Gull-billed tern and least tern at Forsythe NWR #birding #birdphotography

A potential white-faced ibis today at Forsythe NWR in NJ. I'm torn and listed it as a glossy ibis #birding #birdphotography would love thoughts on #birdid if you have an opinion.

Greater yellowlegs, eastern kingbird and common yellowthroat at Forsythe NWR #birding #birdphotography

Black neck stilt couple with chicks at Forsythe NWR this morning. #birding #birdphotography

Humpback tail slap with a brave Heermann's gull enjoying the spray a little too close for comfort. #birding #birdphotography #whales

Hatchling and juvenile western gulls from San Francisco Bay. #birding #birdphotography

#Pelagic #birding is really, really hard. Especially when you are the only birder present and it's your first time seeing west coast pelagic birds. Brutal. Pelagic cormorant, pigeon guillemot, Heermann's gull and a humpback whale.

A nesting western gull in the pilings of Pier 39 in downtown San Francisco. Her partner was working the crowd. #birding #birdphotography

I had a few hours to kill before a client meeting and did a hike in the mountains of Santa Clara county, CA. Becoming a birder has a lot of gifts, experiencing new parts of the US is one of them. A western flycatcher hiding along the trail. #birding #birdphotography

Breaching humpback whale just outside the Golden Gate Bridge with a couple of opportunistic western gulls #birding #birdphotography

An Oregon subspecies of the dark eyed juncos, with a baby California quail and blurry heermann's gull

A pigeon guillemot by Alcatraz and two common murre off the coast of San Francisco just outside the Golden Gate Bridge. #birding #birdphotography

Today marks one year since I first found #eBird and started this hobby of #birding. I can't begin to explain how much joy it's brought me. it's changed my life in other ways including losing 50 lbs, finding a community of great people and learning to not sweat the small stuff.

Possible long billed dowitcher given the length of bill? They are much less common by us so likely a short billed, but has me curious. #birdID #birding #birdphotography

Haven't birded in a week so here is a short billed dowitcher in breeding plumage from my last list. And happy Father's Day. #birding #birdphotography

Is it me or does this Osprey chick look like he could be a bad guy in a sci-fi movie. For my fellow #starwars nerds I'm getting Sith Lord vibes from this guy. Darth Osprey. #birding

Lifer red-necked phalarope, very distant and heavily cropped but a tick is a tick. #birding

Two of my favorite bird species to capture on film, American oystercatcher and barn swallows #birding #birdphotography

Not the greatest pics, but have struggled to capture both of these sparrows so I'll take it, the NJ endangered Saltmarsh sparrow (L) and a seaside sparrow doing a split (R). #birding #birdphotography

Osprey chicks being fed by mom at Edwin Forsythe NWR. #birding #birdphotography

Forster's tern yoga #birding #birdphotography

After birded every day for 240 days I haven't birded in over a week. Too busy at work and I'm feeling it. #birding #birdphotography

I've hit the point in the hero's journey where the #birding gods turn and things start to get dark, conflict arises and the journey seems doomed. Dipping on birds, work and family conflict, pelagics canceled due to high winds, will our protagonist achieve his goal of 520 species...

Free massage courtesy of the jackdaws

American redstart, field sparrow and eastern bluebird (midwestern to be specific!) from the weekend trip to Chicagoland. A much needed break from ASCO - the clinical oncology conference. #birding #birdphotography

After taking 90 minutes to find the great tit and only getting a cursory look, the cooperative Clay colored sparrow jumped up before we even hit the trail and hung out for some pics #birding #birdphotography

Milwaukee's vagrant kelp gull fathering more hybrids on his sabbatical from the southern arctic! #birding #birdphotography. Legend

Willow flycatcher, least flycatcher, barn swallow and blue-gray gnatcatcher hanging at Montrose Point's bird sanctuary in Chicago. First time there and can see what all the hubbub is about. #birding #birdphotography

Red knot, spotted sandpiper, northern rough-winged swallow and a pair of caspian tern on Montrose point in Chicago. Nothing like early morning birding at a new hotspot before a busy work day! #birding #birdphotography

Eastern meadowlark, eastern kingbird and bobolink southwest of downtown Chicago. #birding #birdphotography

Lifer henslow sparrow, he was super cooperative and vocal. Not a bad stop on way to ASCO from Ohare airport! #birding #birdphotography

Happy #BlackBirdersWeek to me 🦢 I check on my local Trumpeter Swans every day during nesting season and today WE'VE GOT CYGNETS!!! 🥰 Felt like Mom made sure I got the chance to check on them, which never stops feeling special. #birds 🪶📷🧪

Least sandpiper annoyed I stopped to take a pic. Gotta love that Jersey attitude. If he had hands I imagine I would have gotten a flip of the chin. #birding #birdphotography

An incredibly blurry and distant pic of a brown booby at spruce run recreation area in hunterdon county, NJ. The recent storm must have brought it in from the shore about an hour away as the crow flies. Lifer for me. #birding #birdphotography

With this golden-winged warbler I have now seen every regular visiting #warbler to NJ except for the connecticut (36). 40 total for the year which includes four western species. Hoping to see CT this weekend in Midwest 🤞 #birding #birdphotography

Tree swallow, guarding the nest #birding #birdphotography

I have no idea why but it gets me pumped when #NJ has a bird on the #ABA rare bird alert and this one is my county! #birding #birdphotography (female ruff)

So I chased a ruff in Massachusetts for my year list and get home to have a 5th record ruff 20 minutes from me in the meadowlands. Also a female. Go figure... #birding #birdphotography

Willet pretending he's a seagull! #birding #birdphotography. A bit of a willet fallout in southern maine this weekend.

Ruddy turnstone, prairie warbler and a little gull from this weekends trip to Maine. Great to be back in the state. #birding #birdphotography

My first photo of a bobolink. Totally unexpected, he jumped up on the trail next to me and started singing away. #birding #birdphotography

This little guy showed up while chasing the ruff on plum island in Mass. #birding #birdphotography. Great group of MA birders helped me get on the bird too!

For Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsWideOpen, I offer a calliope hummingbird and a pair of house finches. #birding #birdphotography

For Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsWideOpen, I offer a calliope hummingbird and a pair of house finches. #birding #birdphotography

Canada warbler and a white eyed vireo at sandy hook in NJ. #birding #birdphotography

Olive sided flycatcher! #birding #birdphotography

First ever scarlet tanager in the backyard! #birding #birdphotography.

King rail seen in the meadowlands with rusty breeding plumage. Was calling repeatedly too. #birding #birdphotography

Some warblers passing through NJ... common yellowthroat, chestnut-sided, ovenbird and northern yellow warblers. #birding #birdphotography

Four pics of a gray cheeked / bicknell's thrush sp. it's most likely a GCT but the prominent yellow on the bill and darker tail feathers have me curious. Bicknells would be very rare so quite unlikely but the one that showed up in Brooklyn this week had me paying closer attention. #birding