Back to Prospect Park with Paul guiding the AMNH group, and what a day we had! The weather was amazing, clear and a perfect temperature. Quite a difference from the rain we have seen there in the past.......
It was a great walk, going through many different areas of the park, and we saw a wide variety of habitats and birds. It's so much more wild than Central Park, a great change!
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| eastern phoebe |
There were a bunch of flickers foraging in a little grassy area, I like this shot even though it's blurry, because I can see some of the yellow under the wings. Goodbye buddy!
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| northern flicker |
This guy was so happy, he kept distracting me from whatever the group was trying to see. He sounded just like a cartoon. I guess he was celebrating his epic acorn find.
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| red-bellied woodpecker |
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| hermit thrush |
It was quite a day for kinglets! I like how this one's golden crown blends with the yellow leaf.
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| golden-crowned kinglet |
Yes, this was a Cooper's hawk. Or at least that's what Paul claimed. The whole thing was over quite quickly. Earlier we had a nice view of a harrier, but I didn't get pictures. When we saw this one I thought it was the harrier again but it was not!
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| Cooper's hawk |
We saw a red-tailed hawk flying a few times. Love that!
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| red-tailed hawk |
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| common yellow-throat |
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| downy woodpecker |
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| ovenbird |
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| yellow-rumped warbler |
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| mute swan |
We followed a yellow-rumped warbler to this pine tree, and there was a pine warbler there too!
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| pine warbler |
More kinglets. Always there were more kinglets!
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| ruby-crowned kinglet |
And wood ducks at the very end of the walk. A great time!
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| wood ducks |
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