I managed to catch this white-throated sparrow in flight.
After visiting Hudson River Park we walked to Abingdon Square. There are tiny lights in the tree there. I added falling snow to that background.
Happy New Year everyone.
New York City’s first big snowfall of the winter. We took a short walk down to the river to see the snow. I added a snow overlay on the last photograph.
After visiting the Ramble we stopped by the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir – Wikipedia in Central Park. I wanted to see what winter ducks were there. We didn’t stay long. Here’s a link to a Birding Guide | Central Park Conservancy
Carolina wrens – Wikipedia (see habitat en disgtribution section) have been slowly moving north. Years ago I rarely saw one. Now they are common. I love their cheerful “teakettle” song: Carolina Wren Song. In the last photograph the wren’s nictitating membrane – Wikipedia is visible.
The ball of feathers in the first photograph is a great blue heron. I edited the backgrounds in the last three.
Wintry scenes of the first snow fall of 2025. A surprise was the pretzel bush.
I saw other winter birds at Pelham Bay Park : NYC Parks besides these two that I did not photograph.
On a trip to Pelham Bay Park : NYC Parks I made these photographs. One more post to come.
