This somewhat rare bird of Central Park has been very popular recently. Birders in the park have enjoyed sitting by the feeders in the Ramble, talking about the bird and photographing it. There is young Red-headed Woodpecker near 72nd Street on the East side of Central Park that has been there all winter. Neither bird has found a mate.
I took these with my Nikon D750 with a Sigma 150-600 mm lens. the ones that show two birds in a picture are composites.
For the last week or so lone Cattle Egret has been at West 28th Street between 8 and 9th Avenues, Chelsea. This is a rare bird for New York City. Looks like it may have migrated a bit north of the usual breeding territory. The bird usually hangs out in a small fenced in area of grass, trees and flowers; and has been seen roosting on a balcony of the Penn South houses. This Cattle Egret mostly feeds on earth worms—lots of them.
The blur is because it moves fast.
Note the orange breeding plumage.
The third bird down is a composite image.
Snake’s Head Fritillary, Central Park 4/18/2017[/caption]
I actually photographed these on Tuesday April 11 in Central Park and processed them next day. So the title is not totally wrong.
One of those lucky shots.
The Red-headed Woodpecker has been there all winter but I was unable to get to that part of the park to see it until now. A terrible bunch of photos of it, but they are mine.
During a brief late afternoon visit to Central Park on April 5, 2017 I captured a few early Spring migrants.
A selection of birds from March photographed in Central Park.
The Phoebe was hanging out at Turtle Pond. I didn’t get a close shot of it.
It is now suddenly very warm in New York City. Some early spring flowers include Witch Hazel and Pussy Willow. Crocii were in the lawn but off limits for photography.
I don’t suppose I need to warn you that this is a composite of the same bird. 🙂
