Ubiquitous but elusive, at least for my camera. Here are two.

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All the birds at the Dell Water bird feeder scattered as this adult Sharp-shinned Hawk/Accipiter striatus zoomed in low to the ground. It was unsuccessful sortie. No lunch. She (didn’t seem small enough for a male) circled neighboring Crescent Water for a bit before flying off. Almost a half hour later, as I approached another…

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In the line of trees that border the train yard. Two blocks from home.

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This is the first American Coot I can recall being on Sylvan Water. And it has stuck around. Managed to use the cover of the pond-side mausoleums to sneak up on the bird.

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Four Hooded Merganser and a pair of Buffleheads on Sylvan Water recently. Not-Mallards are pretty skittish, but this one was forced closer to the shore because of ice. Taking off to other end of pond, had enough of humans. Northern Shoveler at an inaccessible part of the Brooklyn shoreline.

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Fourth visit to Red-headed Woodpecker town. Happy New Year! (Unlikely, but….)

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Three of a flock that just kept getting bigger as they scooted out of the way of a low-flying Red-tailed Hawk.

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