Pileated Woodpecker

the last rose...

Black-capped Chickadee

American Kestrel

Common Loon

Migrating Tundra Swans

Mallard

There is beauty in the most common things to those who have eyes to see.

Vagrant Hummingbird

Most likely a Rufous Hummingbird seen passing through western New York.

Eastern Bluebird

Moonrise

Tonight's full "super moon" rising in western New York.

Starlings and blackbirds migrating under the light of the full moon.

Luna in all her brilliant glory!

Common Mergansers

Bonaparte's Gulls

Rough-legged Hawk

Merry Samhain!

A Golden-crowned Kinglet and a song to celebrate the dark half of the year.  

American Tree Sparrow

American Tree Sparrows have returned from the far north to spend the winter months away from the Arctic.

Ring-billed Gull

This Ring-billed Gull thought he was having crayfish for dinner until a Great Black-backed Gull came by and stole it from him.

Immature Common Merganser

Return of the Snow Buntings

The little darlings of winter are back!

Immature Bald Eagle

Yellow-rumped Warbler