A rare Iceland Gull resting on the Central Park Reservoir on Sunday. It's a bit late in the winter not only for this migratory visitor, but also for the Reservoir to still be mostly iced-over.
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Astoria the Wild Turkey demonstrates her excellent balance by the Coast Guard building. 🦃 ❤️
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A Red-breasted Merganser shows his spiky crest on the Central Park Reservoir.
Thanks to Astoria the Wild Turkey's devoted caregivers (from left) @hanabi-nyc.bsky.social, @anke-frohlich.bsky.social, and Stella Hamilton whose daily care helped Astoria stay safe, healthy, and strong through a winter of continued polar vortex conditions. 🦃 ❤️ ❄️
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Astoria the Wild Turkey, The Battery's Queen, on a recent evening. 🦃 ❤️ 👑
One of the first American Woodcocks of the season began foraging in Bryant Park after sunset, finding some earthworms.
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This Trumpeter Swan, an extraordinary regional rarity and all-time first documented record for New York City, swimming the East River on Sunday on Manhattan waters. 🤍
Astoria the Wild Turkey shows her iridescence in the warm evening light in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️ 🌅
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It's been a good winter for Long-eared Owls in Manhattan. Two spent much of February in Central Park. This was one of two that appeared in Fort Tryon Park. 🦉 ❤️
Astoria the Wild Turkey works the balance beam at the Coast Guard building. 🦃 ❤️ 🥇
Astoria the Wild Turkey looks in from outside the Staten Island Ferry terminal. She knows not to enter, but she likes sheltered places with windows. 🦃 🧡 🪟
Best friends Astoria the Wild Turkey and Stella continue their post-blizzard walk back to The Battery together. 🦃 🧡
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Astoria the Wild Turkey walks her trusted companion Stella from the ferry terminal back toward The Battery after Monday's blizzard. 🦃 🧡
The blizzard was still going on late Monday morning. Astoria the Wild Turkey left The Battery to explore. She initially sheltered by a vehicle near the Staten Island Ferry terminal and ate some snow. 🦃 🧡 ❄️
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This winter has brought continuing close views of Common Goldeneyes from Governors Island. These diving ducks, despite their name, are generally rare near shore on Manhattan waters.
Astoria the Wild Turkey walks back from the Coast Guard building to The Battery. 🦃 🧡
This winter's extreme cold brought many locally-rare ducks to Manhattan waters, including this Canvasback on the Harlem River in Swindler Cove Park, still present there on Tuesday.
Astoria the Wild Turkey poses with a scenic background in The Battery. 🦃 🧡
Central Park's Reservoir remains iced over, with a growing area of open water by the Fountain where gulls, geese, and ducks congregate.
A rare Iceland Gull visited the still-frozen Central Park Reservoir on Saturday. These gulls live mainly in the Arctic, but some move south in winter.
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