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Sunday 7th of May 2023 and I am out of bed just after 4 o'clock. Breakfast and I leave my room at 7 and I start my eBird app at 07:37 in the NW corner of the Central Park. I will do the northern part of the park today and I will not waste any more time at the south end of the park.
  Entering the North Woods
 North Woods
 North Woods
I enter the park in the north woods and there are many birds in the tree. I ran in to another bird watcher and he was here to look for warblers and he went in to the woods via a dirt path. According to my map there was a trail going in to the North Woods. I recognise the Black-and-white Warbler from Texas. I see many warblers and I manage to get some poor pictures that I decided to keep for ID purpose as I had no clue what birds it was. And here is a lot of birders and I can ask someone for help with the ID. I enter the North Woods via the paved trail and I am soon leaving the trail to get out in the wood on the dirt trail. I spot one Blue Jay and I try to get some pictures but I failed. And I run in to my new friend again. And he helps me to ID the birds I had seen on the way coming here. 1) Black-throated Green Warbler 2) Chestnut-sided Warbler 3) Red-eyed Vireo  Black-throated Green Warbler
 Chestnut-sided Warbler
And while we were talking, we spotted one beautiful Magnolia Warbler and he told me the bird’s name, but I never got any pictures. While we were talking there was a Blue Jay landing in a tree next of us. And I was very lucky to get pictures of the Blue Jay, a bird I have tried to get on picture since I came to USA six weeks ago. I have seen plenty of the bird in both USA and Canada but I have never been very happy with the pictures. But this time it looked like success  Blue Jay
 Blue Jay
 Blue Jay
 Black-and-white Warbler
I say bye bye to my new friend and we were pretty sure that we would run in to each other again during the day while walking around looking for birds. I was a little off track and I climbed up, well, walking up a rock after having had crossed a creek via rocks. I spotted one male Black-throated Blue Warbler, I did not know the ID but I would learn the ID later on down at the The Loch. But I got to see another warbler and I got a picture. I showed the picture for two bird watchers and they told me it was a female Black-throated Blue Warbler. I told them that they were very lucky to come from America as all the warblers looked like this female Black-throated Blue Warbler in Europe. A small variation in olive green and many people have problem to ID the European warblers. In America the warblers are very colourful and they are quite easy to ID.  Black-and-white Warbler
 Black-and-white Warbler
 Black-and-white Warbler
 Black-and-white Warbler
 Black-and-white Warbler
 Female Black-throated Blue Warbler
Real Men of Women's Sport
There were many warblers in the woods and I need a picture to be able to ID them. But the Black-and-white Warbler is easy even for me to ID without any pictures. I continue to walk along the trail and I spot one bird and I think it is an Ovenbird. But I study the picture and the bird have a plain belly and throat so I need to use my Merlin app to ID the bird. I sit down on a rock to ID the bird and it came up as a Veery. I spotted another bird while sitting down and I used the Merlin app again and it came up as a Common Yellowthroat.  Veery
 Common Yellowthroat
I continue on the dirt trail and I run in to a group of bird watchers and I asked if anyone had seen Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl. No one had seen the owl today. I meet many birders out looking for the Eurasian eagle-owl and also for the Virginia rail that had been spotted in The Ravine. And this is a rare bird so people want to see it. The give me directions and I said thanks and I was just about to leave when I spotted a bird and I went to see if I could get any pictures. It was not easy to get pictures of the bird, but I got one that could be used to ID the bird. I went back to the group of bird watchers and they helped me with the ID, it was a Male Black-throated Blue Warbler and they told me it was a good bird to have seen. And now I knew the ID of the bird I had seen earlier this morning so I reported 3 of them in my eBird app, 1 female and 2 males.  Male Black-throated Blue Warbler
 Today's track at Central Park--North Woods
 The Loch
 The Loch
 The Loch
I walk down the hill towards the eBird hotspot Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) and I change the hotspot in my eBird app. I come down to The Ravine and I run in to my friend from earlier this morning and we discuss our sightings. He is coming back from “The Pond” and he had been walking along The Loch, the stream from The Pond going along the bottom of The Ravine. He had neither seen the Eurasian eagle-owl or the Virginia rail. I reach The Ravine and I start to walk towards The Pond along the stream and there are three walk paths going down to the water and they are popular with the birders. I see a new bird at the first platform, the beautiful American Redstart. I never got any good pictures so I will have to come back here again tomorrow.  American Redstart
 Baltimore Oriole
I leave the first platform and when I come to the third platform I sit down and I see two Mallards come swimming down The Loch. And I had one Grey Catbird coming up to me and the bird was not scared and I think the bird is used to get food. There is one Northern Waterthrush walking at the water edge but it is dark as we are having shadow under the trees in The Ravine.  Mallard
Listen to the Grey Catbird
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  Grey Catbird come to say hello
 Grey Catbird come to say hello
 Northern Waterthrush
 Reaching the tunnel
 The tunnel
I continue along The Loch and I am soon reaching a small tunnel or arc under the road, there are several roads and bike roads in the park. I turn off my eBird app when I reach the tunnel and I switch to the hotspot Central Park--The Pool And I was happy with my walk along The Loch and the American Redstart was a new “Lifer” and I have 3 new birds today that I had never seen before.
