Darien Osprey
I spent the weekend in Darien, Connecticut and got to photograph an Osprey nest, I’ve been following for years. The pair is brooding and looks to be doing well.
Category: Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey
Devil’s Slide Peregrine Falcons
I’m in California visiting family for Holy Week, and got to see chicks in the Peregrine Falcon nest along the California coast, just south of San Francisco at Devil’s slide. A new camera, which I don’t fully know how to use and a small lens made it hard to photograph them, but I did get some images.
The first image is of Egg Rock, home to a rookery of Common Murres, which the Peregrines raid to feed their young.
CBS Mornings
Michael George produced a wonderful piece for CBS Mornings, that was aired nationally today. It was a long piece about the reintroduction of Bald Eagles in New York City and featured Ranger Rob Mastrianni and rehabber Bobby Horvath. I contributed a few seconds of video to the story.
I was impressed that story of Rover’s visits to Central Park, which could have been just a brief sensationalized report, was instead a much deeper dive into why Bald Eagles are making a come back in New York City. They are returning due to the hard work of local rehabbers, and conservation employees of the city, state and national governments.
Kudos to Michael George for such a great report.
Sunday Snow Storm
On a snowy day, made my first stop Riverside Drive and 86th Street to see the Peregrine Falcons who have been perching on the Normandy. They were both there, but also a wonderful American Kestrel who was camped out in from of two bushed with about 40 White-throated Sparrows and House Sparrows. The Peregrines came and left, and in the late afternoon both moved to West End Avenue.
I then went to Central Park, making a brief visit to the Reservoir and then to see the Great Horned Owl that has been in the park. It’s important to see and owl on SuperB Owl Sunday.
Bald Eagle
I went to the reservoir to see what gulls I could see. I did see an all white gull, which most likely was an Iceland Gull, but there were very few gulls on the ice. The Bald Eagle appeared mid-afternoon and after making two loops around the reservoir dropped to the ice, where what looked like a half-eaten gull was located. It ate some of the gull and stayed for about 10 minutes.
Rover
While we searched for gulls today on the Central Park Reservoir, the Bald Eagle which has been making daily visits, arrived and quickly caught a gull and ate it. (The eagle is tagged with a R over 7 band, so it’s been nicknamed Rover.)
