Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk aren’t at all unusual in New York City, but we only see them a few times a year in Central Park, so this was another nice winter surprise.
American Tree Sparrow and Chipping Sparrow
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.
Second Day with the Common Redpoll
The Redpoll was around for a second day in Central Park.
Central Park Common Redpoll
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.
Juveniles Red-tails
I saw four Juvenile Red-tails along with the Sheep Meadow adults around the rink and the Pond on Monday afternoon/evening. It was a surprising number.
Past sunset, when I would have expected all of them to be roosting, one of the Juvenile hawks caught and ate a rat, well into the evening. This is the latest I’ve ever seen a Red-tailed Hawk eat.
Coyote Captured In Riverside Park
A Coyote was captured in Riverside Park on Saturday and later released in a Bronx wilderness area. After a few difficult captures that resulted in Coyote deaths in the last decade, it's great to see Animal Care & Control and the New York City police department coordinating well, and humanly relocating Coyotes.
The Gothamist had a nice article entitled, Coyote In Riverside Park Forces NYPD Out Of Slowdown.