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BIRDS of a Different Feather – All Together in the Park

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 1, 2012| 1 Comment »

Today is the last day of my photo week, however not the end of my photo posts!  It’s just been a great week for me as Murray has been sending me shots every other day or so.  So even though I did feature a magnificent owl yesterday, today is devoted to birds of a different feather altogether.  Nice play on words don’tcha think?

A Young Red Tail Hawk

A Young Red Tail Hawk

A Slate Junco Sitting Pretty

A Slate Junco Sitting Pretty

Mallard Triplets

Mallard Triplets

Cardinal Triplets

Cardinal Triplets

Hey how did you get in the picture?

Hey how did you get in the picture?

Blue Jays Are Known Thieves!

Blue Jays Are Known Thieves!

He's Really A Beauty!

He’s Really A Beauty!

HE

HE

SHE

SHE

All photos by Murray Head

Some people think New York is an ugly city, dirty and without beauty.  They are SO wrong- There’s so much beauty in The City, it’s all around us.  Central Park alone is replete with beautiful flowers and wildlife;  The birds are wonderful, the ponds full of turtles, frogs and visited by egrets and herons alike.  If outside art is not your thing, we have amazing museums and art galleries filled with every genre and period of art and sculpture.  AND of course not to brag too much, MANY of the most famous artists original work hangs here.  

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WHOooooo Loves You?

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged , , , , on December 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Not that the title of this post bears too much meaning for the following photos but I did think it was kinda cute.  Murray has been haunting the parks in the City this week so I have been blessed with a whole bunch of great photos to pick from for my week of photos!

Previously in my Yellow Is The Color Of My True Love’s …blog post, I did feature a photo of an owl in tree laden with yellow leaves.  But today it’s all about the owl!  Being quite the poseur, he showed up two days in a row!

"I'm keeping my eye on you"

“I’m keeping my eye on you”

"Why don't you mind your own business"?

“Why don’t you mind your own business”?

"NO, I don't like having my picture taken"!

“NO, I don’t like having my picture taken”!

"I'm not sleeping, just resting my eyes".

“I’m not sleeping, just resting my eyes”.

"I only need one eye open to see what's going on"!

“I only need one eye open to see what’s going on”!

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

 

 

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Yellow Is The Color Of My True Love’s …

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I said this was a photo week and it does seem to be shaping up that way!  Look at these bursts of color and then tell me, is it true that the color yellow is uplifting and illuminating?  In world of color psychology, the color yellow denotes intellect. It is optimistic and cheerful and yet also associated with criticism, impatience and cowardice.

What do you feel when you see these photos?

Gorgeous tree is a glowing yellow against the cornflower blue sky

This IS a burst of color!

Peek A Boo – Whoooo

Just a touch of yellow!

Yellow is the center of this world.

Shakin’ Up The Yellow

Yellow Berries

Bee coated in pollen and oh so yellow!

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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Berry Nice

Posted in Fab Fotos, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged , , , , , , , on October 6, 2012| 4 Comments »

Did you ever wonder how birds get their names?  I mean a Bluebird is obvious and a Blue Jay makes sense, but what about a Cardinal?  Do you think it was named after the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church and did the color Cardinal Red come before or after the bird? Ahhhh but I digress.

The title of the blog is Berry Nice so wouldn’t you think it should have something to do with berries?  In fact it does and also about some birds with a very unusual name.  Cedar Waxwings!  Really now, what does that conjure up?  Cedar trees, wings of wax?  Well I have some really cute photos of a bunch of immature Cedar Waxwings feasting on some red berries in Central Park.  Murray was there to capture them and in addition, he wrote this little poem!

A tree grows on a slope north-west of Cedar Hill…
whose berries were ripe for the pickin’.
as a flock of juvenile Cedar Waxwings discovered.
in they flew, out they flew, and now those berries are missin’.

Cedar waxwing

This looks like a berry nice place

berry, central park, cedar waxwing

I’ve got myself a nice juicy one!

red berries, cedar waxwing

I’d bend over backwards for a berry!

red berries, cedar waxwing, central park

Not quite ripe but I think it will be fine anyway.

berry

Humphhh at least, they left at least ONE berry for me!

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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AND They Can Fly Backwards!!!!!

Posted in Fab Fotos, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged , on September 17, 2012| 2 Comments »

Hummingbirds are among the most spectacular of bird species.  They are highly specialized and equipped to survive in this world.  I watched a PBS special a while ago about the various varieties of hummingbirds and how they and the plants they feed upon actually have co-evolutionized (not sure that’s really a word)!  Most of the hummingbird species have long fairly straight bills – all the better to suck up that sweet nectar, however, there is a hummingbird with a crooked bill specifically and anatomically adapted to feed from a  certain flower.

Hummingbirds are aeronautical wonders;  They can hover like a helicopter, they can fly as fast as 34mph and best of all they can fly backwards!  Their wings flap anywhere from 12 to 80 times per second (depending on species) and when food is scarce or they are sleeping, they are able to lower than metabolism significantly in order to conserve energy.  We usually spot a hummingbird when it is rapidly flitting around some flower but in reality they spend most of their time sitting and digesting.  Sounds like my kind of bird!

