Sound Ethical Birding: Comments from Scientists
Using sound to bring in birds is educational, ethical, fun - all good. We provide comments from the Experts.
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
- May 26
- 12 min
Philadelphia Vireo: Always Rare on Migration in Central Park (1900-2021)
We provide the history of a rare migrant in our area: the Philadelphia Vireo.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- May 19
- 11 min
Prothonotary Warbler: Central Park
The arrival of a Prothonotary Warbler anywhere in our area is a big event. We send historical notes on this bird in NYC, and breeding on LI.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- May 12
- 8 min
Best Birding of 2021 is Now ~ mid-May
Besides amazing bird walks we send historical info on a big fall-out of migrants in Madison Square Park on 15 May 1921 exactly 100 years ago
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- May 5
- 11 min
The Vaccination = Birding Central Park
Rare Warblers for Central Park: Yellow-throated and Cerulean...and how Deborah Allen determined they were first spring males.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Apr 28
- 13 min
Everybody, Everybody...Birds are Over Here
Spring Birding Supremissimo is about Birds and NYC Birders
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Apr 21
- 10 min
Migrants: WARBLERS Migrants: VIREOS Migrants: SPARROWS Migrants: BIRDS!
Migration: Bird Walks; Central Park: Bird Walks; Mornings (5) and Evenings (2): Bird Walks.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Apr 15
- 17 min
BIG WAVE WEEKEND: Warblers +++
Migrant Warblers arriving now; Great Horned Owlets ready to fledge. And Central Park in Spring 1982: what a difference 40 years makes!
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Apr 7
- 7 min
Spring is Acumen: the Occurrence of the Black-backed Robin in Central Park
Yes the Black-backed Robin is a real bird; yes it occurs in Central Park annually - but no one knows to look for it! We send details...
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Mar 31
- 8 min
Beyond Good or Bad: Becoming an EVIL BIRDER
Being a bad birder is no longer good enough. In this Newsletter we give "slights" on how to be a truly evil birder.
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