This kestrel decided to perch on a ladder outside my kitchen window this afternoon. It brightened my day. #Queens #Nyc #birds

My respiratory issues improved slightly today and we took a very short walk by Kissena lake. I’m always delighted to see wood ducks. #birds #birding #queens #nyc

Sunset outside the kitchen window tonight #nyc

Marine Park Salt Marsh. It’s a bit of a drive for us but the walk is always pleasant (outside of the mosquitos). #brooklyn

It was a quiet morning at the Marine Park Saltmarsh in Brooklyn this morning but we did get some good looks at this Osprey. #birds #birding #nyc #birdwatching

Full Buck moon tonight. 🌕 #moonshot

It’s going to get a bit rainy here today…stay safe out there! #NYC #Weather

A few yellow crowned night herons from Powell’s Cove park in Queens this morning. The air quality is finally improving here! #birding #herons #queens

We enjoyed watching Osprey this morning at Lido Preserve. There were multiple babies in the nests. #birds #usbirds #birding #longisland

Oystercatchers from Lido preserve and Nickerson beach this morning. #birds #usbirds #longisland #birdwatching

I couldn’t get enough of the piping plovers at Nickerson beach this morning. We saw four! (Taken with a long lens at a distance). #birds #usbirds #longisland #birding

Nickerson beach this morning. I was already dive-bombed by terns and chased by oystercatchers lol (while trying to avoid nesting areas). #beach #birding

Happy red, white, and blue! #America250

Our kitchen right now. We did not use it to cook. It’s simply one room in our apartment without a window unit. Folks complain about the *suggestion* that rooms be cooled to 78 degrees but that’s aspirational for us! Thankfully the bedroom is 78 and the heatwave ends Sunday. #NYC #TooHot

Fingers crossed for the power grid! #NYC

Yellow warbler, tree swallow taking turns with its mate, a goldfinch, and a house wren from Jamaica Bay today. It was very buggy out! #JBWR #birds #nyc

Some people wake up to the sweet song of a finch or chirp of a cardinal. I get to listen to hungry juvenile starlings all day lol. Magnify this by 20 and it echoes off the buildings. #feederbirds #nyc

Don’t forget to vote today! #NYC #PrimaryDay

Bzzzz. At Mill Grove Audubon yesterday. 🐝

Birdies (turkey vulture, eastern bluebird, and eastern phoebe) from a visit to the Audubon center at Mill Grove in PA this morning, and a hummingbird in my Mother in Law’s backyard. #birds #usbirds #birdwatching

A few eagles from a visit to Conowingo dam in MD Friday, June 19th. It is out of season for large eagle populations there but we were delighted to see a few. #eagles #birding #birds

Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers is well worth the visit. We had a nice walk there Sunday morning. #naturewalk

After the rain. #nyc #woodside

Im reposting this. It’s a yellow crowned night heron which I accidentally wrote was a black crowned night heron lol. Either way it looks very zen (from Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside this morning). #birds #birding #MNSA #LongIsland

Also at MNSA, a willet, semipalmated sandpiper, great egret, and an Osprey. #birding #birdwatching #birds #longisland #MNSA

Careful out there. That was quite the storm! #NYC #Weather

This doesn’t bode well for outdoor activities…I’ll take the rain over 95 degrees however. #weather #NYC

Also seen at Ridgewood Reservoir, Baltimore oriole, eastern kingbird, yellow warbler, and a warbling vireo. 🪶 #usbirds #birds #birding #queens

We had a nice and bird filled walk around Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens this morning. Here are a few warblers we encountered: magnolia, blackpoll, black and white, and northern parula. 🪶 #birds #usbirds #queens #birding