Central Park

October 2024

Yellow-billed cuckoo

Blue-winged teal

Green-winged teal

September 2024

Northern waterthrush

Black-and-white warbler

Northern flicker

Great blue heron

Scarlet tanager (female)

Common yellowthroat

Black-and-white warbler

Black-throated blue warbler (female)

Northern cardinal

Rose-breasted grosbeak (female)

Great blue heron

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Common yellowthroat

August 2024

Olive-sided flycatcher

Solitary sandpiper

May 2024

Reflecting on things I cannot see…

Red-winged blackbird (male)

Red-bellied woodpecker

Scarlet tanager (male)

Northern cardinal (female)

Common yellowthroat (female)

House sparrow; starling

Spotted sandpiper

Black-and-white warbler

Bay-breasted warbler

Double-crested cormorant

Rose-breasted grosbeak (female)

scarlet tanager (male)

Northern parula

Scarlet tanager (female)

April 2024

Northern flicker

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Double-crested cormorant

Yellow-rumped warbler

Golden-crowned kinglet

Red-winged blackbird

White-throated sparrow

Black-and-white warbler

Rusty blackbird

March 2024

Green-winged teal

Northern mockingbird

February 2024

Bufflehead (male)

Bufflehead (female)

Green-winged teal (male)

White-throated sparrow

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (male)

January 2024

Wood duck (male); mallard (female)

Wood duck (male)

Red-breasted merganser

Hooded merganser (female)

Hooded merganser (male)

Pied-billed grebe

Peregrine falcon

Green-winged teal (male)

Green-winged teal (female)

Bald eagle; gull

Building skeleton

Fountain rainbow

Wood duck (male)

Wood duck (male)

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl

Double-crested cormorant

Great blue heron; mallards

Red-bellied woodpecker

White-throated sparrow

Green-winged teal (female)

Green-winged teal (male)

Double-crested cormorant

Hooded merganser

December 2023

Red-bellied woodpecker

Golden-crowned kinglet

Green-winged teal (male)

November 2023

Northern mockingbird

Red-bellied woodpecker

October 2023

Common yellowthroat

Green-winged teal

Black and white warbler

Northern parula

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl

September 2023

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl

Red-tailed hawk

Solitary sandpiper

Wilson's warbler

American redstart

Blackpoll warbler

American redstart

Northern waterthrush

Empidonax-genus flycatcher (alder or willow)

Magnolia warbler

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl

Flaco's feather

July 2023

Red-tailed hawk

Black-crowned night heron

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Red-tailed hawk

Double-crested cormorant

June 2023

April 2023

Black-crowned night heron

Great horned owl

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Double-crested cormorant

White-throated sparrow

Northern cardinal (female)

Chipping sparrow

Red-winged blackbird (male)

March 2023

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (male)

European starling

Eurasian eagle owl

Black-capped chickadee

Some sort of winged creature…

Tufted titmouse

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (male)

Red-winged blackbird

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl

February 2023

Red-tailed hawks (juvenile)

Red-tailed hawk

Belted kingfisher (male)

Red-tailed hawk

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-tailed hawk

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl

January 2023

Tufted titmouse

Northern cardinal (male)

American goldfinch

Northern cardinal (female)

Red-tailed hawk

Ruddy duck (female)

Yellow-bellied sapsucker (male)

Northern cardinal (female)

American goldfinch

White-breasted nuthatch

Red-tailed hawk

Red-bellied woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (female)

White-breasted nuthatch

Tufted titmouse

Red-bellied woodpecker

Bufflehead duck (female)

December 2022

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Northern saw-whet owl

Red-tailed hawk

White-breasted nuthatch

Great black-backed gull

Red-tailed hawk

Great horned owl

November 2022

Tufted titmouse

Northern shoveler

October 2022

Midtown Manhattan

Great horned owl

Great horned owl; tufted titmouse

Great horned owl

Great horned owl; bluejay

Tufted titmouse

Blue-headed vireo

Tufted titmouse

Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)

Black-crowned night heron

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Yellow-rumped warbler

Grasshopper sparrow

White-breasted nuthatch

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Common yellowthroat

Ruby-crowned kinglet

White-throated sparrow

Double-crested cormorant

September 2022

Red-tailed hawk (juvenile)

