Cormorants, ducks, geese and an Obelisk - walking around the reservoir

12th July 2019

A Central Park walk by the reservoir.

The morning sun gleams over the Onassis reservoir in Central Park

The local dog walkers "club" behind the Met museum

Bemused by an Egyptian obelisk in the middle of it all.  Cleopatra's needle - a story in itself.

Mallards sunned themselves

Strangely I didn't see a single male with that characteristic green head.  But a the brilliant blue of the water was distracting me.  

Canada Geese paddled by

This one had a the look of a philosopher, gazing into the distance.

This one had not woken up as yet.  I don't think it quite liked the morning sun - a bit like the young man in my house.

Double Crested Cormorants were busy fishing that morning, as with every morning I guess.

They dried their wings on the walls, looking like gargoyles from a distance.  It was nice to watch their yellow bills and orangish chins through my binoculars.

It was jogger rush hour as i climbed down from the bund closer to 96th street.  I watched out for those spandex-clad bikers as they whizzed by - seeming even more of a hazard than motorised traffic

A magnificent tree with a  beautiful bark.

I wonder what those leaves are.

A board announced this as a London Plane

What a joy to walk among these trees.

With the sun coming through

 Through the lovely Conservatory Garden.

The fountain at the Conservatory.... seemed like a scene out of some old Victorian novel.

It was then via the Meer back to the streets of Harlem.

The firemen lounged, no calls this morning I guess.  Unlike a couple of days before this when they were out with their banshee-like sirens.