Immature Red-tailed Hawk

 

Rough-legged Hawk

 

Snowless Winter in Western New York

 

Tufted Titmouse

 

Eastern Bluebird

 

American Goldfinch

Greater Scaup

 

American Kestrel

 

December's "Long Night" Full Moon

This is the longest full moon of the year!  It will be visible for a total of 15 hours and 33 minutes from Saturday night through Sunday morning.  The December full moon is usually know as the "Cold" moon or the "Long Night" moon.  It was at 96% when this photo was taken.

 

American Robin

 

Bald Eagle in Flight

 

American Crow

"If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows." 

~ Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887 American Social Reformer)

 

Downy Woodpecker

 

Waxing Gibbous Moon at 59%

The upcoming December full moon is also known as the "Cold" or the "Long Night Moon" since it will shine during one of the longest nights of the year on December 18th.

 

American Tree Sparrow

 

Red-throated Loon

 A Red-throated Loon molting into winter plumage.

Snowy Owl

 

Mute Swan

 

White-throated Sparrow Eating Berries

 

Juvenile Glaucous Gull

 

The Glaucous Gull is a large pale bird from the Arctic.  Many of them spend their winters on the Great Lakes.  This individual is a juvenile about to experience its first winter along Lake Erie.  They are the second largest species of gull in the world.

Bonaparte's Gull

 A first winter Bonaparte's Gull in flight over Lake Erie.

Cattle Egret

 A migrating Cattle Egret hanging out in a pasture with a Steer

Waxing Crescent Moon

 

November Sky

 

Northern Harrier

 

Winter Wren

 

Bonaparte's Gull

 

Merlin

 

Red-tailed Hawk

 

Mute Swan

Mute Swan riding the waves on Lake Erie.

 

Juvenile Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

 A rare autumn vagrant found in Western New York!

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Rain Showers over Lake Erie

 

House Wren

 

Pine Warbler

 

Nashville Warbler

 

Lincoln's Sparrows

 

American Pipits