Mew (Common) Gull (adult) w/ Ring-billed Gull. Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY. 12/28/09.
Mew (Common) Gull (adult). Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY. 12/28/09.
Let's play find the Common Gull. Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY. 12/28/09.
Mew (Common) Gull (adult) w/ Ring-billed Gulls. Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, NY. 12/28/09.
Red-necked Phalarope (adult, unusual here), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/27/09.
Semipalmated Sandpiper (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/27/09.
Western Sandpiper (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/27/09.
Hudsonian Godwit, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/27/09.
Great Black-backed Gull eating a breakfast Skimmer, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 08/27/09.
Western Sandpiper (adult), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Baird's Sandpiper (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Wilson's Phalarope, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
American Avocet kneeling, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Willet (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Pied-billed Grebe (juvenile?), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Western Sandpiper (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Three calidrid species (all juveniles), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/25/09.
Hudsonian Godwit, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 08/25/09.
Marbled Godwit, West Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/22/09.
American Avocet (male?), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/22/09.
Sora, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/22/09.
American Oystercatcher and chick, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/20/09.
Long-billed Dowitcher (small juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 08/20/09.
Solitary Sandpiper, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 08/20/09.
Western Sandpiper (juvenile), Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 08/19/09.
Least Sandpipers (juveniles, with adult Semipalmated Sandpiper), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
American Avocet (female?), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
American Avocet, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
Stilt Sandpiper (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
Western Sandpiper (juvenile #2), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
Wilson's Phalarope, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
Western Sandpiper (juvenile #1), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/19/09.
Northern Harrier (juvenile) getting mobbed by adult American Oystercatcher, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Short-billed Dowitcher (hendersoni), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Stilt Sandpiper army (with a couple of Short-billed Dowitchers thrown in), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
American Golden Plover, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Red Knot (adult in pre-basic molt), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Stilt Sandpiper (adult in pre-basic molt), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Short-billed Dowitcher (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
Laughing Gull (juvenile), East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/17/09.
American Oystercatcher chick, East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/09/09.
Cross Bay Boulevard, 08/06/09.
That's what she said, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/04/09.
Least Sandpiper (basic plumage), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/04/09.
? (I.D. requested), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/01/09.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/01/09.
Tons of waders at dawn, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/01/09.
Tons of waders at dawn (Great and Snowy Egrets, Little and Great Blue Herons and Black-crowned Night Herons accounted for over 200 individuals on the East Pond), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 08/01/09.
Long-billed Dowitcher, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/31/09.
Gull-billed Terns, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/31/09.
15 (two are mostly obscured) Gull-billed Terns (out of 24 present), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/31/09.
Little Blue Heron (immature), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/31/09.
Short-billed Dowitcher, Dune Road, Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
Red-headed Woodpecker (juvenile), Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
Royal Terns (6 out of 24 present), Pike's Beach, Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
Ruddy Turnstone, Pike's Beach, Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
Forster's Tern (juvenile), Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
Black Skimmers, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/30/09.
9 Gull-billed Terns, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (East Pond), Queens, NY. 07/26/09.
Gull-billed Terns, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (East Pond), Queens, NY. 07/26/09.
Tricolored Heron, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/12/09.
Barn Owl (adult), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/12/09.
Short-billed Dowitcher, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09.
Arctic Tern (adult/2nd summer-type), Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09 (afternoon).
Black Tern (adult), Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09.
Red-throated Loon (unusual this time of year), Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09.
Arctic Tern (adult/2nd summer-type), Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09 (morning).
Arctic Tern showing its relatively long wings, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09 (morning).
Can you find the Arctic Tern? Cupsogue Beach County Park, Suffolk County, NY. 07/10/09.
Green Herons (juveniles), Big John's Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. 07/06/09. Thanks to Lloyd Spitalnik for letting me use his camera for this one.
Northern Gannet (late adult), Jacob Riis Park, Queens, NY. 06/19/09.
Ruddy Turnstone, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Terrapin Trail), Brooklyn, NY. 06/07/09.
