Golden-Crowned Kinglet and Palm Warbler
Golden-Crowned Kinglets and Palm Warblers may be common this time of year, but that doesn’t make them any less beautiful.
Vesper Sparrow
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.
Lola Is The Star Of The Day
Usually, Pale Male is the easier hawk to find and photograph of the 5th Avenue pair, but today Lola was the easiest to find.
I saw her in the morning in the Ramble and in the afternoon on 1040 Fifth Avenue, the Beresford Apartments and the American Museum of Natural History.
Wild Turkey, 4 Weeks Later
The park’s young Wild Turkey is looking much better and seems to be nearing the end of his fall Juvenile molt.
Cooper’s Hawk
There was a Cooper’s Hawk in the Ramble of Central Park today. It was one of our first really crisp fall days, and we should have Cooper’s Hawks in the park from now until Spring. It was one of my first surprises, when I started bird watching in the park, that Central Park is the winter home of many birds.
Lola Decides To Sleep Alone
Pale Male went “to bed” in this week’s usual spot tonight. Lola flew over to be near him, but kept on going and perched on a tree north of the Met for about ten minutes. She then went to a tree next to Pale Male’s. But she didn’t stay and left going south south along the east side of the Great Lawn, where I lost track of her in the twilight.
When I finally think I understand this pair, they always do something that surprises me. I guess it’s what makes watching them so much fun.
The pictures below are of Pale Male on his roost for the evening.
