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April 30, 2017December 28, 2020927 5th Avenue Red-tailed Hawks, Other Birds

Quiet Sunday

The colder weather made for a quiet day on Pale Male and Octavia’s nest. However, there were a large number of migrates, including a Least Bittern (a small heron) and Red-headed Woodpecker.

April 28, 2017December 22, 2020Other Birds

Savannah Sparrows

Thanks to a Tompkins Square Park Birder’s great spotting, I got to watch a group of migrating Savannah Sparrows in the park on Thursday evening. It was a nice surprise in foggy weather.

April 27, 2017December 22, 2020Other Birds

Indigo Buntings

Central Park had two Indigo Buntings stopping in the park during their migration today. They were filling up on grass seed just south of Sparrow Rock.

April 22, 2017December 19, 2020Other Birds

Wild Turkeys are not especially rare in the New York area. However, they are infrequent visitors to Central Park. One was seen up in the Ravine on Thursday and it has been exploring the park. I caught up with it on Saturday, near the Falconer’s Statue.

April 5, 2017December 19, 2020Other Birds, Washington Sq. Red-tailed Hawks

Brood Patch

It was a nice spring evening in Washington Square Park. Bobby, the male was on the Education Building flagpole when I arrived. He went to the nest to give the female a break. She went to a spanish roof at the southwestern side of the park where she preened for about an hour. Her brood patch was visible at times when she faced the wind. While watching her, there was a photogenic Palm Warbler in the park grass.

The female hawk returned to the nest and Bobby then went to the Pless building and appeared to take a chest bath. After about fifteen minutes he few west and we lost him somewhere around the Judson church.