthur Avenue Retail Market
Barrels of sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and salted capers are displayed at Mike's Deli inside the Arthur Avenue Retail Market in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. In the 1940's, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia built the indoor market to allow the street vendors to sell their products indoors instead of on the street.
Wave Hill
A frog rests on a lily pad in the aquatic garden at Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Wave Hill
Manhattan resident John Huber reads a magazine under the shade of a tree at Wave Hill public gardens and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River in the northwest section of the Bronx in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Wave Hill
Wave Hill House, dating from 1843, overlooking the Hudson River at Wave Hill public gardens and cultural center in the northwest section of the Bronx, was once home to Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and Arturo Toscanini in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Wave Hill
Tourists rest on a bench overlooking the Hudson river and gardens at Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the northwest Bronx in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Pelham Bay
Birder Jack Rothman points out some warblers after flushing them out of the woods during a bird walk in the Bronx's Pelham Bay Park in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Rothman leads tours of City Island and Pelham Bay Park, two areas of New York City he considers underutilized by bird watchers and nature lovers.
Pelham Bay
A swallow rests atop a railroad bridge support in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx in New York, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.