Manhattan Bird Alert

A Cape May Warbler in Central Park. 💛

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The full Harvest Moon rising over the East River as seen from Manhattan on Monday evening.

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Astoria the Wild Turkey catches the warm light of the setting sun in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️

Saturday's Central Park rarity, an Eastern Whip-poor-will resting in the Ramble north of the Swampy Pin Oak area.

It's peak time for Pine Warblers migrating though Central Park. You can find them in both conifers and deciduous trees and also on lawns as they hunt insects. 💛

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A rare Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly in Central Park's Conservatory Garden.

Great, thanks! As the name implies, the other organization takes only wild bird species.

The Lost Budgerigar continues in Central Park, often near a rock outcropping by West Drive and 83rd Street. She is fine with the slightly cooler weather but will need a rescue when cold arrives. 🦜 💛

An unusually friendly Connecticut Warbler gave close views earlier this week in Madison Square Park.

A rare Yellow-breasted Chat appeared in the midtown micro-park Verizon Plaza this Monday, just as a much friendlier one did in October 2021. It continues this Thursday. 💛

Thank you! The NYC Bird Alliance has volunteer rescuers, so contact them if this bird still needs transport.

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A rare Sora popped out of a planter in midtown Manhattan on Monday morning near Two Bryant Park. These birds live in marshes, but they often drop in elsewhere during migration.

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Astoria the Wild Turkey flaps her mighty wings in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️

A Cape May Warbler in Central Park's Shakespeare Garden. 💛

Right, as she is not a wild bird species!

Central Park's Lost Budgerigar is still being seen between 81st and 86th Streets on either side of West Drive, usually in the company of a House Sparrow flock. 🦜 💛

A close look at a Red-breasted Nuthatch in a classic pose in Central Park. ❤️

This Saltmarsh Sparrow, a Manhattan rarity, continued recently at an atypical place (not a saltmarsh): a maintenance area in Washington Market Park. The species is in severe decline from habitat loss.

Astoria the Wild Turkey continues to enjoy the excellent foraging opportunities and refuge from disturbances that the gardens of The Battery provide. 🦃 ❤️

Brown Thrashers are having their time in Central Park this week.

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Thank you! Extremely short exposure required too stop the wings.