Day 10 - Saturday 30th May 2015
Our final day in New York dawned and after a great week and a half in this amazing city it was finally time to head home. Enjoying a final croissant from the bakery next door (and being given several sachets of delicious grape jelly to take back to Britain from the diner across the street) we went for a final spot of New York sightseeing, saving the best till last and heading up the fantastic Top of the Rock for breath-taking views of the city below.
An absolute must for anyone
going to New York, we enjoyed unbeatable views of Central Park below, getting a
birds-eye look at this ultimate green oasis, surrounded by skyscrapers and
where we had delighted in our first American birds just over a week ago. Simply
stunning.
With a couple of hours to
spare before our taxi to JFK, we sat in Central Park to enjoy a final afternoon
of New York City birding. Several Wood Ducks clustered around the bread being
provided by a family at the water’s edge around the pond, jostling with the Mallards
for scraps and providing the best views of this species all trip, being just a
few metres away from the edge.
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| Wood Duck - showing fantastically! |
