Great Horned Owl On The Ground!
After watching our resident Great Horned Owl for over a year, I finally got to see it go to the ground tonight for the first time! She hooted twice. It was a fun fly out.
Immature White-crowned Sparrow
I finally had a chance to look for the Immature White-crowned Sparrow that had been reported by Leo Bix on the 15th of January. The sparrows it had been hanging out with on the dirt path north of Sheep Meadow had moved about a block north to the hill just south of the Falconer’s Statue. It was in a mixed group of House Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows. There was also a single Fox Sparrow and a single Dark-eyed Junco.
Eastern Screech-Owl
I went up to a park in the north of Manhattan to see both a Barred Owl and an Eastern Screech-Owl today. The Barred Owl was tucked into some branches and difficult to photograph, so I concentrated on the Eastern Screech-Owl.
Great Horned Owl Back On Schedule
After a few nights of not seeing Central Park’s resident Great Horned Owl, and one night where reports were she was flushed by hawks and left the roost early, tonight was back to a very normal schedule. A roost where she was very visible for an hour before fly out, a few hops in the tree, then a flight to the highest tree and a high branch, a few hoots, and then off for the night.
Common Loon
The Common Loon returned to Central Park’s Reservoir on Tuesday and was there on Wednesday morning. There were reports of a Red-throated Loon on the Reservoir Tuesday, but the bird I photographed in the late afternoon was a Common Loon, so either we had two different Loons, or there was confusion about the ID.
Tuesday Afternoon
Wednesday Morning
Great Horned Owl, Rediscovered
After a few days of not seeing the established Great Horned Owl fly, it was back to a regular roost and fly out. She was in her regular tree, branching to more and more open spots before flying out to two nearby trees before flying south towards The Ramble. It was nice to see her again.
