Golden-Crowned Kinglets and Palm Warblers may be common this time of year, but that doesn’t make them any less beautiful.

I had new bird in Central Park today, a Vesper Sparrow.  It was on a ridge of rocks just north of the North Meadow.  It was nice to have a life bird.  They’re getting much harder for me to get these days in Central Park.

The park’s young Wild Turkey is looking much better and seems to be nearing the end of his fall Juvenile molt.

The Wild Turkey in Central Park is looking a lot better these days.  Almost all of the molted feathers are coming back and today for the first time I heard it start to vocalize.  I can’t wait to see what the final result is going to look like (and sound like) in a few weeks!

The Connecticut Warbler was more difficult to find on Sunday, but for about twenty minutes gave us excellent views.  The bird seen on Sunday has some feathers out of place near the back of its head on the right side.

The Connecticut Warbler that has been in the Pinetum has stuck around and was seen on Saturday.  I photographed it and some birds at Tanner’s Spring.