Bryant Park

Bryant Park is a small park by the New York Public Library. It is a green space near the brightly lit buildings of Times Square and ends up attracting many migrating birds who end up making a stop in the park. Rarely, a few of these birds stay the summer, as did two Mourning Warblers this year.

Over the last few days, the park has had two rare visitors, a Marsh Wren and a Yellow-breasted Chat.

While difficult to see with binoculars, if you have a spotting scope, from the western side of the park, you can see the Peregrine Falcon nest box at the top of the MetLife Building at 200 Park Avenue. On the three days, I visited the park, a Peregrine Falcon was perched on the nest box each day.

Marsh Wren
Mourning Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Peregrine Falcon Nest Box Location, MetLife Building (Photograph courtesy of Rolf Obermaier)
Peregrine Falcon