High Above Opposite Ends Of The Park

By D. Bruce YoltonEagles, Falcons, Hawks and Osprey, Other Birds, Southern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks

I birded both ends of Central Park on Saturday.   Up north, there were Snowy Egrets flying south.  The fall migration has started and the species list on NYC Bird Report has warblers, ducks and other birds that haven’t been seen since the spring.

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Down at the southern end of the park one of the 888 Seventh Avenue Red-tailed Hawk parents was on the upper right hand corner of the Essex House sign.
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An American Kestrel came by to give the Red-tailed Hawk a hard time, but didn’t actually come too close before…
heading north into the park.
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