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January 1, 2014December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds, Other Red-tailed Hawks

Happy New Year

My New Year’s resolution is to do a little more birding and a little less photography during the non-nesting/fledgling period for hawks. (Basically the months outside of April, May, June and July.)

So today, I just went for a long walk around Central Park today with my scope and took an occasional digiscoping picture. My bird count 39 species. The highlight was seeing two Baltimore Orioles.

Count	Species
81	Canada Goose
2	Wood Duck
41	Mallard
1	American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
37	Northern Shoveler
1	Ring-necked Duck
8	Bufflehead
9	Hooded Merganser
10	Ruddy Duck
4	Pied-billed Grebe
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk
1	Cooper’s Hawk
3	Red-tailed Hawk
5	American Coot
18	Ring-billed Gull
6	Great Black-backed Gull
23	Rock Pigeon
1	Mourning Dove
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker
2	Downy Woodpecker
1	Hairy Woodpecker
11	Blue Jay
1	American Crow
2	Black-capped Chickadee
2	White-breasted Nuthatch
1	Brown Creeper
1	Carolina Wren
2	American Robin
1	Northern Mockingbird
4	European Starling
1	Song Sparrow
28	White-throated Sparrow
8	Dark-eyed Junco
2	Northern Cardinal
1	Red-winged Blackbird
6	Common Grackle
2	Baltimore Oriole
11	House Finch
8	American Goldfinch
23	House Sparrow

December 21, 2013December 26, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds

Battery Park

I went down to Battery Park to see if I could find the banded hawk NJ30, which had been seen and photographed by other hawk watchers earlier in the month.

I didn’t find anything at first but after about half an hour, I saw a number of pigeons and gulls fly. It was a hawk alright, but not the Red-tailed Hawk NJ30. Instead it was a Cooper’s Hawk by the Coast Guard building.

Manhattan’s reliable female Wild Turkey was also in her usual spot. (She’s not so wild anymore. I think she’s being feed regularly.)

September 30, 2013December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

High In The Sky

In the fall, raptors migrate over Central Park in great numbers when the winds are right. Last weekend, I watched hawks from the Belvedere Castle terrace. Among the raptors seen were a Broad-winged Hawk and Juvenile Bald Eagle.

March 17, 2013December 26, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Red-tailed Hawks, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

Central Park Hawks

Today was a nice day in Central Park. I had the two Red-tailed hawks trying to establish a nest on CPW, (now working on a nest on 322 CPW.) Then a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on the American Museum of Natural History followed by Sharp-shinned Hawk in the Evodia Field.

My next stop was Fifth Avenue, where Octavia is now brooding. Pale Male was tending to the nest (rearranging twigs as is his habit) and she returned to the nest.

A quick walk down to Central Park South uncovered one Red-tailed hawk there. Seven hawks, not too bad for a brief afternoon visit to the park.

January 13, 2013December 26, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey

Randalls Island Peregrine Falcons

A nice trip to Randalls Island on Sunday yeilded the two resident Peregrine Falcons atop the center building of The Manhattan Psychiatric Center. One was on a corner and the other on a set of communications towers. The bird on the tower was banded but it was too far away to capture any numbers.

The count for the day was fairly good. 35 species with a Common Goldeneye and a Belted Kingfisher as highlights. The day had three raptor species, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon and Red-tailed Hawk.

620	Brant
406	Canada Goose
30	Gadwall
3	American Black Duck
28	Mallard
12	Bufflehead
1	Common Goldeneye
14	Red-breasted Merganser
24	Ruddy Duck
1	Red-throated Loon
1	Double-crested Cormorant
2	Great Cormorant
1	Great Blue Heron
2	Red-tailed Hawk
1	American Coot
20	Ring-billed Gull
1	Herring Gull
4	Great Black-backed Gull
45	Rock Pigeon
3	Mourning Dove
2	Belted Kingfisher
3	American Kestrel
2	Peregrine Falcon
4	American Crow
4	Black-capped Chickadee
1	White-breasted Nuthatch
14	American Robin
2	Northern Mockingbird
57	European Starling
1	American Tree Sparrow
1	Song Sparrow
2	White-throated Sparrow
1	Dark-eyed Junco
6	Northern Cardinal
15	House Sparrow

January 6, 2013December 28, 2020Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds, Other Red-tailed Hawks

Another Randalls Island Day

I realized on Saturday that I haven’t spend a real day birding in a long while. I’ve been going after specific birds, but not doing a real walk counting birds for a long time.

So, I birded Randalls Island from end to end on Sunday to see what I could find. Boy, did I feel rusty. Looks like I’m going to be spending lots of time this winter doing long walks…

Photographs are of the Red-tailed Hawk pair and their nest just north of the stadium field, an American Kestrel, Brant, Black-capped Chickadee, and Red-breasted Mergansers.