Bald Eagles, Sarasota, Fla. #birds #birding 🪶

Myakka State Park was impessive today in Sarasota, Fla. #birds #birding 🪶 Nothing dazzling in the way of pics, unless you count this handsome American Crow -- but good numbers and diversity

Anhinga, Sarasota, Fla. #birds #birding 🪶

Yellow-rumped Warbler enjoying the early-morning sun; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 #birds #birding 🪶

White-crowned Sparrow, minus the white crown; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 #birds #birding 🪶

Great Blue Heron, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Eastern Wood-Pewee, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Patch birding is a strange thing. There are days like today, when the light is rough and the birds are hard to find. And then there are days like Oct. 4, 2020, when I saw a Connecticut Warbler and a Common Gallinule within 15 minutes of each other in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Lincoln's Sparrow, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 #birds #birding 🪶

Mute Swans in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Sora - uncommon visitor this morning in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 #birds #birding 🪶

Red-eyed Vireo eating ... something. At Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Chestnut-sided Warbler catching some early Sun rays, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 #birds #birding 🪶

The New York State court system has embraced absurdism as it arbitrarily denies access to remote hearings that should be public: "The matter is scheduled for a conference distinct from any proceeding."

Beautiful Rooster today in Brooklyn Bridge Park at Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

It is a massive clusterf*ck outside ... thousands waiting to get in with lines snaking 10+ blocks

Current scene outside SDNY after Combs verdict: A topless woman in short shorts is jumping around while Diddy's supporters squirt her with baby oil. Verdict recap --> www.law360.com/articles/235...

The current situation with the Sean 'Diddy' Combs jury has me thinking about quantum uncertainty, Schrödinger’s Cat and Superposition, where a thing exists in multiple states at same time until measured

As law enforcement struggles to grasp why Luigi Mangione is garnering sympathy, I spoke to a man who says UnitedHealthcare denied vital treatment for his blood clots. Doctors amputated his leg as a result. Read it @courthousenews.bsky.social 🫵

Gray Kingbird, Nokomis Beach, Sarasota, Florida #birds #birding 🪶

Black Skimmer & Anhinga, Sarasota, Florida #birds #birding 🪶

Osprey beating the heat in warm Sarasota, Florida #birds #birding 🪶

Codifying the Savannah Bananas...

Rock Pigeons eating healthy, Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Green Heron, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶 Pier 1

Awww! Mallard and ducklings, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶 Pier 1 Pilings

Lincoln's Sparrow, Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Chestnut-sided Warbler, Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Double-crested Cormorant, Pier 1 Pilings, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Scarlet Tanager, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Barn Swallow, Spiral Pool Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Chestnut-sided Warbler, Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Gray Catbird, Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Song Sparrow, Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park, #birds #birding 🪶

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶#migration

Black-throated Blue Warbler, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶#migration

Nice pics of Gateway Arch in a rain squall but now I gotta change my socks #StLouis

New videos could undercut Charles Oakley's assault claim against MSG in a lengthy feud between the ex New York Knicks player and team owner James Dolan --

Blue Grosbeak (!) Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

Purple Finches, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 #birds #birding 🪶

Moderating temps in NYC and -- for the first time in 3 weeks -- a southerly breeze. Also a bright moon. Spring migration about to get big! #birds #birding #birders 🪶

As has been pointed out by others: Why are the police hiding their faces? Are they even police at this point?

Another Louisiana Waterthrush, laissez'ing les bon temps roulez, at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

One company closing will do little to solve the safety and noise problems created by the helicopter scourge

Field Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and the star of the day, a kind-of-hyper Louisiana Waterthrush, at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1 #birds #birding 🪶

An apparently famous Wood Duck, Central Park reservoir #birds #birding 🪶

Much of Nadine Menendez's trial on bribery charges has tracked last year's Bob Menendez trial. But yesterday we got a fresh, little romance wrinkle: "You said to her, 'I want to be your slave?'" "Sitting here today sir, I don't have a recollection of saying that to Nadine."

Chipping Sparrows have arrived in force, Brooklyn Bridge Park #birds #birding 🪶

I walked in on its bath. Sorry! American Robin, Brooklyn Bridge Park #birds #birding 🪶

HIGHWAY HUGGERS* * did I do that right?