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What Might You See This Week?
Please have a look at Bob's weekly narrative report on what was seen on his Central Park walks in recent days and weeks. A good way to predict what birds you might possibly see on this week's walks.
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Central Park: August-September Bird Walk Schedule
Southbound Migration is in full-swing - yes in August! Expect 15-20 warbler species this month. See you on our kumbaya bird walks.
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Aug 4, 20218 min read
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Central Park: Connecticut and Mourning Warblers
Deborah Allen sends photos of breeding male Connecticut and Mourning Warblers; and we provide historical notes on these birds in Central Pk
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Jun 25, 20215 min read
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ALBATROSS!
Besides Hummingbirds and the Needletail Swifts, no other group of birds has impressed us as the Albatrosses of New Zealand. We document five
Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 4, 201921 min read
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November Birding in Central Park is Snail Dynamite BOOM!
November is the beginning of the slow winter season - but there are always surprises. We compare what we've seen so far to November 1982
Robert DeCandido PhD
Nov 13, 201916 min read
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Purple Gallinule: First Occurrence in Central Park Since 1928
For only the second time in the history of Central Park, a Purple Gallinule was seen...some 90 years after the first. We present the history
Robert DeCandido PhD
Nov 6, 201916 min read
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Rare October Migrant: the Orange-crowned Warbler in NYC
Since people began looking for birds in NYC, the Orange-crowned Warbler has always been one of the rarer species seen in both spring and aut
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 30, 201911 min read
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More Tales of Migrant Virginia Rails on NYC Streets - October Birding!
Late October is a time of surprises in NYC from rare sparrows (two Vesper Sparrows and a Lark Sparrow were seen in Central Park this week),
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 24, 201916 min read
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Mid-October Birding: Bring on the Kinglets, Sparrows, Waterfowl and Owls
Mid-October marks a change in birding Central Park: with cooler weather, the 9:30am walks are just as good as the early (7:30am) ones. And n
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 16, 201916 min read
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Owls at Night / Migrants by Day: Birding Central Park and Manhattan
We are adding an Owl walk at 6pm this Sunday night (13 October), the night before Columbus Day. In our Newsletter, we present info on an ext
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 10, 201915 min read
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ATTACKED while Birding in Central Park: September 2019
Sometimes a bird walk is interrupted by interesting events - usually it is an amazing bird! This week, there was someone who physically assa
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 3, 201917 min read
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The Cuckoo and the GOAT: a Parable of Central Park Birding, September 2019
We present the ancient birders fairy tail of the Cuckoo and GOAT in Central Park. Meanwhile, Emmet Logan writes what it was like to be home
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 25, 201914 min read
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Late September Birding: Great Weather and Even Better Birds
We enter the time of the autumn when the most migrants can be seen in the New York City area from warblers and vireos to raptors including o
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 18, 201921 min read
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