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| Cottoneaster blossoms, catbird lunch |
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| Catering service, organic peanut butter. Downy woodpecker loves the goo. |
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| And then the squirrel takes over. |
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| Redwing blackbird, young male |
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| The redheaded woodpecker has since taken off for natural food, but it was a joy seeing it at the feeders. |
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| Oh, good grief! Can't you pose correctly. |
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| It costs less if you build yourself. Ambitious sparrows. If it's there they'll carry it upstairs. Nest high in a tree. |
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| Female and male involved in house construction. |
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| If I hadn't seen sparrows flying in and out I would have missed this nest, tiny hole into metal post. Solid house. |
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| Kingfisher at Turtle Pond. This is when I wish had an 800mm lens. Of course I can't hand hold one, but it would be nice. |
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| Having a cardinal chat. Food please? |
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| Hermit thrush, skittish |
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| New York birds will eat anything |
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| Pigeons read. Menu posted. |
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| Late afternoon, ready to leave the park after having seen almost nothing. On path, startling red, a male scarlet tanager. He probably just flew into the park after a long migration trip, landed just outside of Strawberry Field and had no more energy to fly. Walking on the path was fine as far as he was concerned. Lots of tourists. Out came the cell phones to take pictures. That area is all green, brown, grey and here was this blast of red. I coaxed him into the ivy area. Being on the path was not safe. It could fly short distances, mostly up and down. It was finding food, bugs and worms. The rain today will help it bathe. There are tanagers at this time of year, but I've never before met a "grounder". |
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| Beautiful egret. Want your picture taken? My pleasure. |
