Red-tailed Hawk

Olive-sided Flycatcher

This is an uncommon bird that is only seen in Western New York during fall and spring migration.  They breed in the far northern and western boreal forests of North America and return to Panama and parts of western South America for the winter.  They happen to be passing through our area now.

Spotted Sandpiper

Monarch Butterfly

Juvenile Belted Kingfisher

Great Blue Heron

Marmota Monax

This marmot is more commonly known as a woodchuck, groundhog or whistle-pig.

Sunset Cruise

Cruising through the channel of the Dunkirk Harbor at sunset.

Semipalmated Plover

Cedar Waxwing

Sunrise over the Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean sunrise seen by boat while drifting over the Hudson Canyon.

Wilson's Storm-Petrels

Pelagic Trip from Freeport, New York to the Hudson Canyon East Wall

Ruddy Turnstone

American Lady Butterfly

Smoke from out West

Smoke from the northwestern forest fires is reaching the upper atmosphere of the northeast.  It dulls the sky and makes for some very different views of the sun.

Monarch Butterfly

One of the precious few I've seen this summer.

White-tailed Deer

Momma kept an eye on me from the brush while the fawn was somewhat fearless.

Black Swallowtail

A delicate creature on a thistle.

Waxing Gibbous at 71%

Niagara River Whirlpool

Balloons blow! Don't let them go!

Please people, do not release helium balloons!  They don't make it to heaven to deliver your messages to anyone.  I promise you, they don't!  They become trash and litter and endanger the health and lives of aquatic creatures, wildlife and birds.  Let's be more conscious of our environment and put an end to this nonsense.

Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak

American Goldfinch

A female American Goldfinch at a bird bath in my garden.

Summer Azure Butterfly

Juvenile Green Heron

Fledgling House Wren

Sweet little House Wrens have fledged from a nest in our yard.

Hooded Warbler

White Coneflower

Immature Broad-winged Hawk

Wood Duck

Lesser Yellowlegs

Great Spangled Fritillary

American Goldfinch

A pair of American Goldfinch getting a drink at one of the bird baths in our yard.

Black-capped Chickadee

Juvenile Black-capped Chickadee from a family that fledged in the woods next to our house.

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow basking in the light of the "golden hour" just before sunset.

Killdeer

American Avocets

Southward migration of these elegant shorebirds is already underway.

Eastern Meadowlark

Smooth Sailing

"On a day when the wind is perfect,

the sail just needs to open

and the world is full of beauty...

Today is such a day."  ~ Rumi

Green Heron

Mallard Nest