I attended a field trip for winter birds led by Richard Z. for The Linnaean Society of New York on Saturday. The write-up for the trip is on the LSNY site that I manage and designed for the organization.
I had fun embellishing these images.
Two rarities were a partially leucistic Grackle and a young Red-headed Woodpecker.
Hooded Merganzer (Lophodytes cucullatus) , Central Park 2/8/2020 
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Central Park 2/8/2020 
Partially leucistic Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), Central PaRK 2/8/2020 
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Central Park 2/8/2020
The second one especially 🙂
Thanks
Great photos Sherry.
Thanks 🙂
These are great images!
Thanks.
The photos of the woodpecker is marvellous !Thank you for sharing.
Thanks. I didn’t get a good view. I had better luck in 2017 https://port4u.net/2017/05/06/red-headed/
How lucky to see the Redheaded Woodpecker. I have yet to see one in real life☺️
It isn’t a first for Central Park. In June of 2013 I photographed a gorgeous mature male in the Ramble. Another in April of 2017 west of the Carousel. This immature one is just north of the reservoir and has been there all winter. If he hangs out any longer we may get to see him mature.
Oh i love the ducks
Thank you so much.
Fascinating images – and thank you for leucistic which I had to look up.
Thanks. How about supercilium? A silly word. One of my favorites for a bird’s eyebrow.
Another new one with which to test my memory 🙂
Lovely, I particularly like that first image.
Thank you so much.
Stunningly beautiful images, particularly the Hooded Merganzer. Exceptional resolution. And the number of documented sightings registered by the Linnanen Societies field trips is most impressive. Naively, I confess to needing to look up leucistic regarding the Grackle. M 🙂
So glad you enjoyed it. I love esoteric bird words. Superciliary is one of my favorites for describing avian eyebrows.
I love these but the second shot just has to be my favourite, it’s fab 🙂
Thank you Eunice.
Oh my, these are gorgeous, Sherry!
Thank you. Glad you like my edits.
It was a fun time experiencing the birds of Central Park here with you, Sherry. Each bird photo is a work of art, and I was especially impressed with the merganser photo. Such a stunning bird, and your photo in the colorful water is wonderful. Always interesting to see a bird with leucistic qualities, too.
Thank you so much Jet. Spring soon. Then I’ll get out more.