Central Park

North Central Park

Sherry Felix10 Comments

The first set is from the Ravine and Butterfly Gardens in Central Park (map). A few of these gave me a bit of trouble to identify.

  • Ravine, Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Canadian Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Glacial striations near Butterfly Gardens, Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Foxglove Beard-tongue (Penstemon digitalis), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • English Plantain (Plantago Lanceolata), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), Central Park 5/28/2020

The second set of flowers are in the Conservatory Garden. I am stuck on the last two. Does anyone know what they are called?

A friend, Fritz, from the Butterfly Club in NYC helped me identify the red daisy like flower. It is Great Masterwort (Astrantia major ‘Rubra’).

  • Central Park Conservatory 5/28/2020
  • water drops, Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) macro, Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Lilac (Syringa vulgaris), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Weigela florida, Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Rose Family (Rosaceae), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Great Masterwort (Astrantia major ‘Rubra’), Central Park 5/28/2020
  • Great Masterwort (Astrantia major ‘Rubra’), Central Park 5/28/2020

Central Park at Last

Sherry Felix20 Comments

My first trip to Central Park this Spring was this morning. We saw warblers and other migrants.

  • Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), Central Park 5/4/2020
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Central Park 5/4/2020
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens), Central Park 5/4/2020
  • Prairie Warbler (Seophaga discolor), Central Park 5/4/2020
  • Central Park 5/4/2020
  • Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Dogwood, Central Park 5/4/2020

Central Park with LSNY

Sherry Felix26 Comments

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

North Central Park

Sherry Felix23 Comments

I made these photographs during a trip with Sierra Photo NYC in January.

  • Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Seeds, Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Seeds, Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Great Blue Heron, Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020
  • Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 1/11/2020