Monday, December 23, 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Icy Morning Sun Pillar

Icy morning light pillar at sunrise. This is a rare phenomenon caused by the sun reflecting off of flat ice crystals in the air.



Monday, October 7, 2019

Rufous Hummingbird


A vagrant juvenile female Rufous Hummingbird found her way to my feeders on the Chautauqua Ridge in western New York.  This hummingbird is native to Alaska and the Pacific northwest and spends the winter in Mexico and the deep south of the United States.



Monday, September 30, 2019

White-throated Sparrow

A migrating White-throated Sparrow takes a break to bathe in a shallow stream of water.




Lesser Yellowlegs