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

Pintail Ducks

Trumpeter Swans

North American Beaver

A Beaver going about its business in an icy pond.

Peregrine Falcon

This queen of the bird world has the ability to fly as fast as 240 mph when she dives!  This particular falcon had been injured and was in rehabilitation when I had the honor of taking her photo.

Imbolc 2018

The midpoint of Winter and the promise of Spring!

Imbolc begins at sunset today!

Blue Moon Preview

Preview of tomorrow's Full Super Blue Blood Wolf Moon and Eclipse which won't be visible in our area due to cloudy skies.

Carolina Wrens

Glaucous Gulls

Two immature Glaucous Gulls in the Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie early this morning.

Herring Gull

Feasting on a fish in the Dunkirk Harbor.

Bald Eagle

Merlin

This Merlin is often seen in the Town of Sheridan.  The white feather on its left wing makes it distinctive.

Eastern Bluebirds

Frosted Spider Web