Monarch Chrysalis

One of two Monarch butterflies hatched from a pair of chrysalis on the siding of our house.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

The lungs of the planet are on fire!!!

The Veery is a neotropical migrant that winters in central and southern Brazil.  I hope that this beauty that was in our yard in western New York today has a home to go back to for the coming winter.  In order to stop the politically fueled fires that are burning down large areas of the Amazon rainforest, one of the things we can do to fight back is to donate money to: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Common Yellowthroat Warbler

Squirrel with a prized treat!

Belted Kingfisher

Caspian Tern

Wild Turkey

Baird's Sandpiper

Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper migrating along Lake Erie in Western New York

Shorebird Migration

Fall shorebird migration is now in full swing!

Sanderlings

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Short-billed Dowitcher

White-faced Storm Petrels

White-faced Storm Petrels seen on a pelagic birding trip in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles offshore from the New Jersey coast.

Bridled Tern

An adult Bridled Tern resting on a floating log in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles offshore from Cape May, New Jersey

Black Skimmer

Snowy Egret

American Oystercatchers

Semipalmated Plover

Clearwing Hummingbird Moths