After having a cold for Christmas Eve and Christmas, I was very ready to go out on a walk today! We went up to the AMNH to try to see the hummingbird again, but missed it. A few folks were there with quite impressive cameras, they said they had been seeing the bird, but we decided not to stand around waiting for it. To the park!
Almost right away once we got into the park I saw this gorgeous Cooper's hawk.
I guess I spotted a grackle too, but my focus was really more on the hawk.........
We went around as much as we could in the ramble (a big section is still closed from storm damage) and spotted a pretty big group of house finches.
What a beauty! Sadly, we did not find the barred owl. We headed over to the model boat pond to figure out some tree types from the Central Park Conservancy Tree Walk, and had great views of two red-tailed hawks in that area. Presumably Pale Male and his lady friend, but I still cannot identify individuals, so I can't say for sure. These are wise and canny hawks that know how to perch and fly such that the camera is incapable of focusing on them, even though we had great views. Damn you autofocus!
We went around looking at trees and trying to guess what they were from the CPC brochure but it's very hard to tell them apart in the winter. It was interesting though and if we stick with it I'm sure we'll be able to tell them apart at some point.
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