Great weather was a well-welcomed addition to the weekend, and prompted a last-minute trip to Central Park. It has been quite a while since I have had the opportunity to photograph birds here, and I almost immediately found myself severely out of practice in identifying the (less obvious) species that were previously so evident.
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For better or worse, the day offered few sightings, and similarly, few head-scratching bird-identifying moments. Unlike the previous day’s findings of warblers and other new seasonal visitors, I only photographed a prairie warbler (in the highest possible branches of the tallest tree), downy woodpecker, American kestrel, ruby-crowned kinglet, brown-headed cowbird and sharp-shinned hawk.
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I hope to get more practice in, for both photographic and bird-identification purposes, before the spring migration comes into full effect. In the meantime, here are a few photographs while I continue to update and post more collections to the gallery.
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cs6308.jpg;Prairie warbler
cs6408.jpg;American kestrel
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cs6450.jpg;Sharp-shinned hawk
cs6468.jpg;Ruby-crowned kinglet
cs6491.jpg;Brown-headed cowbird
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