Big and little

Nothing better than running around the ground looking for food. Funny cooper's hawk.

Possible meal. Go hide, chickadee!

...and then into my face came a cluster of parulas.

This is a well fed bird.

Oh no, come back!

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Looking for food

Lots of little birds all looking for food.  Hermy the Hermit.

Palm warbler

Yellow rump on yellow leaf

Favorite berry snatchers, the waxwings this time juveniles.

Peewee waiting for bugs

Nesting material??  Or insulation??

Silent song sparrow

Still here, the catbird

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Giving a hoot

West 69th street still has Halloween decorations. That's my path to the park.

Artistic window decoration.

Great surprise in the park, visiting barred owl.

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Saturday snippets

Right out the door, the West End Avenue hermit.

But first shock in the park was sad, the beautiful willow tree that stood at the North corner of Wagner Cove.  No more willow tree.

Tree stumps are something to explore if you're a kid.

At the rate this hairy was drilling this tree into swiss cheese it too will fall.

 

Castle, - great spot to watch hawks on the move.  I did over expose by three stops, but still picked up digital noise.  A red shouldered hawks.  There were also juveniles in this mix.

I think this is a turkey vulture.  There were two.

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Brilliant Saturday

This was going to be a work afternoon with one blog about the dangling crane seen from my neighbor's balcony.  Crane has now been tethered to building. Much safer.

And then my pal e-mailed, "Come to park. Lots of birds".  No other encouragement needed, grabbed camera and ran.  There are over 800 pictures to edit, so I'll use words today.  It's immeasureably sad to see uprooted beloved trees. The gorgeous willow at the north end of Wagner Cove is no more. Other mighty trees are down.  Many limbs cracked off. But the park is still beautiful,... autumn colors and loads of birds finding seeds and bugs.

The most fun was from up at the castle, lots of raptors passing north to south. "See that, two hawks."  "Over there, look, four hawks."  ".... saw 35 redtails".  "Did you see that?  Were those turkey vultures?"  "What's that?"  "Over there! Over there!"  "The crows are chasing a hawk."  "What's this bird?"  "Did you see the golden eagle. It's down that path sitting in a tree."

You get the idea. Lots of fun. No golden eagle! There was the cooper's hawk running around in the Oven, the hairy woodpecker making Swiss cheese out of a tree, ruby kinglets, chickadees and, for me, the last thing at 69th street a whole flock of parula.   Great Saturday. I'll be editing till midnight.
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More from November past

It's fun digging into the files and playng with the images, much happier than looking at fallen trees.

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