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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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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

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