September 5, 2026
A Young Peregrine on the Ascent
Yesterday in the Mohonk Preserve near New Paltz, N.Y., Chris Nadareski of the NYC DEP released four young rehabbed peregrines,…
The unidentified perching object is back in the same place I saw it yesterday, to the left of the Warden's Watch along the far shoreline.
It may or may not be a Little Blue Heron. More on that bird here (look at the pic of the juvenile:
https://ebird.org/species/libher/L229904
Here are some pix, beginning uncropped to cropped, in case you look for it: