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A 1st cy bird and one of a litter of five.

Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), Flatbush Reformed Church, Brooklyn, June 2012

Marine Park, Brooklyn. Lawn/grassy area near golf course car park.

Mallard on a platform feeder.

Was trying to take nice photos of this bird and it decided to cough up a pellet...

Sourdough starter, semi domesticated. Photographed with phone cam through microscope at 25x40=1000x, white LED light. No idea where green color comes from.

Adult Red-tailed Hawk, male of the nesting pair, in a conifer just south of Slide Hill recently mobbed by two Fish Crows.

Great Horned Owl at Picnic Point over the lawn off the line of trees and hedges. Was actively getting dived on by an American Crow and flushed shortly after by the crow.

Tree Swallow on Grassy Hill checking out the nearby nest boxes at times.

In my garden

Male in nest hole.

Nycticorax Nycticorax, black-crowned night heron, Lily Pool Terrace, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, July 2005

Nesting pair, the one on the pole/wires is not the same one as the one in the nest. These are 2 individuals.

One egg on a nest that was ultimately unsuccessful

(Xerus princeps)
Damara Ground squirrel making contact
Damara-Borstenhörnchen

Access Bay Loon with 2 chicks

Was able to get an out of focus photo when she was off the nest. She must have been on these two eggs for a few days. You can see the notch from her tail.

5 young Great Blue Herons.

Killdeer doing ungulate display

Fledgling bald eagles at Mount Loretto Unique Area

Sitting on AMNH building.

Coopers Hawk on Oak in Vale Meadow, Caught a flicker in the rhus aromatica on two step path and unfortunately dropped it while i was taking his photo. - JF

Robin’s nest, four eggs
Copyright Andrew Garn

Staten Island

Spotted during a hike on the White Trail in Staten Island's Greenbelt.