I visited mid Central Park for the first time in ages on the 2nd. I think I saw Pale Male flying from east to west for a couple of seconds but never got a chance to photograph him. I did see other nice birds though, some of them migrants.
Cardinal in mid scratch:
Black-and-white Warbler:
Winter wren having a snack:
Turtles at Central Park Lake:
Mourning Dove:
Northern Parula:
Cardinal:
Brown Thrasher:
A Thrush:
Downy Woodpecker:
There were rats all over the place (at the water bodies, in the bushes, along the paths, etc.). It was pretty bad:
Turtles at Turtle Pond:
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I didn’t see any Hawks in Washington Square Park today but a fellow Hawk-watcher did see Sadie this morning.
A pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers flitted about a few trees in the western side of the park:
