Birds and Birding in New York City's Central Park

This website is hosted by Dr. Robert DeCandido, PhD, better known around Central Park as "Birding Bob," now in his 17th year of leading guided walks in the park. He is joined on the walks by Deb Allen, a noted New York City bird and nature photographer. We invite you to join us to watch and study the approximately 235 species of birds that either live year-round in Central Park, winter here, or visit New York City during the spring and fall migrations.

Bob with Thai assistants during raptor migration research in 2007. Bob has also conducted extensive migration research in Israel, and atop the Empire State Building to study how migrants are affected by tall buildings and lights at night.

A Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. walk enjoys
spring migration in New York City's Central Park

"Birding Bob" DeCandido as depicted by artist/illustrator Zina Saunders

Here are details of upcoming walks:

Your home for information on the guided bird walks lead each week in
New York City's Central Park by Dr. Robert "Birding Bob" DeCandido

SUNDAY WALKS: 9:30 a.m.   $10. Central Park.
    Meet at The Boathouse

      Jan 29
      Feb 5, 12, 19, 26
      March 4, 11, 18, 25

FRIDAY WALKS: 9 am.   $5. Central Park
     Meet at Conservatory Garden (105th Street & 5th Avenue)

     Jan 27 (canceled due to rainy forecast)
    Feb 3, 10, 17, 24
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

BOB'S BIRD WALKS: THE FINE PRINT

Please make payment to Bob DeCandido or Deb Allen in cash at the start of the walk, thanks.

Walks last approximately three hours, but you're free to leave anytime, of course.

MEET BOB & GET A FEEL FOR A BOB BIRD WALK: FILM BY JEREMY ROCKLIN

This 7-minute film is a great way to get introduced to Bob. Follow him through
Central Park on a walk. Get a sense of the park's incredible beauty, along with Bob's background and expertise, his passion for birding,
and his sense of humor.

Bob (left in green) shows his New Year's Day 2012 walk a rare rufous hummingbird -- native to the West -- at the 81st St. entrance of the American Museum of Natural History just outside Central Park.

RECENT CENTRAL PARK HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOB BIRD WALKS (1/20 & 22)

pie billed grebe
yellow bellied sapsucker
redtailed hawk
eastern phoebe
rusty blackbird
swamp sparrow
fox sparrow
cooper's hawk
dark-eyed junco
american robin

An infra-red photo Bob took up the pond at
the southern 59th St. end of Central Park