It’s a good thing that eye-ring really sticks out. Vesper Sparrow/Pooecetes gramineus foraging in the camouflage.

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Palm. Common Yellowthroat.

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Merlin in this year’s Merlin Tree, that is, a regular perch: this is the fourth time I’ve spotted this one up here. Red-tailed Hawk. Took off soon after and circled overhead. Coopers, looking at the circling Red-tail. American Kestrel male, with a bent feather on the left side that is distinctive. All of the above…

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Found along the edge of Governor’s Island. Also:

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A male Wood Duck/Aix sponsa is resplendent in light and shadow. And odd: the species has no close relatives except for the Mandarin Duck/Aix galericulata, native to Asia.

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Black Tupelo. (Oops, I don’t remember what this is.) Japanese Maple of some crazy kind. Pignut and Sweetgum. Sweetgum foregrounded. Weeping something or other. Crabapple.

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Autumn Olive. Prickly pear. Hibiscus. Virginia Creeper. Winged Sumac. Poison Ivy. Eastern Red Cedar. Dogwood.

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