Cackling Goose

A tiny Cackling Goose swimming with a flock of Canada Geese.

 

Northern Mockingbird

 

February's Full Snow Moon

 

Returning Killdeer

 

Cooper's Hawk with a Full Crop

 

Rough-legged Hawk in a Snow Squall

 

Common Redpolls

This winter of 2020-21 is an irruption year for Common and Hoary Redpolls.

American Tree Sparrow

 

Icy February Sunset

 Icy February sunset at 19°F

Common Redpoll

 

Snow Buntings

 

Horned Lark

Horned Larks are very early nesters and some will lay their eggs in late February and early March.

Short-eared Owl

 

Bald Eagle

An adult Bald Eagle eating a fish on frozen Lake Erie.

 

Gray Catbird

 

Cedar Waxwing

 

Overwintering Gray Catbird

 

Winter Sunset over Lake Erie

 

Northern Cardinal

 

Iceland Gull

Iceland Gulls breed in remote Arctic regions but some spend the winter in Iceland, the United Kingdom, the Great Lakes region and the northeastern and western seacoasts in North America.

 

Horned Larks

 

Short-eared Owl

 

Winter Wonderland

"The forest and I was all there was.  

    In the deep still silence I could feel the Earth's beating heart." 

~ John Muir

Eared Grebe

An Eared Grebe in the Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie today.  Most Eared Grebes spend the winter in the southwestern United States on down through parts of Central America.  However, a few manage to winter on the Great Lakes every year.

 

American Robin

An overwintering American Robin ready to feast on berries from a Washington Hawthorne tree.

 

Rough-legged Hawks

Light morph Rough-legged Hawk hiding in plain sight in a winter cornfield.

 

Mute Swans

Mute Swans on Cassadaga Lake

 

Barred Owl

 Barred Owl snoozing on a snowy winter afternoon.

Happy Chickadee New Year!

A cheerful Black-capped Chickadee was the first bird I saw at the start of the new year!

 

American Kestrel

 

House Finch

 

Happy Winter Solstice !

Northern Mockingbird

 

Horned Larks

Short-eared Owl