The Bald Eagle continues to visit Central Park’s Reservoir. Yesterday, I couldn’t get to the park, but many photographers were able to photograph the eagle and were able to see its band number, R over 7, which matches an individual often seen in Brooklyn. Today, it made at least three visits to the Reservoir. I saw two of the passes, one of which was after sunset.

With unusual gulls, ducks, a perched Peregrine and the Eagle’s flights the Reservoir is the “hot” location in the late afternoon in Central Park this week.

Update: From the Connecticut Fish and Wildlife @CTFishWildlife4h: Central Park birders were recently treated to the uncommon sight of a bald eagle capturing a gull in mid-flight! “R7”, or locally known as Rover, was banded by CT DEEP wildlife biologists in New Haven, CT, on May 11, 2018, and he has been hanging around NYC since mid 2020!