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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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Mar 31, 20227 min read
April is Birds + Bird Walks ~ Central Park Spring 2022
Calling All Falcon Birders: Spring Bird Walks Begin 1 April: four days per week, and on weekends twice per morning. Big Kahuna Bird Walks!
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Mar 24, 20229 min read
On the Cusp of Spring Birding ~ Late March 2022 ~ Central Park
Magnolias are ready to bloom; Bumblebees are making their rounds; Will the first big bird wave arrive this weekend here in Central Park?
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Mar 17, 20228 min read
A Baedeker of NYC Wildlife - March 2022
No to winter; Yes to Spring. Here we are in mid-March 2022 for the arrival of warblers, woodcocks and singing sparrows: Central Park.
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Mar 9, 20227 min read
March Northern Saw-whet Owls and American Woodcocks in NYC 1885-2022
American Woodcocks and Northern Saw-whet Owls are March migrants. We send recent and historical notes on these birds in NYC in early spring.
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Mar 3, 20228 min read
Spring Solidarity: the Birds are Coming
Historical info on Am. Robins including atrocities committed against them (1913); and 2021: one of the wettest/warmest years ever in NYC
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Feb 23, 202210 min read
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.
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Feb 16, 202230 min read
The Bronx Age: History of the Bronx County Bird Club 1924-1978 (the BCBC!)
The greatest bird club of all time. We introduce the members and what they achieved.
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Feb 10, 202214 min read
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...
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Feb 5, 202222 min read
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.
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Jan 27, 202212 min read
NYC Big Three: Snowy Owls, Peregrines and Bald Eagles + a warm December 2021
The big three raptors all put in major appearances in Central Park/NYC this January 2022. We give details with photos in this Newsletter.
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