 Today's track at Central Park--The Ravine
 The Pool
Coming out to the pond and I spot a few Mallards on the pond, and as the pool is surrounded by lawns there are a lot of American Robins and House Sparrows. But at the other end there is a bit of wilderness with a small waterfall and reeds. And I see one Black-crowned Night-heron. Walking towards the “wild” end of the pool and I pass one American Robin sitting in a tree. I tried to get a picture even though I have many as the bird was very handsome in the light.  American Robin
 American Robin
I find a path down to the water and I leave the paved walk walking down to the pool and I discover one bird high up in the canopy and I try to get a picture for so I can get an ID. An elderly couple are coming against me and they are out looking for birds. I show them the picture and they tell me that it is a Blue-headed Vireo. I say thank you and I inform them that there is one bird walking around behind the bush behind me. But I did not know what bird it was, looking like a sandpiper. I tell them that there is a sandpiper feeding next to the night heron and they tell me that they have seen it and that it is a Solitary Sandpiper.  Blue-headed Vireo
 Blue-headed Vireo
 Blue-headed Vireo
 Black-crowned Night-Heron
 Solitary Sandpiper
 Solitary Sandpiper
I get a picture of the Black-crowned Night-Heron when I come closer and I continue on the dirt path to try to get closer to the Solitary Sandpiper. I get a few pictures and I point out the bird for a lady coming to look for birds. She had seen the night-heron but she had missed the sandpiper next to the night-heron and she was very happy and thanked me. There wasn't much more exciting to see and as The Pool is just next to the Central West Street and the exit. I am hungry and I walk to the exit and I turn of my eBird app.
 Today's track at Central Park--The Pool
 Leaving Central Park for lunch
I leave Central Park and I look for a restaurant but there is no restaurant close by and I get in to a taxi. I ask the driver to take me to a traditional “dinner” and he take me to the Metro Dinner on Broadway. I went inside and I got a table and I asked for a pot of tea. They only had cups and I asked for the biggest cup they had and he brought back a big paper cup. Not what I had expected but it was OK. I ordered an omelette with onions and bacon on the side. And I got two plates with avocado and when he brought the avocado, I asked for two more pates.  Metro Dinner
 Metro Dinner
 Metro Dinner
My plan is to go back to Central Park to check out the Great Hill. Several bird watchers I met this morning had told me about a tree on the Great Hill and there are many birds in the tree. I get to the Great Hill and there was a lot of people. I see a group of bird watchers and they are looking up a tree so I walk over. The tree is too big for any good pictures as the birds are very far away. I see one Baltimore Oriole and one Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I walk down the hill towards The Ravine and The Loch and the plan is to walk along The Loch to the NE corner of Central Park and to take a taxi to my hotel.  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
 Today's track at Central Park--Great Hill
I switch eBird hotspot in my ap when I reach the tunnel and I start to walk along the stream. And I get more pictures of the Black-throated Blue Warbler. There were too much people along the trail so I walked by the plat forms and I decided to go take a taxi. And I was very thirsty and nowhere to buy water and I went up to the bike/ walk road when I reached the bottom of The Ravine.  Black-throated Blue Warbler
 Black-throated Blue Warbler
 Today's track at Central Park--The Ravine
They are doing some redecoration of the NE corner of the Central Park so I could not walk along the Harlem Meer. I had changed to the eBird hotspot Central Park--Harlem Meer but there was a fence during the construction work and I could not get down to the pond. And I was thirsty and tired so I booked a Lyft car when I reached the North Park Street and I got back to Candlewood Suites NYC -Times Square. I had planned to go to have a look at B&W Photo in the afternoon. But I had a power nap coming back to my room and I never left the room. I got a video via LINE from the Pilot in Map Ta Phut and he is on a gas tanker. Tomorrow will be my last day of bird watching and I had planned to visit the Riverside Park. But passing through the park with taxi going to Central Park yesterday and I decided to skip this park. The park did not look very exciting. So, it will be a third day in Central Park, and cick HERE to see if I see any new warblers.
    
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