Ever Wonder How Apples Get Holes?
A Downy Woodpecker goes after Crab Apples!
Mourning Warbler
The fall migration is in full swing in Central Park and on Friday I finally got to see a Mourning Warbler. These shy birds require of lots of patience to see.
Friday with Pale Male and Lola
Pale Male and Lola were on opposite sides of the same tree on the western edge of the Great Lawn late this afternoon. As it got later, she went west to the SE tower of the Beresford and he went east, typical for this time of year.
The first three pictures are of Pale Male and the rest are of Lola.
Jewelweed Blooms, Hummingbirds Arrive
The temperature is getting a little crisper in the morning, the days are getting shorter and the Jewelweed is in full bloom in Strawberry Fields. It must be close to Labor Day.
Jewelweed consistantly attracts two birds in the park, Ruby-throated Hummingbird while the flowers are in bloom and when there are seed pods, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
Today, right on schedule a Ruby-throated Hummingbird came in to drink the nectar of the Jewelweed flowers. For the next few weeks, anyone wanting to see a Central Park Hummingbird, just needs to find the Jewelweed on the south central edge of Strawberry Field lawn and wait for a Hummingbird. They usually have a route they repeat every twenty minutes in the early evening, so with a little patience you’re bound to see one.
Marie Winn on The Leonard Lopate Show
If all of the great review for Marie Winn’s new book, Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife haven’t gotten you to purchase it and read it, here’s a great interview from this afternoon. She was on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC radio. Click here and then click on the Listen link to hear the interview.
I even got a mention in the interview! Thanks, Marie.
The book is a fun, easy read and is available online at a number of online
resellers including:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Borders
or
your local bookstore
Astoria Park
I hadn’t been able to make it out to Astoria for awhile, but made it out on Saturday. I was able to see both parents on Triborough Bridge. They were on opposite sides of the Queens tower of the suspension bridge, just below the roadway level.
I wasn’t able to find the surviving juvenile hawk from this pair nicknamed, Buster by the neighborhood. The hawk from the Lower East Side that was released into the park and had to be returned to rehab after a case of Frounce has unfortunately died.
The surviving fledgling from the Lower East Side, was recently released in Astoria Park and nicknamed Hank. This hawk did not stay in the park. However, hawk sightings further south along the river closer to the Queensborough Bridge have locals wondering if this hawk might be Hank.
