Lunch time with lovely Central Park birds. Slightly chilly and cloudy day but delightful nonetheless.
Mallard:
Common Sparrow. Freshly-bathed and feeling snacky:
White-throated Sparrow:
Grackle:
Where so many of these birds take a bath:
Sleeping raccoon high in the tree top:
I’d seen it snoozing there on a couple other occasions but this was the best photo I could get of it yet. No one else seemed to notice it (like last time as well). People don’t seem to look up very often.
Female Mallard:
Shy immature Black-crowned Night Heron:
Canada Geese:
Sun-bathing turtles:
Skyscrapers reflected in Mallard’s eye:
Turtle face:
Turtle foot:
Consortium of turtles:
