Latest Sightings

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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Migrating Warblers by Day, and an Owl Walk at Night (12 August)

Warblers are arriving - we should soon get 10 species on a morning walk; and we add an evening owl walk for 12 August - details herein

Robert DeCandido PhD

Aug 5, 202011 min read

August is Warbler Migration!

August can be quite productive for finding migrant warblers in NYC Parks. Join us for weekend bird walks at 7:30am and again at 9:30am ($10)

Robert DeCandido PhD

Jul 29, 202012 min read

Bird Walks Resume: 25-26 July (Sat-Sun) and Weekends through August

Our bird walks for summer 2020 resume on weekends at 730am and 930am.

Robert DeCandido PhD

Jul 21, 202011 min read

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

Feb 26, 202015 min read

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

Feb 12, 202011 min read

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 29, 202019 min read

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 23, 202019 min read

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 15, 20209 min read

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 8, 202026 min read

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

Jan 1, 202023 min read

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