Common Gallinule

Pine Warblers

Pine Warblers eating at my bird feeders during this unusually cold and snowy spring weather.

Rough-legged Hawk

Dark morph of the Rough-legged Hawk species.

Spring Crocus

Common Terns

American Kestrel

Sora Rail

Caspian Terns

Bonaparte's Gull

Meadow Vole

Female Canvasback

Fox Sparrow

Morning Moonrise

Waning Gibbous at 57% illumination

Mute Swan

Mute Swan in a spring snow squall.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Blue-winged Teal

...with a Bufflehead in the lead!

Long-tailed Duck

Only the male Long-tailed Duck has a long tail and this is a lovely female.  

Vesper Sparrow

Yearling White-tailed Doe

Wild Turkey

A wild tom turkey putting on a display early his morning for some hens who wanted nothing to do with him.

Full Blue Moon

This is the second full moon for the month of March making it a Blue Moon!  This is how it appeared as it was setting in the western sky this morning.

Glaucous Gull

Killdeer in the Snow

Foraging for food wherever they can find open ground.

Celebrate the Vernal Equinox!

"To find the Universal elements is enough

To find the air and the water exhilarating

To be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter

To be thrilled by the stars at night

To be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in Spring

These are some of the rewards of the simple life!"

~ John Burroughs

Winter's Last Breath

Sunset afterglow over grape vineyards in western New York

Eastern Meadowlarks

Horned Lark

Purple Finch

Lesser Black-backed Gull

The Lesser-black Backed Gull is a common European Gull that occasionally finds its way across the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern coastal and Great Lakes areas of the Americas.  This one was photographed on a Lake Erie beach in Western New York State.

Rough-legged Hawk

American Robin

Rough-legged Hawk

White-winged Scoters

Cooper's Hawk