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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After Battery Park, I went to Central Park. The highlights were a female scarlet tanager at a spot known as the "Bathing Rock", and a great egret that had just scored a small fish.
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For many months, a wild turkey has been living in Manhattan, first on Roosevelt Island (plus occasional excursions to Midtown), and now Battery Park at the southern tip. I tried and failed on multiple occasions to see the bird (nicknamed "Astoria" for the neighborhood in Queens it was in before flying over the East RIver. Today, I finally spotted it in Battery Park.
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