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'Nocs walk 02

Our neighborhood โ€˜nocs walks are continuing apace! Here are some of the birds weโ€™ve spotted in the past monthโ€ฆ

Male mallard duck standing on rocks on bank of East River

Male mallard

Male mallard duck standing on rocks on bank of East River

Male mallard

Female mallard duck standing on rocks on bank of East River

Female mallard

Small flock of brants on the East River

Brants

Starling sitting on a wire fence

Starling

Male house sparrow sitting on temporary wire fence

House sparrow

White-throated sparrow on the ground

White-throated sparrow

White-throated sparrow standing on tree root on the ground

White-throated sparrow

Camera/lens: Nikon D3000 + Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED lens

Nocs: Pentax UP 10x21 pink binoculars (hers) and Carson VP series full sized or compact waterproof high definition binoculars (mine)

Location: WNYC Transmitter Park ๐Ÿค

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'Nocs walk 01

My girlfriend and I made a goal for this month to go on at least one excursion with our binoculars โ€” a โ€˜nocs walk! โ€” every week. We actually did three this week, but todayโ€™s was the first one where I had the pre-owned telephoto lens I bought last week. Here are some of the birds we saw:

Red-tailed hawk

American robin

Female house sparrow

Male house sparrow

Male house sparrow

White-throated sparrow

House sparrow

Rock pigeon

Camera/lens: Nikon D3000 + Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED lens

Nocs: Pentax UP 10x21 pink binoculars (hers) and Carson VP series full sized or compact waterproof high definition binoculars (mine)

Location: McCarren Park ๐Ÿฆ

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