Lincoln's Sparrow, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 06/03/09.
White-rumped Sandpiper, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 06/02/09.
Clapper Rail, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/29/09.
Glossy Ibis, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 05/20/09
Coots, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/10/09.
Blue Grosbeak, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/10/09.
Summer Tanager, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/10/09.
Big Egg Marsh (what's left of it) at dusk, Queens, NY. 05/09/09.
King Eider (female) and Common Eider (immature male), Fort Tilden (Silver Gull Club), Queens, NY. 05/09/09.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult), Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09.
Seaside Sparrow, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09.
Wood Duck, Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09.
Couldn't count it for the Big Day, but sure wanted to eat it for the Lunch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09.
American Oystercatchers in the fog, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male), Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
Great-crested Flycatcher, Coney Island Creek Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
Red-necked Grebe, Coney Island Creek Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
Indigo Bunting (male), Coney Island Creek Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
Semipalmated Plovers, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
King Eiders (immature male, female of undetermined age) w/ Red-breasted Mergansers, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
King Eiders (immature male, female of undetermined age), Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 05/08/09.
European Greenfinch, Dreier-Offerman Park, Brooklyn, NY. 05/06/09.
Bald Eagle (Immature) being mobbed by Crow sp., Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 05/06/09.
Sedge Wren, Cornell Lab of Ornithology parking lot, Ithaca, NY. 04/30/09.
Blue Grosbeak (Immature Male), Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 04/29/09.
Seaside Sparrow, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 04/29/09.
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Plum Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 04/29/09.
Prothonotary Warbler, Prospect Park. Brooklyn, NY. 04/25/09.
Prairie Warbler, Prospect Park. Brooklyn, NY. 04/25/09.
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, Prospect Park. Brooklyn, NY. 04/25/09.
Chipping Sparrow, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 04/23/09.
Broad-winged Hawk, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 04/23/09.
"Kumlien's" Iceland Gull (first-cycle), Conference House Park, Richmond County, NY. 03/18/09.
Eared Grebe, Lemon Creek Pier, Richmond County, NY. 03/18/09.
Western Grebe, Wolfe's Pond Park, Richmond County, NY. 03/18/09.
Canvasback (male), Erskine Street, Brooklyn, NY. 03/04/09.
Black-headed Gull (immature), Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 02/15/09.
White-winged Crossbill in Rob Jett's viewfinder, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 01/25/09.
White-winged Crossbill (immature male), Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 01/25/09.
White-winged Crossbill (immature male) showing its bright orange rump nicely, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 01/25/09.
Peregrine Falcon bathing. Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 01/23/09.
Bohemian Waxwing (presumed female due to lack of red bar on the wings), Fort Tilden, Queens, NY. 01/23/09.
Bohemian Waxwing, Fort Tilden, Queens, NY. 01/23/09.
White-crowned Sparrow (adult), Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 01/20/09.
3 Ross's Geese, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 01/20/09.
Ross's Geese, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 01/20/09.
Ross's Goose, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 01/20/09.
Rusty Blackbird eating corn, Card's Pond Road, Rhode Island. 01/16/09.
Rusty Blackbird, Card's Pond Road, Rhode Island. 01/16/09.
Thick-billed Murre, Hempstead Lake State Park, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Thick-billed Murre (w/ paparazzi), Hempstead Lake State Park, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Video: Thick-billed Murre (preening), Hempstead Lake State Park, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
'Eurasian' Green-winged Teal, Milburn Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Ross's-type Goose (note the rounded bill base, slightly longish bill, and distinct black grin-mark), Cammanns Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Ross's-type Goose (note the rounded bill base), Cammanns Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Ross's-type Goose (note the distinct black grin-mark), Cammanns Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Ross's-type Goose (note the rounded bill base, and distinct black grin-mark), Cammanns Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Ross's-type Goose (at least it's got its hind toes), Cammanns Pond, Nassau County, NY. 01/08/09.
Great Black-backed Gull devouring Northern Shoveler, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 01/05/09.
Hermit Thrush, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. 01/05/09.
