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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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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 30, 201911 min read
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),
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 24, 201916 min read
Mid-October Birding: Bring on the Kinglets, Sparrows, Waterfowl and Owls
Mid-October marks a change in birding Central Park: with cooler weather, the 9:30am walks are just as good as the early (7:30am) ones. And n
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 16, 201916 min read
Owls at Night / Migrants by Day: Birding Central Park and Manhattan
We are adding an Owl walk at 6pm this Sunday night (13 October), the night before Columbus Day. In our Newsletter, we present info on an ext
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 10, 201915 min read
ATTACKED while Birding in Central Park: September 2019
Sometimes a bird walk is interrupted by interesting events - usually it is an amazing bird! This week, there was someone who physically assa
Robert DeCandido PhD
Oct 3, 201917 min read
The Cuckoo and the GOAT: a Parable of Central Park Birding, September 2019
We present the ancient birders fairy tail of the Cuckoo and GOAT in Central Park. Meanwhile, Emmet Logan writes what it was like to be home
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 25, 201914 min read
Late September Birding: Great Weather and Even Better Birds
We enter the time of the autumn when the most migrants can be seen in the New York City area from warblers and vireos to raptors including o
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 18, 201921 min read
Autumn Migration Peaking: Mid-September in Central Park
September-October is prime season for bird migration. If you want to see warblers, now through mid-October is your season. No other group fi
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 11, 201923 min read
Night Migration of Birds in New York City
We briefly trace the history of the study of the night migration of birds here in NYC. First at the Statue of Liberty after lights were inst
Robert DeCandido PhD
Sep 4, 201916 min read
Migration, Migration, Migration
As we head into late August migration is intensifying - let's hope for overnite winds from the northwest. Expect a good diversity of war
Robert DeCandido PhD
Aug 28, 201915 min read
Warbler Migration NOW + One More Night of the Owl
The weather will change significantly come Thursday night, and with the cooler air, many migrants will come south into Central Park. Join us
Robert DeCandido PhD
Aug 21, 201913 min read
Owls, Early Autumn Migrants and a Manhattan Seal
Our late summer bird walk schedule is expanding: an Owl walk Thursday Night at Inwood Hill Park (7:30pm); and another on Tuesday night 20 Au
Robert DeCandido PhD
Aug 14, 201918 min read
More Warblers, More Owls - in Manhattan No Less: Aug 10 and 11 + 13.
Warbler migration is in full swing in August. This weekend the weather will be cool - and we are expecting much. On Tuesday (13 August) we h
Robert DeCandido PhD
Aug 7, 201920 min read
Migrant Warblers by Day (Central Park) and Owls by Night (Inwood/Manhattan)
August is the month for serious migration. Most of our warbler species will be seen this month - up to 14 warbler species in a day toward 20
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jul 31, 201911 min read
Birding on the Dark Side of the Moon 7:30/9:30 (Sunday 28 July)
Southbound migration is beginning slowly in our area. Already the first shorebirds are heading south, and just this past week the first warb
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jul 24, 201913 min read
Sunday Birding in Central Park in Summer at 7:30am/9:30am for $10
Hot weather brings out the best birds, butterflies and birders. We are off to find a specialty of Central Park: the Snout Butterfly...and di
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jul 17, 201913 min read
Sunday Bird Walks at 7:30am/9:30am Featuring Early Fall Migrants (CP!!)
Our reduced summer schedule of bird walks on Sundays only in July packs a lot of punch. Swooping woodpeckers; cardinals on display - and the
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jul 10, 201911 min read
July: Sunday Bird Walks in Central Park at 7:30am/9:30am
July is slow down time for birds and a chance to catch one's breath after the craziness of spring...and the fast approaching fall (south
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jul 3, 201911 min read
Pelham Bay Park (Bronx) and Central Park: Late June Bird Walks
Late June brings fewer migrants to Central Park - so we focus on finding breeding birds. However, the trip to Pelham Bay Park on Saturday (2
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jun 26, 201919 min read
Jamaica Bay!
Jamaica Bay will be especially productive on Saturday morning - but you have to be there with us...10am at the Visitors' Center. On Sund
Robert DeCandido PhD
Jun 19, 201921 min read
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