A raven and chick at St. John the Divine in Manhattan. (The second picture is a zoomed-in version of the first.)
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Long-eared owl in Central Park yesterday.
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At this time of year, Columbia University covers trees along College Walk, the main pathway across campus, with lights. They can be very pretty. This picture was at 2”, f/22, ISO 64, 25mm, plus some adjustments to contrast and exposure in post after converting to B&W.

I went to Riverside Park today to try to get a better picture of the dickcissel. No joy, but I saw four different kinds of woodpeckers (of the six types I've ever seen in Manhattan): a downy woodpecker, a hairy woodpecker, a red-bellied woodpecker, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
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Looking for a better shot of the dickcissel in NYC’s Riverside Park, I tried using my long, I.e., heavy lens for the first time since my accident. Nope, too soon, and no dickcissel. But: a white-breasted nuthatch, a tufted titmouse, a red-bellied woodpecker, and—the prize—a peregrine falcon.

A Cooper's hawk on Morningside Drive in NYC. In Riverside Park, a Carolina wren and a black-capped chickadee, a downy woodpecker, and a tufted titmouse, a dicksissel, and the downy woodpecker. (I'd be skeptical of Merlin's ID as a dicksissel but one was known to be there.)
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More winter birds in Central Park: a white-breasted nuthatch, a male and a female northern cardinal, and, watching over everything, a juvenile red-tailed hawk.
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Typical NYC winter birds in Central Park today: a dark-eyed junco, a tufted titmouse, a bluejay that found an acorn, and a downy woodpecker.
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How do I follow the list? (I don’t use Bluesky much; I mostly hang out on Mastodon.)

Sure.

Alice's Restaurant---A Photo Tour: urbandinosaurs.org/blog/2024-12...

The doctor said I could use my camera, to the extent I felt able to. So, after my first physical therapy appointment, I headed to Central Park…
So: a fox sparrow (a lifer!), a female purple finch (also a lifer!), my best-ever Carolina wren shot, and a white-breasted nuthatch.
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Some late fall foliage at the Harlem Meer in Central Park.
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A few bird pictures I could manage: a pair of common ravens on Morningside Drive just north of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine—the first time I’ve seen them since the chicks fledged—and a tufted titmouse in Central Park near the Pool.
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My last pictures (October 20), on the outing to State Line Overlook where I fell and fractured my shoulder.…
A peregrine falcon (per Merlin), two black vultures, a red-bellied woodpecker, and some trees with nice autumn foliage.

I’ve neglected to post my eclipse pictures. They’re at www.urbandinosaurs.org/blog/2024-04....
Today’s walk in Central Park was good, too: www.urbandinosaurs.org/blog/2024-04....
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A common raven peering out of its nest at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

A northern mockingbird in Central Park and a common raven vocalizing on Notre Dame on Morningside Drive and 114th St in Manhattan.

A northern mockingbird in Central Park and a common raven vocalizing on Notre Dame on Morningside Drive and 114th St in Manhattan.