Common yellowthroat

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern parula

European starling

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Northern cardinal (female)

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Common yellowthroat

Swainson's thrush

Black-crowned night heron

Magnolia warbler (female)

American redstart (female)

Black-crowned night heron

Great blue heron

American redstart (male)

Sachem butterfly

Monarch butterfly

American redstart (female)

Northern cardinal (female)

Magnolia warbler

American redstart (female)

Solitary sandpiper

Northern waterthrush

Black-billed cuckoo

Black-crowned night heron

August 2022

Great horned owl

Eastern kingbird

Blue-winged teal

Northern waterthrush

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinarl

Double-crested cormorant

June 2022

American robins (chicks)

Eastern kingbird

Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)

May 2022

Great horned owl

Eastern cottontail

Northern cardinal (male)

Cedar waxwing; house sparrow

Eastern wood-peewee

Red-tailed hawk

Black-crowned night heron

Double-crested cormorant

Solitary sandpiper

Spotted sandpiper; solitary sandpiper; red-eared slider

Solitary sandpiper; red-eared sliders

Spotted sandpiper

Red-tailed hawk

Yellow-rumped warbler

Black-and-white warbler

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-tailed hawk

Double-crested cormorant

Canada goose; goslings

Black-crowned night heron

Red-tailed hawk

Double-crested cormorant

Black-throated blue warbler (female)

Black-throated blue warbler (male)

Red-headed woodpecker

Northern flicker

Red-headed woodpecker

Northern flicker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Magnolia warbler

Common yellowthroat

Northern waterthrush

Black-and-white warbler

American redstart

Northern rough-winged swallow

Swainson's thrush

April 2022

Double-crested cormorant

Yellow-rumped warbler

Prothonotary warbler

Black-crowned night heron

Double-crested cormorant

Black-crowned night heron

Northern flicker

Great horned owl

Golden-crowned kinglet

White-throated sparrow

Double-crested cormorant

Red-winged blackbird

Northern shoveler

March 2022

American kestrel

Northern cardinal (male)

White-throated sparrow

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-winged blackbird

Ring-necked duck

Downy woodpecker

Red-tailed hawk

Ring-necked duck

Red-tailed hawk

Northern cardinal (female)

White-throated sparrow

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal (male)

Red-tailed hawk

February 2022

Red-winged blackbird

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal

Wood duck (male); mallard (female)

Great horned owl

Wood duck (male)

Dark-eyed junco

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (female)

Ring-billed gull

Red-tailed hawk

Northern shoveler

Hooded merganser

Wood duck; mallard

Great blue heron

Downy woodpecker

Green-winged teal

Red-bellied woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Northern cardinal (male)

White-throated sparrow

Hooded merganser

Red-tailed hawk

Northern flicker

January 2022

Red-tailed hawk

Great horned owl

Peregrine falcon

December 2021

Red-shouldered hawk

Great blue heron

November 2021

Wood duck (male)

Northern shoveler (male)

Hairy woodpecker

Hooded merganser

Northern shoveler

Dark-eyed junco

White-throated sparrow

Downy woodpecker

October 2021

Wood duck; gadwall

Green-winged teal

American kestrel

Northern shoveler

Black-crowned night heron

Great horned owl

Swainson's thrush; wood thrush

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Magnolia warbler

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Magnolia warbler

Eastern wood peewee

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Black-and-white warbler

September 2021

Common yellowthroat

Black-crowned night heron

Northern parula

Common yellowthroat

Black-and-white warbler

Black-crowned night heron

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Northern flicker

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Red-tailed hawk (juvenile)

American kestrel

Monarch butterfly

Black-crowned night heron

July 2021

Great blue heron

Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)

Black-crowned night heron

Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)

Black-crowned night heron

June 2021

Black-crowned night heron

Black-crowned night heron

Northern cardinal (male)

April 2021

Red-bellied woodpecker

Common yellowthroat

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Yellow-rumped warbler

Black and white warbler

Northern cardinal (female)

Evening grosbeak

Red-tailed hawk

Red-tailed hawk

White-throated sparrow

Great horned owl

Kentucky warbler

Northern cardinal (male)

White-throated sparrow

White-breasted nuthatch

Red-tailed hawk (juvenile)

Northern parula

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-winged blackbird

Rough-winged swallow

Double-crested cormorant

White-throated sparrow

House sparrow (leucistic?)

