Christmas Owls 2020 and Historical CBCs from 100 Years Ago
A brief history of the Long-eared Owl in NYC; and records of the 1920 Christmas Bird Count on Long Island
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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
- Dec 10, 2020
- 14 min
Christmas Bird Count Season Begins, December 2020
Excerpts from the 1920 Christmas Bird Count - and more good owl walks
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Nov 4, 2020
- 18 min
EVENING GROSBEAK: Extraordinary Finch from the Far North
Two Owl Walks in Central Park! See details in this Newsletter. We also profile the stunning Evening Grosbeak.
![More NYC Pine Siskins: Irruptive, Nomadic Seed-eaters [Part 2 - 1989-2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d6bfaf_e644f297aa4345c4b181819c96d4ad11~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d6bfaf_e644f297aa4345c4b181819c96d4ad11~mv2.jpg)
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Oct 28, 2020
- 22 min
More NYC Pine Siskins: Irruptive, Nomadic Seed-eaters [Part 2 - 1989-2020]
Are flocks of Pine Siskins we see now harbingers of more finches to come? And why are these seed eaters here in amazing number this autumn?
![Pine Siskins! Screaming Banshees from the North [Part 1 - Historical Info] - Oct 2020](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d6bfaf_c3b51e3366aa4be095af8fbc4e628d92~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d6bfaf_c3b51e3366aa4be095af8fbc4e628d92~mv2.jpg)
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Oct 21, 2020
- 13 min
Pine Siskins! Screaming Banshees from the North [Part 1 - Historical Info] - Oct 2020
Pine Siskins are amazing birds: they readily respond to recorded calls; come in close; and remain a long time. Come see them with us.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Sep 30, 2020
- 10 min
Central Park at Its Best: The Autumn Migration of Birds
Central Park migrants calling: see the best ones now on our bird walks.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Feb 26, 2020
- 15 min
Last Call Winter Bird Walks: Central Park
The highlands of Mexico are an amazing wintering area for North American warblers from both the eastern and western USA (and Canada) - just
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Feb 12, 2020
- 11 min
Gyrfalcons, Golden Eagles + = Winter Birds of the Short-Grass Prairie
Deborah Allen sends photos of Gyrfalcons, Golden Eagles and other rare raptors from our recent trip to the short grass prairie of South Dako
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Jan 29, 2020
- 19 min
GEESE! Grand Birds of NYC in Winter
Up until the 1960s most waterfowl species were rare in NYC. Indeed the Canada Goose was an occasional flyover Central Park until the the mid
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Jan 23, 2020
- 19 min
OWL MAN: Irving Kassoy, Barn Owls and the BCBC
In 1936, New Yorker magazine published an article on nesting Barn Owls in the Bronx, and the man (Irving Kassoy) who studied them. We send t
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Jan 15, 2020
- 9 min
Wishing You Eastern Screech-owls for Mid-January 2020
We present a summary of the weather in NYC for November-December 2019, as well as articles about Crossbills in upper Manhattan (1899), and p
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Jan 8, 2020
- 26 min
Winter Birds of the NYC Area - Jan. 2020
This has been a mild January so far, and southern birds such as Painted Buntings can be found in our area. We send photos of this fair weath
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Jan 1, 2020
- 23 min
Iceland Gull (Central Park) + Christmas Bird Counts 1919: LI, SI, NJ and CT
We present the December 1919 Christmas Bird Count from the NYC area to show what birds were commonly found in early winter one hundred years
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Dec 24, 2019
- 12 min
OWL WALKS by Night + Historical Christmas Counts of Central Park: 1919/1949
We present historical Christmas Bird Count results from 1919 in NYC including three from Central Park. There are so many more birds seen now
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Dec 17, 2019
- 31 min
GANNETS of New Zealand + Central Park Birding
Lots of bird walks coming up: Owl walks on several nights including Christmas and New Years evenings - check the Newsletter info or the sche
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Dec 4, 2019
- 21 min
ALBATROSS!
Besides Hummingbirds and the Needletail Swifts, no other group of birds has impressed us as the Albatrosses of New Zealand. We document five
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Nov 13, 2019
- 16 min
November Birding in Central Park is Snail Dynamite BOOM!
November is the beginning of the slow winter season - but there are always surprises. We compare what we've seen so far to November 1982
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Nov 6, 2019
- 16 min
Purple Gallinule: First Occurrence in Central Park Since 1928
For only the second time in the history of Central Park, a Purple Gallinule was seen...some 90 years after the first. We present the history
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Oct 30, 2019
- 11 min
Rare October Migrant: the Orange-crowned Warbler in NYC
Since people began looking for birds in NYC, the Orange-crowned Warbler has always been one of the rarer species seen in both spring and aut
Robert DeCandido PhD
- Oct 24, 2019
- 16 min
More Tales of Migrant Virginia Rails on NYC Streets - October Birding!
Late October is a time of surprises in NYC from rare sparrows (two Vesper Sparrows and a Lark Sparrow were seen in Central Park this week),
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