Yesterday I included one of Murray’s photos of these ingenious little mighty-mouse birds.  Today I want to share a few more close-ups of the tiny green hummingbirds inhabiting Central Park.

hummingbird, central park

“Ahhhh so sweet…”

hummingbird, central Park, Murray Head

“That looks like a good one”

Teeny Tiny and Green

hummingbird

A Look of Determination

hummingbird, Murray Head, central park

And Flexible TOO!

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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Saturday in the Park with Murray

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny Saturday and Murray was out in Central Park snapping photos of the people, places and things, sites of our City and if a picture is worth a thousand words, then file these under NEW YORK SPEAKS!

Central Park, wedding couple, wedding pictures

Central Park is a popular spot for wedding photos

central park, NYC

As we say, “Just another New York “crazy”.

Central Park or Sanssouci, Potsdam?

The Rhythm of The City

Steuben Parade, German parade, Central Park

Not sure if they were part of the Steuben Day Parade

in-line skating, street performers, central park

Some Were Very Tall

hummingbird, central park

And Some Were Very Small!

All photos by Murray Head

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The Exquisite Art of Mother Nature

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , on August 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Every season brings us proof of a higher power, a creator more talented than ourselves.  Some of us refer to this master artist as God, some as Mother Nature and others, well I can’t really speak for those who don’t acknowledge or appreciate the fact that the beauty around us was NOT put here by us.  I, for one, marvel at the beauty God has created BUT I’m quite happy to credit Mother Nature here in my blog for the endless seasons of exquisite art.  AND OF COURSE, I have to credit Murray Head for his unbelievable artistic eye and steady lens, for if it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t get a glimpse of any of these wonders of the world.   I live 5 blocks from Central Park, but I can’t tell you the last time I was there.  So thank you Murray for bringing Mother Nature’s Art Show to us all.

lotus, pink water lilly, Central Park

Pink Perfection

water lilly, Central Park

Wonderful White Water Lilly

dragon flies, water lilly

Serene Summer Scene

Reflection

turtle, Central Park pond, mallard duck

Harmony

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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A Cormorant – Up Close and Personal

Posted in Fab Fotos, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 8, 2012| 2 Comments »

I wonder how many of my readers have ever seen a Cormorant?  This is one big black bird, with an impressive wing span and a hooked beak.  This is NOT your ordinary backyard-feeder bird.  And in fact this is NOT your average lake/pond denizen;  no cute cuddly duckling, no elegant and graceful swan, no brilliantly-colored wood duck – THIS IS A CORMORANT.  Murray, Pbenjay’s official photographer described this photo-op like this: ” Sometimes everything magically comes together… I have always wanted to get a good photo of a Cormorant… their azure jewel eye, and rich black feathers made such a wonderful subject.  Yet they were too far, the sun too bright which made the feathers look light gray or the background just wrong.  But sometimes everything magically comes together…like today.  The moment serendipitous…and in this case dramatic.  The subject amazingly beautiful…. The subject casually poses in a variety of ways…The distance is right… The background is right…The light is right.”

Central Park sailboat pond, Murray Head/, cormorant

“I Have Arrived!”

Central Pond, duck, duckling, cormorant

“Shoo, I Want To Get On There”

cormorant, duck, duckling,

“I said ‘Move It’, Kid”

cormorant

“Yeahhh That’s More Like It”

cormorant, Murray Head

“Check It Out “

cormorant, Murray Head

“I Heard What You Said”

cormorant,

“Paul Newman Has Nothing On Me”



 
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3 Cardinals in New York-WOW! – AMUSE-BOUCHE du jour

Posted in Amuse-bouche du jour, Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2012| 2 Comments »

Talk about influence!! New York City will now have TWO red caps in the Vatican.  The news was announced last week when Pope Benedict XVI  selected Archbishop Timothy Dolan to be elected to the College of Cardinals.  For New York to have two Cardinals in the Vatican at the same time is quite rare.

Timothy Dolan, Pope Benedict XVI, College of Cardinals

Archbishop Timothy Dolan

However, it has come to my attention through the watchful eye of Murray Head that there is in fact another regal Cardinal who resides in New York City.  He found his Eminence in Central Park.

cardinal, central park

Meet His Eminence

cardinal, Central park

The Official Portrait


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New Yorkers Wear Black…BUT

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

FAB FOTO FRIDAY

On any given day in The City you will see BLACK being worn everywhere.  Every New Yorker has a closet full of black clothes and for all seasons.  New Year‘s Day, which was a glorious sunny Sunday this year, was no exception…or was it??

Central park

"One and Twenty Blackbirds..."

BUT of course there are exceptions to every rule!!! Look at this fine feathered fellow showing off his “Sunday best”.

wood duck, central park

One Dapper Wood Duck

Not to mention this beautiful (YES, they are beautiful) Blue Jay who was hanging out nearby.

central park

Big Beautiful Blue Jay

And way up high, taking in the view, sat a richly red Cardinal.  Don’t you love his “mask”?

central park

A Ruby Red Cardinal

However, if we had to vote for who was the most colorful denizen of  Central Park on New Year’s Day, I think we’d have to admit the Wood Ducks took the prize!

central park

hBest -Dressed Duck

 Not everyone knew the photographer was in the park, but once they found out, everybody wanted their picture taken!  Look at this guy!

racing for the finish line. central park

"Hey, wait for me"!

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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