Central Park is now home to a new feathered friend.
On October 10, a beautiful and rare duck made an appearance in Central Park’s Pond. According to various sources, this past Sunday he was spotted again.
The Mandarin Duck is native to East Asia and has never been seen before in New York outside of the zoo, leaving animal experts confused as to how this little guy could have arrived to Central Park.
The popular Twitter account, Manhattan Bird Alert– whose bio description explains that they repost Rare-bird alerts + birding news for Central Park and all Manhattan- has been keeping New Yorkers updated as to the animals whereabouts.
According to the experts, ducks have their own community, so it’s important that this new member integrates well, and as of now, he seems to be doing ok.
Such a beautiful duck!!!!! Mandarin duck still on 59th street pond , Central Park , NY #birdcp via @alexcritelli7pic.twitter.com/MMiChgM0j2
— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) November 1, 2018
Gus Keri, whose viral video kicked off the MANDARIN DUCK mania, returned to the Central Park Pond and produced this stunning sequel pic.twitter.com/NkUfusltlI
— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) November 1, 2018
The #MandarinDuck was spotted again today in @CentralParkNYC and he’s gaining quite a bit of attention. ??pic.twitter.com/GKVp5rMuNE
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) November 1, 2018
Featured image: Manhattan Bird Alert via Twitter