Bird News
We have addded a new section to our site called "Bird News". In the section we cover news about birds and birding around the world. Don't forget to visit our forums for advice or to post your own comments about anything birds or birding. Watch the Twitter feed for up-to-the minute tweets about birds seen in the park.
Welcome
Welcome to the newly designed Birds of Central Park Web site.
Follow the Twitter feeds on the left for the latest sightings in Central Park. You can also check the more extensive feeds in the forums for area birding and ecology news. If you have questions or comments post them there.
View the map for information on birding "hotspots" and follow the bird reports in the forum for the latest sightings in the park.
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Second Hawk Found Dead in the Park
By JAMES BARRON
A red-tailed hawk was found dead in Central Park on Sunday, a week after the body of Lima — a companion of the much-watched red-tail Pale Male — was discovered under a tree.
A parks department spokeswoman said the hawk found Sunday was at the south end of the park, near Columbus Circle. It was not immediately clear whether it was a male or a female. Hawk-watchers say there had been a nest outside the park, not far from where the dead hawk was retrieved by Central Park Conservancy staff members, but it was not clear whether the dead hawk was one of the pair from that nest.
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Visit the print site at calvorn.smugmug.comHawk Chronicler Arrested Over Possession of Dead Bird
By JAMES BARRON
Updated, 3:10 p.m. | A longtime birdwatcher who carried a dead red-tailed hawk out of Central Park on Sunday, kept it in his apartment overnight and then carried it back to the park was arrested on Monday and charged with illegal possession of a raptor without a permit.
The birdwatcher, Lincoln Karim, was also charged with obstruction of government administration, according to Rodney Rivera, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Another birdwatcher who was with him was also charged with illegal possession of a raptor, Mr. Rivera said.
The dead hawk was the recent regular female companion of Pale Male, the celebrity hawk whose haunts include a Fifth Avenue co-op that once tried to evict him. Mr. Karim said a couple walking in the park had found the dead hawk, known as Lima, on Sunday afternoon. The couple found Mr. Karim when they went looking for help — the man, Gabriele De Gaudenzi, said he had already called 311 and had been told to take the dead bird to a “dropoff center,” but he did not want to handle a carcass. He said he had also called the Central Park Conservancy, but no one had called back, so he went to the Conservatory Water because he knew hawk-watchers often gathered there. Mr. De Gaudenzi said that someone directed him to Mr. Karim and he explained the situation. He said that Mr. Karim made some calls on his cellphone.
Read the entire article at nytimes.com or on my blog at calvorn.blogger.com where you can add your own comments.
City Says No to Ban on Cars in Park
Seems like a no-brainer to us. I guess that's wht we aren't running the park
New York Times
City Hall Resists a Proposal to Ban Cars on Some Roads in Central Park
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: July 11, 2011
It is a plan that seems tailor-made for the environmentally minded Bloomberg administration: Banish cars from the verdant, vertical roadways that slice top to bottom through Central Park.
Pedestrian advocates are agitating for it. Local residents favor it. The city’s transportation commissioner is said to be a fan.
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