Sunday 14 April 2013

Central Park, New York City

We only had 3 days in New York City and as we had never been before we had a lot to cram in. Thus meant birding time was severely restricted. Central Park was fantastic, with a great vibe, and the birding was pretty good too! We had a quick walk round on day one in the afternoon, where I had about 20 minutes around the bird feeders, and then one two hour session in the morning on day two. A further session was planned for morning the final day but was scuppered by heavy rain!

I hooked up with some very friendly local birders that morning who showed me round and told me how good it can be in early May, with brightly coloured warblers all over the place. To be honest I was quite happy it wasn't like that as you could spend all day there and not see everything, and I only had a couple of hours!      


Pine Warbler - one of four or five seen


Wood Duck


Swamp Sparrow


Bufflehead


Ruby Crowned Kinglet


Palm Warbler


Tufted Titmouse


White Throated Sparrow


Downy Woodpecker



Hermit Thrush






Brown Headed Cowbird - only one seen


American Robin - literally hundreds in the park


Carolina Chickadee


Record shot of a "Red" Fox Sparrow - one and only seen


Dark Eyed Junco

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