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Icteria virens, Very unusual winter visitor to Bryant Park, as previously reported by others, perched in a decorated Christmas tree outside the New York Public Library near the corner of 5th Ave and 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Melanerpes erythrocephalus, in Central Park, Manhattan. This species has declined in the northeast in recent years, and is rare in New York City, though there has been one in Central Park last winter and this winter.

At Theodore Roosevelt Park, right outside the door of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, as previously reported by others for the last few weeks. Normally Rufous Hummingbirds don't come east of Colorado. video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BReL85cJTAs

At Theodore Roosevelt Park, right outside the door of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, as previously reported by others for the last few weeks. Normally Rufous Hummingbirds don't come east of Colorado. video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BReL85cJTAs

Not as clear as my image of this species in Montana, but uncommon in New York City, and a first for me in the East.