It's windy up there! 😳

A Great-horned Owl fixing up the nest. 💕

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This Osprey took my by surprise as I was looking elsewhere.
👀🐠👀🐡
I missed the water shot but got him as he flew over. 🥰🥰🥰

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It's so nice when a bird lands right where you want him.
Such a vibrant Kestrel. 💕

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#nycbirds Made some friends today by the waters edge, Ring Billed Gulls Hell Gate Bridge #astoriapark #nycbirding #birdwatching #seagulls

Boy do these little guys get a workout! 🏋️
Check out the 2nd shot where it looks like he's doing pull-ups! 😂☺️💛

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These Purple Sandpipers are pretty formidable for their size. 💪
They don't seem to mind being slapped in the face with an incoming wave 🌊or the freezing temps. 🥶
They summer in the Arctic and they come here in the winter for some warmth! 😳

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This poor fish never saw the Red-breasted Merganser coming! 🐡🙄🌊

Could you imagine having to work this hard for your next meal???? 😵‍💫

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It's always nice when a Carolina Wren poses for you!
I heard the little bugger before I spotted him.
So happy as wrens are pretty elusive. 💕

Happy Christmas Eve!!! 🤶🎄

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Cool looking Herring Gull flying by as I freeze. 🥶

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What a scene! 😵‍💫
At least thirty Golden-crowned Kinglets and ONE Ruby-crowned. 😍
Boy did he stand out! 😌
These shots were taken quickly as kinglets NEVER stay still!
I love our natural bug exterminators. 💕

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This juvenile Mute Swan showed off his ballet moves yesterday. 🦢🤎
I love his contrasting plumage. 🤎🤍
I book-ended this post with the same photo, one color and one monochrome. 🤍🖤
Which do you prefer?

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I know Wood Ducks are beautiful, but this female really stood out against the murky backdrop. 💜💙

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A male Gadwall against a Fall backdrop. 🍁🍃🍁🍂💜

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The Eastern Meadowlarks have returned in all their splendor.
💛🖤

Supposedly their wintering grounds are here, yet I have never seen them past December. ❄️

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The Northern Shovelers have arrived and were out hunting amongst the autumnal colors of the pool yesterday. 🍂🍃🍁💜

I couldn't tell who or what was more beautiful- the water or the shovelers.
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Back at Midtown’s Verizon Plaza, this Yellow-breasted Chat was still turning heads — a bold burst of yellow in the middle of the city! 💛🌿
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A flash of wings and earthy tones—this Buckeye butterfly was a weekend surprise at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 🦋
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Oystercatcher flying at Nickerson Beach photo by Dennis Newsham

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My favorite summer birding day trip from NYC — Lido Beach & Nickerson, where skimmers skim and the city fades away.
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Spring migration in NYC #nycbirding

An anhinga (maybe) dries sits on a log with wings outstretched to dry

I think I saw the same one? This shot was from the path along the river near the bridge near the boathouse.

Last year, also saw either an anhinga or cormorant swimming near the turtles near the ice rink

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Spring migration waits for no one—not even a gray, chilly day in NYC. Today in Central Park, I was lucky enough to photograph a Pine Warbler, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, and a Palm Warbler. 
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So much fun birding all over NYC on this beautiful day. Perfect ending with a Peregrine Falcon at Riverside Church. #birding #falcons #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky #blueskybirds #nycbirding

A couple of familiar #birds from home are easier to see well in #avesColombia than the views I usually get back in #nycbirding, like this Blue-winged Teal and Eastern Meadowlark I saw in #Cundinamarca back in July. #birdsseenin2024 #birding

Dickcissel chomping on some seeds scattered on some bare ground

Dickcissel encountered this morning in Manhattan. A somewhat regular vagrant in the region, though I've only managed to see one once before.
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Adult Cooper's hawk sits atop a chain-link fence. Some kind of mangled critter can be partially seen in under its talons.

Cooper's hawk - Staten Island, New York, November 2022

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Northern mockingbird - Queens, New York, March 2022. Honestly probably my favorite bird of my 550+ lifers.

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Carolina wren - Brooklyn, New York, March 2022. Little bird, big voice!

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December lifers in NYC. Purple sandpiper, Black-chinned hummingbird and Dickcissel. #birding #birdwatching #nycbirding #bigcitybirds #urbanbirds @nyc.bsky.social