Month: February 2012

I was in Central Park on Saturday the 4th for several hours. This preening goose caught my eye with its comical, graceful, contented way about it. I found the water droplets suspended in the air from the goose’s various movements and the lone feather floating on the water nearby to be delightful as well.

Continue to the full post… “Preening Canada Goose, Central Park – February 4, 2012”

Not seeing Bobby and Rosie for a full week was tougher on me than I thought it’d be. When I first saw the hawks today I realized how much I had missed them.

They were both spotted at the eastern side of the park (both on regular, long-time hawk perches).

Rosie:

Continue to the full post… “Back with Bobby and Rosie – February 5, 2012”

I saw two red-tailed hawks as I was leaving the southeast corner of Central Park during a lunch-time walk last week. A friend who knows the Central Park hawks pretty well told me I was probably not photographing Pale Male in Central Park all this time but most likely Pale Male Jr.

I had devoted I think three or four posts to a couple of red-tails I saw flying around the Plaza which at first I thought may be Pale Male. But my friend’s argument was sound; Pale Male Jr. and his mate are known to fly around the Plaza Hotel and the southeast entrance of the park. I’ll take her word for it!

Continue to the full post… “Central Park red-tails – January 24, 2012”