But this year, the turning leaves in Manhattan’s Central Park have been overshadowed by a rare bird – a brightly colored Mandarin duck, seen swimming among the park’s more pedestrian bird ...

And if they don’t, they never were.” Looks like the Mandarin duck, native to East Asia, that mysteriously appeared in a Central Park pond on Oct. 10, is an official New Yorker. According to ...

The Mandarin duck was minding his own business on a pond in New York’s Central Park when, with the snap of a few viral pictures, he became a celebrity. The rare duck, a colorful creature native ...

Patinkin, a Mandarin duck rarely seen in these parts, showed up in October 2018 and quickly made his home in a Central Park pond. It was at that time when David Barrett of the Manhattan Bird Alert ...

Central Park’s newest superstar is a total hoot. A rare barred owl has been drawing flocks of bird watchers to the greenspace — drawing comparisons to the famous Mandarin duck of 2018.

The New York City Parks Department is reportedly rushing to save a rare duck spotted in Central Park gagging on a piece of plastic.

Central Park is one of the best birding spots in the country. Birds can become social media sensations within hours, as with the famous mandarin duck, and the red-tailed hawk known as Pale Male.