Sometimes the background is almost as pretty as the #bird. 🪶

"It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, squalor, and despair.” ~Ansel Adams #birds

“When snow falls, nature listens.” ~Antoinette van Kleef #birds

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~Wassily Kandinsky #bluebird #NYbird

This fierce little falcon stops by our farm every fall. Welcome back, Merlin! 🪶

“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” ~Vincent Van Gogh #birds

So hot in Central New York this summer, even the eagles are panting! 🪶🦅

“In order to see #birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”🪶 ~Robert Lynd

“The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us.” 🪶 ~Mary Midgley

“There’s a #bluebird in my heart that wants to get out…” 🪶 ~Charles Bukowski

“Find a bit of beauty in the world today. Share it.” ~Lisa Bonchek Adams #birds

“Nobody owns the sky or the trees. Nobody owns the hearts of #birds.” ~Mary Oliver

Once in a blue moon, bluebirds land on cue.🪶 #NYbirds #bluebird

Empty rain gauge confirmed by our resident Indigo Bunting today! 🪶#NYbirds

Poor little mama has four chicks to feed. Hope the sun comes out soon for her (and us!).🪶 #NYbirds

This female Orchard Oriole and her mate have been hanging around our farm for a couple days. Hope they stay for the season!🪶 #NYbirds

Watching the rain roll by 🪶 #birds

Shelter from the storm 🪶 #birds

Warbler at work 🪶 #birds

The wait is over here in NY! #birds

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” ~Wendell Berry #birds

These pelicans took a wrong turn and landed in CNY! Maybe the “Gulf of America” wasn’t on their migration map? 🤔🪶 #birds #americanwhitepelican

Such a dapper fellow!🪶 #NYbirds #EasternTowhee

Our 5 a.m. alarm is back in town! 🪶 #NYbirds

Always a joy to see my spark #bird, the species that inspired my interest in birding! 🦉🪶 #GreatHornedOwl

Eastern Meadowlark Cayuga County, NY #Birds #BringBirdsBack

“A bird is joy incarnate.” ~Myrtle Reed #birds #nature

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” ~Henry David Thoreau #birds #BlueSkyMonday

“The fox never found a better messenger than himself.” ~Irish proverb #addmam #mammals

American Kestrel 🪶 #NYbirds

Springing into spring! #EasternBluebird #NYbirds

Eastern bluebird 🪶 #nybirds

Joy is an act of resistance. Hope is an act of resistance. Kindness is an act of resistance. #Dogs don’t understand fascism, but they’re experts at cultivating the qualities that prevent it from taking hold.

“may my heart always be open to little #birds who are the secrets of living” ~e.e. cummings

“Nature is cruel but we don’t have to be.” ~Temple Grandin #birds

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson #birds

“Joy is an act of resistance.” ~Toi Derricotte #birds

#MockingBirdMonday #birds

Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday! #USbirds #owls

A familiar species in an unfamiliar habitat. 🪶 #AZbird #NYbirder

“Hope was a hummingbird. Tiny in size and fragile by nature. Beautiful.” ~T.S. Joyce #birds #nature

Hoo knows where you’re going to find an owl in Arizona! One of three I was lucky to see while there last week. 🦉 #birds #usbirds #owls

One of the most common questions we get about birds is, How can I help them? In 2019, a major study found North America has lost 3 billion breeding birds since 1970—so they need our help! Here are 7 simple actions you can take: www.birds.cornell.edu/home/seven-s... #Birding #BirdLoss #BringBirdsBack

Maybe the fence posts on our farm will grow owls someday, too! #bird #nybird #ShortEaredOwl

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” ~E.B. White #bird #usbird #ShortEaredOwl

Stopping by on a snowy day. #birds #usbirds #coopershawk

Waiting for the next flight north. #addBirder #usbirds