While I’m not thrilled that summer is coming to an end, it does mean we have lots of Jewelweed flowers and Hummingbirds in Central Park!

I went down to Bryant Park to look at the Chuck Will’s-widow at night to see if I could take pictures of it feeding.  I did get to see it but it was only perching while I visited.  At least it was awake!

A Chuck Will’s-widow has been seen in Bryant Park for most of the week.  This nocturnal insect eater is a rare visitor to Manhattan, so it has become a celebrity for the New York birder community to visit!

At the feeders on Saturday, were an American Tree Sparrow and a Chipping Sparrow.  (The Tree sparrow has a bi-colored beak and one wing bar.)  They very cooperatively both went to a single bird feeder together a few times.

The Redpoll was around for a second day in Central Park.

Central Park in the winter has a number of visitors from farther north.  Today’s special bird was a Common Redpoll, a small finch. It certainly made a grey day a bit brighter for me.