Red-tails in Love [the live version]

Photo By MURRAY HEAD - 3/20/2014 [day of the Vernal Equinox].

Ed Gaillard reports TODAY on the NYSBIRDS-L website:

The Red-Necked Grebe continues on the Central Park Reservoir; currently sleeping near the north pumphouse.

Red-necked Grebe - 6/3/09 - photo by DAVID SPEISER   www.lilibirds.com

Fan mail re "duckage"

On Mar 17, 2014, at 9:33 AM, amy campbell wrote:
From a long-time correspondent, AMY CAMPBELL:

 Hi Marie  and Murray across the latitudes and years,

I loved the  duckage of yesterday and the Beatles quote.  I had the exact same thought yesterday watching a neat collection of species feeding on something that I could not find that was dropping from trees.  They were all hopping and dashing in an area on the pavement of a very quiet side road where I am in Georgia and included;

Northern cardinal
Grey Catbird
Eastern Bluebirds ( 3 - two males and a female, the males flashing their blue backs in the sun)
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-rumped warbler

We watched them for quite a while.  The bluebirds' colors in the filtered sunlight was very wonderful!

Thanks for the equally wonderful post!

amy


amy campbell
rockport, me

Another Great Duck Story from MURRAY HEAD

Hi Marie,

A Spring Awakening at The Reservoir.

I started off at the 59th Street Pond, where this Coot seemed to be saying to the Woody... "Who does your feathers?!"

Along the way were the regulars:


Then The Reservoir.

What a variety... and plenty of action too.

They were grooming and bathing, courting, quacking, floating, soaring, dabbling and diving.

Aside from so many really beautiful birds... 

(including what appeared to be a penguin)

What really impressed me was how well they all got along.

Echos from Paul McCartney lyrics... came to mind:

"Live Together in Perfect Harmony"

"Oh Lord, Why Don't We?"

[Murray: Could that be your penguin???  Marie]

Yes our special visitor was there too… but too far out to get a good close-up

[See post of March 09]]

Murray Head

3/15/14