Birding during the First World War: Candles in the Rain
Ornithological observations from the trenches of WW1; + a 1970 prayer, written by a Ukrainian New Yorker, to keep the dark away.
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
- Feb 10
- 14 min
Who Discovered the Slaty-backed Gull in Central Park? The Spanish Inquisition.
We set the record straight about how a rare bird was "discovered" in Central Park: by CHANCE (and error)! This is not the first time...
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Feb 5
- 22 min
The Bald Eagle in NYC 1866 to 2022
Bald Eagles are urban birds too. Give them city parks w/lakes and reservoirs with ice: they will come. We tell their NYC history herein.
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Dec 16, 2021
- 11 min
Birding NYC: Christmas Bird Counts 1921 + Central Park Bird Walks 2021
What was a Christmas Bird Count like in NYC in 1921? We send bird lists from several counts that December. And some South Africa photos 2021
Deborah Allen and Robert DeCandido PhD
- Sep 30, 2021
- 15 min
Mega Bird Migration Now Now Now - Central Park October 2021
October is the best time to see migrants as they stop to refuel in Central Park.
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 2, 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