Since I took the trip to New Jersey to go birding with Rick Wright I did not have as much time to go birding in New York City. Thus is was that I found myself going for a stroll through Central Park on my last day there. The whole month of June was cool, cloudy, gray and rainy, and this morning was no exception. Laden down with binoculars, camera, smartphone and notebook my brother, his partner and I set out for the park. Though the birds were not quite as active as they might have been on a sunny day, I did manage to see and photograph a few before I had to stuff my camera up my shirt to prevent it from getting rained on! Here is some of what we saw:
Central Park Birds
Yes, the water was this green! Everything was green!
“The red was green, the blue was green,
the Emerald City all was green,
It made a very pretty scene, especially if you like green!”
(For my little brother and sister-Do you know where this quote came from?)
Belvedere Castle and Beyond
Such gray and misty days always make me think of this old nursery rhyme I used to read to my children:
One misty moisty morning
When cloudy was the weather
I chanced to meet an old man
Clothed all in leather,
He began to compliment and I began to grin,
“How do you do, and how do you do, and how do you do again!”
From Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Scenes from the Shakespeare Garden
By the time we were done the mist has developed into a steady drizzle. By the time we left the city is was a downpour. As always, I had such a good time in the city and I look forward to going back again next year. I mean, what could be better than family, good food, and good birds?
Birds seen in Central Park on June 10, 2013:
- Canada Goose
- Mallard
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
- Chimney Swift
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Great-crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Warbling Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Blue Jay
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Wood thrush
- American Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
- Pine Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Common Grackle
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
Love your photos and you including the nursery rhymes! We all hold memories of them. I have never been to New York! Central Park looks very interesting.
ReplyDeleteSheila, it is very interesting and full of birds!
DeleteCentral Park looks like it's the best part of New York! I always think of that homeless lady feeding the pigeons in Home Alone 2 and how magical that place can quickly transport one from the big city. Beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteLol, Thanks Chris! You will have to visit one day to see all the birds for yourself!
DeleteHi Central Park looks wonderful to walk around and take such beautiful shots.My favorite is the white Foxglove.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret!
DeleteI still marvel at this beautiful park in a big city. Have never been there and really should as a relative designed Central Park.
ReplyDeleteGaelyn, so you are related to Frederick Law Olmstead? How cool is THAT!
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