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​What Might You See This Week?​
Please have a look at Bob's weekly narrative report on what was seen on his Central Park walks in recent days and weeks. A good way to predict what birds you might possibly see on this week's walks.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Jan 29, 202413 min read
Return Birding: Tanzania in 1995 and 2023
Tanzanian birds from our late 2023 trip. In a word: superb wildlife, people and landscapes; but high prices and a logistical nightmare.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 29, 202317 min read
Christmas Bird Counts 100 years ago: CONNECTICUT and NEW JERSEY (December 1923)
This bird that now breeds and winters in NYC extensively (2023)...but was not seen on any Christmas Bird Count in our area in 1923.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 21, 202314 min read
Christmas Bird Counts: LONG ISLAND (1923) and the BRONX (1933):
100 years ago on NYC area CBCs, Pine Grosbeaks, Bobwhite Quail, Eastern Meadowlarks were observed. And the BCBC was just getting started!
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Dec 13, 202314 min read
Christmas Bird Count Season Begins: Central Park/NYC in 1923 and 2023
Christmas Bird Count results NYC December 1923 (Bobwhite Quail; Eastern Meadowlarks); Three western hummingbird species in Manhattan 2001-23
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Nov 1, 202329 min read
Late Autumn Bird Migration: Central Park 2023
The last of the big migration days are upon us. See it now for 2023...Sparrows, Ducks, Woodpeckers and perhaps an owl
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 18, 202326 min read
Mid-October Birding: the Mass Arrival of Sparrows, Thrushes and Rarities too.
Banding migrant Northern Saw-whet owls near NYC; more reports about night migrating birds 1885-1960; September 2023 weather in Central Park.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 4, 202320 min read
Migrating Birds of Central Park/NYC - Autumn 2023
More notes on night migrating birds in NYC; + we examine the local history of the Pectoral Sandpiper after 150+ were found on 21 September.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 22, 202321 min read
Migrant Birds by Day and Night: Central Park/NYC
A brief history (1880-2023) of the study of night migrating birds here in Central Park and Manhattan. There is a lot of positive news.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 6, 202316 min read
September Bird Migration Ramping Up: Central Park/NYC
A discussion of the breeding birds of Central Park in 1892; and an analysis of the cooler weather of August 2023 in NYC.
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Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
Aug 22, 202318 min read
Every Bird, Everywhere - All at Once: Late August Migration 2023
Bird Migration is picking up: join us in Central Park - see our schedule. The pelagic bird photos herein are from our recent trip to Chile.
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