If You Love it Let it Go (Part 2, Screech Owls)

Following up on the kestrel release, I was contacted by the Horvath's about releasing 5 Eastern Screech Owls in Central Park.
Adam Welz gets his ESO ready...

off you go little guy!

Urban Ranger gets in on the act.

Birding Bob has red-phase!

(Also spotted was a Ivory-Billed Woodpecker).
Closeup of Screechy!

Bruce releases the one adult of the bunch.


Bobby and Francois located on of the released young.

While about 50 robins harass the lone adult!


Back at the parking lot, the Horvath's share with us some of the other injured birds in their care.
Barn Owl,

Peregrine Falcon,

Sadie lectures!

Fall Migrants Begin

There were tons more of fall warblers moving through the area. For some reason, I found lots of females including yellow rumped, magnolias and black-throated greens. I also saw a red-tailed hawk and peregine falcon, but was too slow to get any pix of them as they streaked by. Walking through the foliage, I heard the many shrieks of yellow shafted flickers. At one point I watched as one flew into a tree and snagged a screeching cicada. As always, many resident pairs of American Kesrels thrive along the cities parks. There seems to be another pair in the 145th and Broadway area and I regularly see this male near Riverside Park. Bruce Yolton has also reported seeing a female kestrel there this spring. Anyone else see kestrels in that area, please let me know.