Sunset on the Chautauqua Ridge

Happy Birthday Hudson!

American Golden-Plovers

Hooded Warbler

Ovenbird

Button Buck

Sharing the path with a young button buck.

Then the rest of his family showed up!

Wilson's Warbler

Late Summer Sunset over Lake Erie

Common Nighthawk

Backyard flyover of a not so common, Common Nighthawk at dusk.

Monarch Butterfly

Olive-sided Flycatcher

The Olive-sided Flycatcher is becoming very scarce and is only seen in western New York during a very short window of time during the spring and fall migration seasons.  It nests in far northern conifer and boreal forests and spends the winter in South America.

Happy World Shorebirds Day!

Wandering Tattler

Sanderlings

Least Bittern

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