Red-bellied woodpecker

Great blue heron

Red-tailed hawk

March 2021

Great blue heron

American goldfinch

Great blue heron

Red-winged blackbird

Northern shoveler

Tufted titmouse

Red-tailed hawk

Northern shoveler

Red-breasted nuthatch

White-throated sparrow

February 2021

Red-tailed hawk

Northern cardinal (female)

Great blue heron

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (male)

Great blue heron

Black-capped chickadee

Tufted titmouse

Downy woodpecker and house sparrow

January 2021

Tufted titmouse

Red-tailed hawk (juvenile)

Tufted titmouse and American goldfinch

Northern cardinal (female)

Tufted titmouse and White-throated sparrow

Tufted titmouse

White-throated sparrow

Tufted titmouse

Red-bellied woodpecker

Great blue heron

Greater white-fronted goose

Hooded merganser and American coot

Hooded merganser (male)

Red-tailed hawk

Tufted titmouse

House finches (female and male)

Tufted titmouse

November 2020

Black-capped chickadee

White-breasted nuthatch

Northern mockingbird

Northern shoveler

Red-bellied woodpecker

Tufted titmouse

Downy woodpecker

White-breasted nuthatch

Downy woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

October 2020

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Tufted titmouse

Black-capped chickadee

White-breasted nuthatch

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Great blue heron

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

September 2020

August 2020

Red-tailed hawk

Black-crowned night heron

Red-winged blackbird (female)

Great blue heron

Monarch butterfly

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (female)

July 2020

Great blue heron

Wood duck (male)

Mallard duck with ducklings

Great blue heron

Black-crowned night heron

Northern cardinal

June 2020

Black-crowned night heron

Mallard (female, with ducklings)

March 2020

Green-winged teal

Red-bellied woodpecker

Great blue heron

Red-tailed hawk

Downy woodpecker

Downy woodpecker and house sparrow

Downy woodpecker

February 2020

Red-headed woodpecker

Red-tailed hawk

Northern shoveler

Red-bellied woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

January 2020

Downy woodpecker

Great blue heron

Bufflehead duck

Hooded merganser

Great blue heron

Red-tailed hawk

December 2019

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-headed woodpecker (juvenile)

Northern shoveler

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal (male)

Downy woodpecker

House finch (male)

Red-bellied woodpecker

House finch (female)

Great blue heron

November 2019

Northern cardinal (male)

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-headed woodpecker (juvenile)

Northern cardinal (male)

American goldfinch

Northern cardinal (female)

American goldfinch

Red-bellied woodpecker

Dark-eyed junco

Hooded merganser

White-throated sparrow

Great blue heron

Downy woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Great horned owl

October 2019

Pin-tailed Whydah

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Pin-tailed Whydah

September 2019

Double-crested cormorant

Red-tailed hawk

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Double-crested cormorant

Blackpoll warbler (female)

Black-crowned night heron

August 2019

Cardinal (female)

American redstart

Starling (juvenile)

Northern cardinal (female)

July 2019

Red-tailed hawk

June 2019

Black-crowned night heron

Catbird eating a butterfly

May 2019

Black-crowned night heron

Red-bellied woodpecker

April 2019

Robin in its nest

Red-tailed hawk

Bluejay bathing

Black-crowned night heron

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Northern flicker

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

March 2019

Red-tailed hawk

February 2019

Great blue heron

White-breasted nuthatch

Cardinal (female)

January 2019

A wood duck, hanging out with the mallards

The mandarin duck

Landing gear retracted

This pair of mallards was inseperable

Red-tailed hawk

December 2018

Downy woodpecker

Tufted titmouse

Red-tailed hawk

November 2018

May 2018

American goldfinch

Red-bellied woodpecker

Northern flicker

Downy woodpecker

Hairy woodpecker

March 2018

American goldfinch

Northern mockingbird

November 2017

April 2017

February 2017

Downy woodpecker

Tufted titmouse

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