28 Dec: Snowy Owl, early AM
8 Dec: Snowy Owl, Long Island
9 June: Immature Red-shouldered Hawk on Staten Island
9 June: Broad-winged Hawk and Mississippi Kite on Staten Island
9 March: Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk
9 March: Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk
9 March: Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk
9 March: Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk
9 March: Short-eared Owl
24 February: Red-tailed Hawk in Central Park
16 February: Northern Saw-whet Owl in Central Park
19 November: Northern Saw-whet Owl in Central Park
11 November: Red-tailed Hawk in Central Park
14 October: Merlin at Jones Beach
14 October: Merlin at Jones Beach
2 June: Mississippi Kites at Sterling Forest. Cropped quite a bit.
27 May: Mississippi Kite at Sterling Forest. Cropped quite a bit.
4 February: Barred Owl in Sullivan County
1 January: Snowy Owl in fading light, 4:33pm. It was still there when we left at 5pm. All photos were taken from the edge of the parking lot.
1 January: Snowy Owl, Long Island, 4:22pm
1 January: Snowy Owl, Long Island, 4:17pm.
26 December: American Kestrel swallowing a vole at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. Photographed from my car window.
26 December: American Kestrel eating a vole at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. Photographed from my car window.
26 December: American Kestrel eating a vole at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. Photographed from my car window.
15 March: Red-tailed Hawk in Riverside Park
15 March: Red-tailed Hawk in Riverside Park
28 August: White-tailed Kite with vole at Stratford Point, CT
28 August: White-tailed Kite hovering
21 August: White-tailed Kite with prey in talons. After hunting for 30 minutes, the kite captured what appeared to be a rat. It brought its prey to a juniper tree and ate part of it, then departed towards Milford Point.
21 August: White-tailed Kite dive-bombing its prey at Stratford Point.
21 August: White-tailed Kite hunting in Stratford, CT.
7 August: White-tailed Kite at Short Beach in Stratford, CT. A state record for CT, and a life bird for me. WTKIs are rarely seen in the Northeast. The bird was found by Dennis Varza on August 1st and was last seen on October 9th. More info on the kite can be found at http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/ . This photo is heavily cropped.
15 Nov, 7:50am: Aplomado Falcon taking off at Bosque del Apache, NM. Viewed from the Marsh Trail. Lighting conditions were terrible, had to shoot into the sun on a very bright day.
15 Nov, 7:41am: Aplomado Falcon perched on solar panel at Bosque del Apache (NM). Viewed from the Marsh Trail. Leg band says "8A". Since 2006 the Peregrine Fund has reintroduced over 120 Aplomados into NM. Local release sites have included Ted Turner's Armendaris Ranch and the White Sands Missile Range. For more about this falcon, go to http://www.friendsofthebosque.org/BosqueWatch04.2010v2.pdf
13 Nov, 8:26am: Aplomado Falcon perched on solar panel at Bosque del Apache (NM). Viewed from the Marsh Trail.
1 Feb: Northern Saw-whet Owl at Jones Beach
Dec 27th: Northern Hawk Owl in Peru, NY
Dec 27th: Northern Hawk Owl in Peru, NY
Dec 27th: Northern Hawk Owl in Peru, NY
Dec 27th: Northern Hawk Owl preening in Peru, NY
Dec 25th: Red-tailed Hawk in Central Park
Dec 6th: Turkey Vulture in Orange County
August 24th: Immature Cooper's Hawk caught in the act at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY
August 24th: Immature Cooper's Hawk at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY
March 1st: Short-eared Owl at the former Grumman airport property (now known as EPCAL) in Calverton, NY. Many grassland birds depend on open areas like this for their survival. To join the efforts to save these grasslands from development, click here .
March 1st: Short-eared Owl at the former Grumman airport property (now known as EPCAL) in Calverton, NY. To join the efforts to save these grasslands from development, click here .
March 1st: Short-eared Owl at the former Grumman airport property (now known as EPCAL) in Calverton, NY. To join the efforts to save these grasslands from development, click here .
March 1st: Short-eared Owls at the former Grumman airport property (now known as EPCAL) in Calverton, NY. To join the efforts to save these grasslands from development, click here .