Deborah Shapiro
@dsmdnyc
Rheumatologist, photographer, birder, transitioning from photojournalism to bird photography.
A tiny (3.5 gram) female Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on purple flowers. Soon she’ll fly to Mexico or Costa Rica for the winter. #hummingbirds #usbirds #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography
Juvenile Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) soaring above the Hudson River, seen from the New Jersey Palisades. #birds #usbirds #peregrinefalcon #falcoperegrinus #birdsinflight #birdphotography #naturephotography #palisadesinterstatepark
A Green Heron (Butorides virescens) seen in a nature preserve in Westchester County, New York. This male heron in breeding plumage flew back and forth across a pond in flight display with a female. They appeared to be building a nest. #birds #greenheron #butoridesvirescens #herons #birdsinflight
A pair of ravens built their nest on the facade of an NYC cathedral. Here a parent feeds the voracious nestlings who could be heard squawking across the street. #birds #ravens #corvuscorax #urbanbirds #stjohndivine #nycbirds
No Kings March in New York City, 3/28/26 - massive, energetic, and peaceful #nokings #nokingsmarch #Protest #nyc #manhattan #protestmarch #democracy #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike
Bird therapy at a stressful time: American Robin/Turdus migratorius on a recent chilly day #birds #nybirds #usbirds #birdphotography #americanrobin #turdusmigratorius
Bird therapy: Male Green-winged Teal/Anas crecca in Central Park on the first day of spring. He looks ready to find a mate! #birds #nybirds #usbirds #greenwingedteal #anascrecca #birdphotography #centralparkbirds #centralparkconservancy
Bird therapy: Male Red-tailed Hawk completing food delivery to his mate on the nest on a very expensive Manhattan building #birds #nybirds #usbirds #hawks #redtailedhawk #buteojamaicensis #oiseaux #aves
Bird therapy: a male Red-breasted Merganser/Mergus serrator in breeding plumage, Brooklyn NY #birds#nybirds #usbirds #merganser #brooklynbirds #mergusserrator
Bird therapy: a Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) at the ferry dock in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Trumpeters are very rare in the Northeast, usually found in the Upper Midwest and Canada. 2nd photo: swan attacking a Mallard trying to steal a piece of bread. #birds #trumpeterswan #cygnus #cigne #cisne
Saturday, March 7: a sizable and energetic protest against the war in Iran gathered in Union Square, Manhattan before marching across 14th Street. #protest #antiwarprotest #iranwarprotest #nyc #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike
Stand Up For Science NYC March 7,2026 - back again this year with so much more to protest than last year. #standupforscience #nyc #science #protest
Bird therapy: American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) seen in Bryant Park, Manhattan #birds #usbirds #nybirds #americanwoodcock #scolopaxminor #springmigration
Bird therapy: a beautiful drake (male) Wood Duck/Aix Sponsa seen in Central Park, New York City #birds #usbirds #aixsponsa #woodduck #addBirder
For Superb Owl Sunday, a Barred Owl (Strix varia) in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library #owls #barredowl #birds #urbanwildlife #strixvaria
Protester at today’s march in New York City calling for abolishing ICE and releasing the Epstein files #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #photojournalism #ICE #Epsteinfiles #democracy
Thousands protested against the Trump administration today on Fifth Avenue in New York City #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #antiwar #democracy #photojournalism
This wood sculpture by Marshall Rumbaugh depicting the arrest of civil rights icon Rosa Parks has been quietly removed from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. The erasure of American history has begun. #rosaparks #smithsonian #nationalportraitgallery #americanhistory
Protest march in New York City 4/19/25 #protest #protests #democracy #newyorkcity #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike #protesters #dueprocess #50501movement #handsoff2025 #indivisible
Hands Off protest on Fifth Avenue, NYC April 5, 2025 #handsoff #protest #nyc #protestmarch #resistance
On a day of nature therapy in Central Park, I saw this beautiful Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa). 4 inches/10.2 cm long, these tiny birds are perpetual motion machines and hard to photograph. #birds #birding #birdwatching #kinglets #springmigratiom
Bird therapy in stressful times, photographing a beautiful American Woodcock in Bryant Park, Manhattan. #birds #birdphotography #americanwoodcock #springmigration
Grandma went to the Stop the Cuts rally in Manhattan today and she’s mad as hell.
Very fitting to see the Federal Court House on Foley Square in Manhattan as the meeting point for the Stop the Cuts rally
Large protest march in New York City drew thousands of marchers supporting democracy on President’s Day. This is what democracy looks like. www.deborahshapiro.photos #protest #protestmarch #democracy #newyorkcity
Male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) calling to females who were not really interested. Central Park Reservoir, NYC, January 19 #birds #birdbehavior #woodduck