NYC Nova Hunter

Head over to Benjamin Van Doren's site ‘Warblings’ for contest details. Table updated on Thu., 12-January-2012 at 8:55p ⇓ Goto Table ⇓ Explanation of "Total Ticks"...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html

Below is a table of abundance charts based on data submitted to eBird.org. The data is arranged by location, by month and by season. When the location name in the left column is clickable this wi...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/11/ebirdorg-nyc-area-abundance-charts.html

Below is a table of abundance charts based on data submitted to eBird.org. The data is arranged by location, by month and by season. When the location name in the left column is clickable this wi...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/10/ebirdorg-nyc-area-reports.html

Female American Kestrel With Lizard MANHATTAN — UPPER EAST SIDE Images by BEN CACACE The nesting American Kestrels, on the Upper East Side in the mid 70s, have revealed the presence of liza...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2009/07/american-kestrel-with-lizard-14-jun.html

American Kestrels MANHATTAN — UPPER EAST SIDE Images by BEN CACACE The image above is an animation of 22 stills taken on Saturday 12-April-2008 from 6:03:20 — 6:03:32 EDST. The pair h...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2008/04/upper-east-side-kestrels-mating-12-apr.html

Today I spent a half hour during lunch hour plus a little less than a hour after work watching raptors over Park Ave. from a convenient seat near 52nd St. From 12:20p to 1:10p there were 4 raptor...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2008/03/park-ave-peregrines-are-back-14-mar.html

Peregrine Falcon Perch MET LIFE BUILDING Image by BEN CACACE (Click image for a larger view) During lunch hour today I spotted a Peregrine Falcon heading south while looking for American Kestrels...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2008/03/met-life-building-peregrine-perch-13.html

DATE: Saturday, 18 August 2007 (3:45p-7:20p) LOCATION: Central Park - reservoir & north end REPORTED BY: Ben Cacace It's easy to see Central Park is not a nature sanctuary. While counting the...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/08/central-park-report-18-aug-2007.html

2003 report on BirdHawk & OntBirds: Krider's Red-tailed Hawk at Grimsby, ON Sunday, April 13 Mike Street <mikestreet at hwcn.org> Wed Apr 16 07:40:13 EDT 2003 Ontario and Upper New York...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/08/red-tailed-hawk-links-7-aug-2007.html

It was good to finally see a Peregrine Falcon tonight on its Park Ave. territory — north of the Met Life building. My last sighting was June 21st when a Peregrine was seen circling over Par...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/08/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-6-august.html

Adult Red-tailed Hawk CENTRAL PARK — 85TH St. & 5TH AVE. Image by BEN CACACE (Click image for a larger view) Tonight this adult Red-tailed Hawk was spotted near the north edge of Pale M...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/07/adult-red-tailed-hawk-in-pale-males.html

320 Park Ave. 28-Mar-2007 These observations occured while heading back to work as I passed through the Park Ave. Peregrine Falcon territory. As soon as I turned the corner I spotted a falcon on ...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/04/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-24-april.html

Three of Five Common Loons CENTRAL PARK — RESERVOIR Image by B. Cacace (click either image for a combined view) 420mm | ISO: 200 | Shutter: 1/160s | Aperture: f/5.6 The number of Common Loo...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/04/central-park-reservoir-5-common-loons.html

♀ on 280 Park Ave. 7-Apr 5:25pm photo by B. Cacace 420mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/400s | Aperture: f/6.3 Above Park Ave. 7-Apr 5:28pm photo by B. Cacace 420mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/640s | Ap...

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299 Park Ave. Image by Ben Cacace (31-Mar 6:21pm EDT) 420mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/125s | Aperture: f/5.6 I left the office late and didn't think to go birding but since there was still a few min...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/04/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-2-april-2007.html

Peregrine Falcon 299 PARK AVE. Image by D. BRUCE YOLTON (Click image to visit Bruce's site with add'l photos) The above image was taken by Bruce Yolton on Saturday March 31st shortly after 6:30pm...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/04/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-31-march.html

320 Park Ave. (7:05pm EDT) 345mm | ISO: 200 | Shutter: 1/25s | Aperture: f/3.6 After spending a few evenings watching this pair of Peregrines some patterns are emerging: They prefer certain perch...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/04/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-30-march.html

299 Park Ave. (5:32pm EDT) 35mm film equiv.: 420mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/200s | Aperture: f/5.6 The evening session was cut short due to headache. Enough time was spent at the site to make it a ...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/03/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-29-march.html

320 Park Ave. (7:07pm EDT) 35mm film equiv.: 405mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/30 | Aperture: f/3.7 Activity was seen from 7:02pm-7:21pm. I arrived at 7:00pm and spotted a Peregrine Falcon exiting an ...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/03/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-28-march.html

299 Park Ave. (6:29pm EDT) 420mm | ISO: 100 | Shutter: 1/500s | Aperture: f/3.7 320 Park Ave. (6:45pm EDT) 420mm | ISO: 80 | Shutter: 1/80s | Aperture: f/4.5 350 Park Ave. (6:32pm EDT) 317mm | IS...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/03/park-ave-peregrine-falcons-27-march.html

Peregrine Falcon WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL — PARK AVENUE Image by BEN CACACE (Click image for a larger view) Peregrine Falcon MUTUAL OF AMERICA BUILDING — 320 PARK AVE. Image by BEN CACAC...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/03/park-ave-peregrines-cza-25-march-2007.html

Attached is the document ‘History of the Fifth Avenue Red-tailed Hawks as of 4/21/06’ produced by Jim Lewis and supplied to me by Marie Winn. I've uploaded the document to my site in or...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/03/history-of-5th-ave-red-tailed-hawks.html

Bald Eagle - juvenile CENTRAL PARK — RESERVOIR Image by BEN CACACE (Click image for a wider view) Update 9-Apr-2007: I've spoken to a number of birders from Central Park who have birded the...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/02/bald-eagle-on-reservoir-24-feb-2007.html

American Coots (6) CENTRAL PARK — RESERVOIR Images by BEN CACACE (Click image for a larger view) Last night I made my first trip to the reservoir after work seeing that sunset is starting t...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/02/central-park-reservoir-16-feb-2007.html

Some avian related items in the media to keep an eye on: PBS: Nature — ‘Raptor Force’ Sun., 18 Feb 2007 at 8pm & 11pm (Thirteen, WNET - New York ) “Raptors such as the pereg...

http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2007/02/avian-media-watch-1.html