Also this one.

Saw this amazing mural downtown by the new World Trade Center.

Busy day of things for Authors Against Book Bans which will hopefully bear fruit. As I get ready to head home, I find myself thinking about how five years ago, if you'd asked me if I was an activist, I would have said my books are my activism. Now it turns out my activism is my activism.

Another view of my hawk from yesterday.

My phone has identified this one as either a red-tailed hawk or a red-shouldered hawk. Anyone care to weigh in?

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Squabbling robins yesterday.

A cardinal early this morning. #birdphotography

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This morning I saw this pretty little kestrel waiting so sweetly for something to kill.

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Thank you.

A red-bellied woodpecker doing his thing.

The Adventure Continues…on June 9, 2026! It is an honor to present the next book in the Aluria Adventures series, Remnant. It has been a pleasure to write and I hope you enjoy it when it comes out.

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Thoreau was having spring, and we're expecting a blizzard!

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A ring-billed gull in a world turned black-and-white.

This looks fabulous.

Big surprise today when this guy turned up among the seagulls—a juvenile bald eagle, much too far away for this dinky little lens. (That's the Henry Hudson Bridge behind him.)

Gorgeous image.

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A Cooper's hawk hanging out in a plane tree this morning.

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Funny story!

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