The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenBeak so here is the very large open beak of a Brown Pelican as it skims the shallow water of a lake while hunting for prey. 🪶

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #EyeContact - this is a portrait of an Abdim's Stork. It's dark purple plumage makes it almost invisible against the dark background. 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BrownIsBeautiful - here is a female Common Eider duck showing off her multi-shades of brown and intricate patterns. 🪶 #Ducks

Today's hawk: this immature Red-Shouldered Hawk perches on a railing in the heart of the Lower East Side, NYC. This individual has found an area in the city where pigeon prey is abundant. 🪶 #Raptors

Forbidden fuzzy: an Echo Moth caterpillar scoots across a sandy path. I encountered many of these last spring in Florida. 🐛

Timeline cleanse: a pair of Burrowing Owls appear unamused by your shenanigans. 🪶💙

Today's hawk: a young Red-Tailed Hawk leaps to an air-conditioner in the window of an apartment building. In NYC, air-conditioners and fire escapes provide convenient perching places for these urban raptors. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: a Red-Tailed hawk toughs it out in a snowstorm, ice crystals sticking to his face. When it's cold and the weather is hostile, the hawk hunkers down and waits it out. 🪶 #Raptors

I was not expecting serious snow today, but here we are at the beach at Coney Island which is covered in snow. The eerie calls of Black Scoters fill the air. #nyc

Today's hawk: a Cooper's Hawk goes zipping after who knows what. Its fierce expression shows it's on a mission. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: a young Red-Tailed hawk flies across a wintry landscape of bare trees and gray sky. Its bright yellow eye is focused on the next best thing. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: a Red-Tailed Hawk perches on the dome of a building while a Kestrel (out of frame) casts a shadow on the wall behind it. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Solitude and I think this Black-Bellied Plover fits the bill. It explores a patch of sand on a rocky beach, a bit of sun illuminating its way. 🪶

Behold this amazing creature.

Today's hawk: a Red-Tailed Hawk gets flustered after being buzzed by a Blue Jay. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: a young Red-Tailed Hawk looks very regal as it perches on the roof of a house and looks our way. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk soars over New York Harbor with the trees of Battery Park in the background. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's hawk: A Red-Tailed Hawk soars against a cloudy sky. It is the bright spot in a dreary day. 🪶 #Raptors

I believe I've shared this before, but it fits today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #FoodFinds A Red-Tailed Hawk (local hero named Christo) scarfs down a rat. Nom nom nom...🪶 #Raptors

Finding it hard to keep it together today. This helps. Tune in to see a baby Bald Eagle (~20 days old) get nurtured and fed by its parents. The chick is small, fuzzy, and adorable. A minute or two watching this little guy is a nice way to de-stress. 🪶 dickpritchettrealestate.com/southwest-fl...

Testing out this Bluesky-Mastodon bridgy thing...don't mind the sneaky gator poking its head out of the murky water. 🐊

Forging ahead into the new year with strength and purpose like this Cooper's Hawk. 🪶 #Raptors

In this new year, remembering that "just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." Monarch on milkweed. (Summer 2025) #InsectThursday. #Insects #Photography #Nature #Butterfly #Wildlife #Bloomscroll #Butterflies

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Outstretched I am sharing a photo of a female Red-Tailed Hawk I've known for a few years. She is banded and one of her anklets reads "42A" so that's my name for her. She's a beauty. 🪶 #Raptors

Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #contrast and #faceoff and I think this Snowy Owl fits both categories. Happy #winter and Merry Christmas. 🪶

For today's #BirdOfTheDay "side profile" theme, I submit this Red-Tailed Hawk. This is one of the fledglings who hatched in my local park in 2022. 🪶 #Raptors

This was the first real snowfall of the season in NYC last week. It's all gone now, but this was the scene on Governors Island before the wind blew the crystals from the trees. ❄️ #winter #nyc #governorsisland

Woops! This Bald Eagle had a tussle with another eagle which resulted in it falling into the water. It was fine, but appeared pretty annoyed. 🪶 #Raptors

#BirdLinks www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This needs more attention. Luxury housing development threatens to destroy an area home to several threatened species. BCI is raising funds to purchase the land and preserve it.

A young Red-Tailed Hawk is illuminated by a late afternoon sunbeam. 🪶 #Raptors

My favorite winter birds are the Dark-Eyed Juncos. They are always active and make cute little chittery sounds. I'm always a little sad in spring when they disappear. 🪶

Feeling a little intimidated... 🪶

Greetings from Mr & Mrs Green-Winged Teal. 🪶 #Ducks

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Borbs I give you this roly-poly male Lesser Scaup who is all belly. 🪶

Meet my favorite sparrow, the White-Throated Sparrow. Not only are they pretty little things, they have a wonderful whistling song. I know it's winter when these guys show up.🪶

Three in One: a White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, and Great Egret share a moment in a dark pond. 🪶

Look at these lovelies who were found foraging in the leaf litter on Staten Island. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. 🪶🦃

What's up? 🪶 #Raptors

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is "Mr & Mrs" so here we have Mr Red-Tailed Hawk sneaking up behind the Mrs as she perches in a tree. 🪶 #Raptors

#Wisdom is back! The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds

Saw my first Common Eider today at Coney Island. 🪶

The Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct in October 2025. At #AEWAMOP9, delegates paid tribute to it, with this rare taxidermied specimen on view. Read personal reflections and testimonies from those who searched for, studied, and cared deeply about it: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/reme...

if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.

I feel we could use a Bluebird of Happiness today. 💙🪶

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme "Close Up" - an Andean Condor I met last year. The bright sun made her ruby-red eyes glow like hot coals. 🪶

The cover of next week's New Yorker, "Mayor Mamdani," by Edel Rodriguez.

Feels pretty good in NYC tonight. 🎉💙

For #BirdOfTheDay I offer up this pigeon. This image is left over from my short-lived campaign to nominate this as our national bird. 😆🪶

Ok, this is cute. MTA celebrates Halloween at the Essex/Delancey station. 🎃 #nyc