October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
Northjersey.com's John Ensslin just posted a podcast about Central Park's resident Mandarin Duck, who just might be the most-famous waterfowl in the world at this point.
He went to see the duck at the pond near 60th St. and Fifth Avenue, and interviewed me for the podcast at the Celery Farm two days ago.
You can listen here. I arrive several minutes in…. (Thanks to Fred Virrazzi for the photo above.)
This just might be the end of Mandarin Duck posts for while. (He has to compete with the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center.)