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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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The Goddess of Wisdom Only Spreads Her Wings at Dusk
NYC Parks continue to be overwhelmed with a tsunami of birds of prey: lots of owls of different species and many Cooper's Hawks and Pere
Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 26, 201811 min read
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Christmas Owls - Central Park
We don't know where these owls are coming from, but they keep coming. Owls are piling up in Central Park, and it is difficult to turn a
Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 12, 201817 min read
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A December of Owls - Central Park
This December there are a number of owls in NYC and even Central Park: Northern Saw-whet, Barred, Great Horned and others as well. Our bird
Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 5, 201814 min read
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The Invisible Connection: Migrant Owls, Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches - the Invasion Continu
Long-eared Owls, Northern Saw-whet Owls, Barred Owls - these are just three of the eight owl species that have been found in NYC.
Robert DeCandido PhD
Nov 14, 201815 min read
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October is Nooki-Nooki Birding in Central Park
What is Nooki-Nooki Birding? Hint: it is better than flying...
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 2, 201813 min read
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Calling all Birders: Central Park spring bird walks +++ schedule starts 30 March
We ramp up the bird walks in Central Park this week starting 30 March (Friday) - looking for warblers and other migrants.
Robert DeCandido PhD
Mar 28, 20188 min read
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Spring Birds are Here Again! +++ Nesting Great Horned Owls by Day and Eastern Screech-owls at Night
The Bronx Age: a history of the Bronx County Bird Club (1924-1935) whose members established what great field birding could be
Robert DeCandido PhD
Mar 7, 201828 min read
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The Redhead: a Data Portrait (1880-2018) of a Formerly Rare Duck in the NYC area
Our weekly bird walk schedule in Central Park (Sunday 9:30am) and for Owls on Sunday evening 4 March (6pm) at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bron
Robert DeCandido PhD
Feb 28, 201817 min read
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More NYC Owls: Bronx Great Horneds nesting (this Saturday 2/24) and Eastern Screech-owl update from
We have been with NYC owls a lot this winter: Eastern Screech-owls (and Flying Squirrels) at Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan this past Sunday
Robert DeCandido PhD
Feb 21, 201813 min read
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Owl Walks + Christmas Birding in Central Park (not so ordinary bird walks to survive the cold).
Bird walks looking for owls and other birds for the Christmas Bird Count; everyone welcome who has an interest in nature in the city - and t
Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 13, 20179 min read
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