A sudden eruption of Blue Jays made me turn around and circle back towards all the shrieking. Not so much bigger than the Jays enraged by its presence, this hawk was perched in a beech. Since it was so small, I looked closer still. Note the minimal white on the tail tips. Note how these

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Four Horned Larks/Eremophila alpestris at Bush Terminal Park. First time I’ve seen them there. These winter visitors are usually found on the edges of the city, like Floyd Bennett Field, where I’ve never succeeded in getting this close to them.

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December 24. I assumed that mostly shut eye was because of sun. But: January 10: the bird still has a problem with that left eye. I think this is the male, because this one looks the smaller of the two. Now, with their superior hearing, owls can indeed hunt with one eye not functioning. But

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First sighting of the season, December 7th. December 17. This photo from about 3x further away. I didn’t see the one on the left until looking at my pics later. December 21, another I didn’t see until examining the photo. December 28. Separate trees. Jan 4. Separate trees, one of them the nest tree, but

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There were two Great Blue Heron’s on mostly frozen Sylvan Water a week ago. One a day later. And again, two days later.

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Tuliptree samaras littering the snow. Being cracked open by this Northern cardinal’s big beak. Squirrel digging deep for an acorn. And not sharing.

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Peregrine in the snow. Kestrel in the snow. Coopers after the snow. Kestrel after the next snow.

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