A lovely day at Central Park in NYC. First, female and male scarlet tanagers (with a lot of birders waiting for them to reappear). Next, a northern parula; finally, a female rose-breasted grosbeak.
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Also: a red-winged blackbird, an upside-down downy woodpecker, a grey catbird, and three double-crested cormorants.
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I spent much of today taking pictures. I first went to Richard DeKorte Park in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The park—well, let's put it like this; there are methane release pipes around the place and one gets there via Disposal Road. But there are lots of birds. So: a tree swallow, a pair of tree swallows in courtship behavior, a herring gull that has scored a crab, and a yellowlegs (but I'm not sure if it's a greater or lesser yellowlegs). 1/2 #birds#wildlifePhotography
There were many red-winged blackbirds around, and in one spot I saw four great egrets (three shown here). Plus, a song sparrow on a sign and a brown-headed cowbird—I haven't seen one in quite a while, so that was nice.
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This morning was fun: I got to indulge in my favorite hobby, bird photography, as part of my job: showing someone around the Columbia University area. So: we went to Central Park, started at the Pool, walked through the Loch, and ended up at the Harlem Meer.
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Also: a ruby-crowned kinglet, an osprey (probably the same one I saw yesterday), a northern flicker, and a red-winged blackbird. The osprey was nice—we watched it fly towards us and perch. But it was driven off by a much smaller bird, probably a red-winged blackbird.
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In NYC's Central Park: a yellow-rumped warbler at the pool, a tree swallow in flight over the Harlem Meer while an osprey watches from high above, and a common raven atop a stone cross at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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Also at the Harlem Meer: a double-crested cormorant swimming, and three shots of a great egret: windblown, flying (fisher bird in front of a fisherman!), and ascending to a tree to perch. #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
A lovely afternoon in NYC's Central Park. Best of all was a rusty blackbird, a lifer for me. There was also a red-winged blackbird, making its less-than-lovely noises, a hermit thrush, and an eastern towhee, the latter two being my first-of-season. 1/2 #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
No spring bird picture would be complete without some warblers. So: a palm warbler, a golden-crowned kinglet, and a black-and-white kinglet. No, that picture isn't upside down, or was the camera… And last—is it a very hairy (and large) woodpecker in that tree? No idea why the raccoon was awake at 3:00 in the afternoon, but it was. It got very concerned when some (leashed) dogs walked by. 2/2 #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
It was a good day for red-tailed hawks in Central Park. Over the Reservoir, two (and possibly three—I thought so at the time but now am less certain) were engaged in an aerial ballet—a mating dance, I assume. In the Loch, a juvenile was spending a lot of time on the ground, pawing at the leaves (see the next post) and occasionally making trying to catch a squirrel. On the Great Hill, a hawk was keeping an eye on some bluejays that had been harassing it. #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
Last winter, they were erecting scaffolding at Riverside Church in Manhattan (second picture—and if you look closely, you’ll see a peregrine falcon). The scaffolding was eventually much higher than the falcons' traditional nesting spot—and I never saw any there again that spring. Now, the scaffolding is mostly down—and at least one falcon is back (first picture)! #birds#wildlifePhotography#birdCPP
@SteveBellovin@mattblaze To be sure, until I searched for it, I thought that Local Law 11 was about ferrets, or maybe what it takes in New York for a ferret to file for bankruptcy…
The west end of the Pool in New York City’s Central Park was very birdy this afternoon. There was an empidonax-genus flycatcher (alder or willow), a northern waterthrush, a red-eyed vireo, and a magnolia warbler. #birds#WildlifePhotography
Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who has been living free in Central Park in New York City since someone vandalized his cage about eight months ago. At one point today, he stretched and preened, and a feather came floating down. #birds#WildlifePhotography
I don't normally do videos, but I couldn't resist this one of Flaco's gular fluttering. It was a hot day—over 30℃ (86℉) at the time. #birds#WildlifePhotography
I managed to get to Central Park today for the first time in over a month. There were two black-crowned night herons in the Pool. The first, on the south side, is first all fluffed up and then walking to a new hunting spot. The second is on the north side. Later, both took flight at about the same time. In the Loch, I got a nice picture of a red-winged blackbird. #birdCPP#birds#WildlifePhotography