Eye to Eye
Embden Goose (feral domestic) keeping an eye on camera boy
Photographed March 29, 2026, Western New York
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OMG, not another hawk!
Red-tailed Hawk, Western New York
Photographed March 23, 2026 (texture blend)
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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"Me? Do I look like a fierce predator?"
Photographed March 26, 2026 in Western New York
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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Guarded Vigilance
Red-tailed Hawk, Western New York
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
Photographed March 23, 2026
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Morning preening...Red-tailed hawk
Photographed March 23, 2026, Western New York (texture blended edit)
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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"Harbinger of Spring"
The Red-winged Blackbird
March 19, 2026 at Reinstein Woods, Depew NY
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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Juvenile Bald Eagle above Grand Island, NY
Photographed February 24, 2026 (texture blended edit)
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Tundra Swan
Photographed February 19, 2026 (texture blended) on the Niagara River.
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Tundra Swan is outta here (texture blended edit)
Niagara River
Photographed February 19, 2026
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Feral domestic Embden Goose (texture blended) from the deep historical archives (3 weeks)
Photographed February 1, 2026 Western New York
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Greater Scaup Duck with some texture blending
Photographed February 10, 2026 along the Niagara River
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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On angels' wings...
A mallard perfects the landing
Photographed February 10, 2026 along the Niagara River
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Belted Kingfisher in winter...Texture blended
Photographed February 12, 2026 in Western New York
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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Ah, kids don't care about the cold...
Juvenile Bald Eagle defies the weather
Photographed February 7, 2026, Grand Island, NY
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Common Mergansers above an icy Niagara River
Photographed February 2, 2026
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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Another bird of prey - if you happen to be an insect, seed, or nut...
White-breasted Nuthatch
Photographed January 5, 2026
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Another day, another Bald Eagle (texture blended)
Grand Island, NY
Photographed January 23, 2026
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That casual over-the-shoulder glance...
Bald Eagle with texture blending
Niagara River - Photographed January 21, 2026
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Mourning Dove fluffed up in the cold...
Amherst, NY
January 15, 2026
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Cooper's Hawk chillin'
Western New York
January 11, 2026
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White-breasted Nuthatch...
Reinstein Woods, Depew NY
January 5, 2026 (National Bird Day - US)
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Trumpeter Swan walks a shallow area of the Niagara...
Grand Island, NY
December 21, 2025
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Wood duck with some texture blending...
Photograph: October 6, 2025, Edit: December 31, 2025
Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo, NY
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Texture blended Bald Eagle
Photograph: March 30, 2024, edit: December 30, 2025
Western New York
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