Purple Finch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Recently fledged Red-breasted Nuthatch siblings.

End of a Stormy Weekend

A dreary and rainy weekend was highlighted by a vibrant rainbow.

Juvenile Brown Thrasher

Young Bucks in Velvet

Grasshopper Sparrow

Upland Sandpiper

Savannah Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbirds

A male above and a female Red-winged Blackbird taking food to her nestlings in the photo below.

Great Blue Heron

Cedar Waxwing

Happy Summer Solstice!

Scarlet Tanager

As the Sun spirals its longest dance,

As Nature shows bounty and fertility,

Let all things live with loving intent,

To fulfill their truest destiny...

Farewell to Spring 2015

Sunset on the last day of Spring.

Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly

Mourning Warbler

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Pair

Male (above) and female (below) 

American Goldfinch Pair

A pair of American Goldfinch (male above, female below) feasting on wild grass seeds. I consider this tiny bird to be my perennial favorite.  They are in our region all year round and brighten the day in any season.

Eastern American Red Fox

Red-bellied Woodpecker

American Kestrel

An adult male American Kestrel caught and flew off with a rodent that was near a brush pile on our property.

Green Heron

Fish Crows

When asked if they are American Crows, they say "uh uh, uh uh!"

Veery

I think the Veery has the most beautiful song ever.  They migrate all the way from South America to breed and sing in our northern forests during the summer month.  If you've never heard them sing, click on this link for a video  of them singing. 

Photo taken in the Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management Area in Arkwright, New York.

Chestnut-sided Warbler

American Redstart

Canada Warbler

Eastern Towhee

Ovenbird

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

My first of year Yellow-billed Cuckoo sighting!  (Photo taken at Canadaway Creek WMA in Arkwright, New York.)

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Tricolored Heron

Common Gallinule

Great Egret

Painted Bunting

The Painted Bunting is considered to be a "near threatened" species. They are being abused by humans who trap them illegally to sell as cage birds. Conservation efforts are being made which includes the study of their migration patterns and many are banded as can be seen in these photos taken at Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina.

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is listed as a federally Endangered Species in danger of extinction.  I was fortunate to find and photograph this bird in the Carolina Sandhills NWR in South Carolina. These birds require old-growth pine trees (preferably long-leaf pine) that are at least 60 years old as a suitable habitat to survive.  Intense logging of southern pine forests has destroyed the majority of their native habitat.