A few more from yesterday, this time in Central Park, NYC: a red-winged blackbird making noise, a black-and-white warbler, a hooded warbler (not a great photo, but it's a lifer, so…), and a black-crowned night heron.
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Birding in Manhattan is such fun. Here are three of the four common ravens I saw yesterday, two in the nest in a recess at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and one on an adjacent tree, calling loudly.
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I had an appointment in New York, so of course I took a train early enough to be safe in case of train delays. The train actually got in early, and by some curious coincidence I had my camera and my appointment was near Central Park, so…
A double-crested cormorant (with turtles and a duck), a great blue heron either drying off or trying to stay cool, a northern cardinal eating a spotted lanternfly (yay!), and a common grackle eating something
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Well, I didn't expect to be in Central Park today, but my medical appointment ended early. Given the weather forecast (which was wrong—it was *not* rainy), when I expected to leave, and what I (correctly) expected my hand to feel like, I didn't bring my camera. But I had time to walk home through the park, there was a very nice black-crowned night heron there, and I did have my phone…
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I'm not sure when I'll get back to Central Park, but it's likely to be quite a while. But I had a nice walk there today, with many lovely pictures. These are my two favorites: a red-winged blackbird and an American goldfinch.
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A better view of the three peregrine falcon chicks, and a very pretty pigeon with unusual coloring and markings.
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Two lifer warblers, a bay-breasted warbler and a blackpoll warbler (which I'd have taken for a black-and-white warbler were not an expert there at the time), both in the Loch; two double-crested cormorants in the Harlem Meer, and a magnolia warbler at the Pool. 2/2
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A wonderfully birdy afternoon at Central Park in NYC. First: an adult and a juvenile black-crowned night heron (in the Loch and at the Pool). Then: a green heron that was hard to see (also at the Pool), and a great egret flying across the Harlem Meer. 1/2
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Three peregrine falcon chicks on Riverside Church in NYC. The first is a closeup of one chick. In the second, one chick is to the left of the left perch, one is on the right perch, and one is just peeking over the head of the gargoyle. (Amusingly enough, when I took this picture I only saw the leftmost one.) Yes, the latter two are a bit hard to see, but it's quite certain that they're there.
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