Willet

Fledgling Hummingbird

A fledgling Ruby-throated Hummingbird taking a break on the railing of our deck.

Full Moon Rising

The full "buck" moon rising in Capricorn.

American Avocet

Saw another American Avocet today.  I love finding and watching these elegant shorebirds!

Clearwing Hummingbird Moth

American Avocets

Fall shorebird migration is on!

Oriole Bath

Indigo Buntings

Bluet Damselfly on a Water Lily

Happy Independence Day!

Popular Watering Hole

We've had a very dry spring and summer here in western New York.  The water fountains and bird bath on our patio have become more popular with the birds than during our average wet summers.  All of these photos were taken today.

Baltimore Oriole

Purple Finch

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (pictured above and below)

Red-winged Blackbirds

A juvenile Blue Jay studied the fountain for a while before it finally decided to take the plunge.  It may have been its first bath!

Yellow Warblers

Female pictured above and a recently fledged youngster below.

Juvenile Ruffed Grouse

Baltimore Orioles with Fledglings

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Scarlet Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak enjoying the bird bath on a hot summer day.

Grasshopper Sparrow

Great Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary on echinacea in my butterfly garden this morning.

Great-crested Flycatcher

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding at a hanging basket filled with calibrachoa.

The male Ruby-throated Hummingbird seems to prefer the nectar feeder.

Baltimore Oriole

Blue-winged Warbler

Longest Days of the Year

Sunset afterglow over Lake Erie this evening (photo taken at 9:30 p.m.)

June Sunset

Tonight's Cloudy Sunset over Lake Erie

Savannah Sparrow

Keeping watch over his territory in the vineyard.

New York State's Environmental Leadership

Waxing Crescent Moon at 5%

Red-headed Woodpecker

Cedar Waxwings

Prairie Warbler