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Fox Sparrow
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Cowbird - NYBG 11/16
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Cowbird - female NYBG 10/16
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Cowbird - female 10/16 NYBG
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These nestlings are either Willow or Alder flycatchers. I located this nest along the edge of Turtle Cove 8/16
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A confusing flycatcher, but leaning more towards Alder than Willow.
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Gray checked thrush
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Ruby Crowned Kinglet - NYBG 12/15
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Red eyed vireo- NYBG
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Red eyed vireo
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White eyed vireo CP 4.16
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Eastern Phoebe- NYBG 12/15
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Eastern Phoebe in December @NYBG
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Carolina Wren, Bartow Pell
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Great Egret, Turtle Cove 8/15
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Indigo Bunting, CP 5/8/15
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Mourning Dove
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Mockingbird, NYBG
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Mockingbird - NYBG
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Northern flicker
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Cooper's Hawk, Immature, CP 1/1/15
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Blue headed vireo- Central Park
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Mystery bird appears to be an immature and drab Indigo Bunting feeding in the Native Plant Garden
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Immature Indigo Bunting
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Ruby-throated hummingbird fun at The New York Botanical Garden

Most of the hummingbirds you will find migrating through the northeast United States are Ruby-throated females. Where are the males? They take a different path of migration. Eventually they all meet up in Mexico where they spend our winter. They return in the spring to the northern parts of New York where they nest, raise their young and then do it all over again. The RTH takes a 600 mile trip twice a year, and most often that trip is taken in one gigantic burst of energy. In other words, they fly non-stop. Quite a feat for such a tiny bird. But where these birds lack on size they make it up twice-fold on energy and tenacity. Highly territorial, both sexes fight for the best nectar and nesting sites. The hummers @NYBG sip and store nectar from the very vibrant jewelweed. Its orange blossoms welcome the long beaks of the hummers as they fly from bloom to bloom sipping the sweet nectar. Birders delight in watching the hummers hover and dive, battle each other in mid-air and chase away birds, much larger than themselves. You can enjoy the RTH @NYBG from late August until mid-October in the Swale or Native Plant Garden. 
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Ruby throated hummingbird in jewelweed patch @ NYBG
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Ruby throated hummingbird at NYBG
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Rose breasted Grosbeak, NYBG
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Blue-gray gnatcatcher
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Marsh Wren, Turtle Cove
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Marsh Wren, Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park 8.22.14
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Warbling Vireo, NYBG
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Orchard Oriole, Pelham Bay Park
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird
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Eastern Kingbird in crab apples, NYBG
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Rose breasted grosbeak- NYBG 5.3.14
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Bald Eagle, NYBG
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American Woodcock, NYBG
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Rusty Blackbirds on Snow at NYBG

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Immature Red winged blackbirds with female- Pelham Bay Park
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Loggerhead Shrike, Fl
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Loggerhead Shrike with lizard - Fl
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Bobolink-Turtle Cove
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Great Crested Flycatcher, immature- Bartow Pell
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Eastern Kingbird - NYBG
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House Wren with Spider- NYBG
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House Wren - NYBG
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Carolina Wren, immature, Pelham Bay Park
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Carolina Wren-Bartow Pell
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Carolina Wren - Bartow Pell Mansion
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Rufous Hummingbird - American Museum of Natural History
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Summer Tanager - Central Park
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Summer Tanager- Central Park
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Scarlet Tanager- Central Park
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Scarlet Tanager - Central Park
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Red eyed Vireo- Central Park
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Baltimore Oriole- NYBG
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Baltimore Oriole, Fledgling-NYBG
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Red winged Blackbird on nest- NYBG
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Female red winged blackbird flying off the nest- NYBG
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Rough Winged Swallow- NYBG
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Ruby crowned kinglet, NYBG
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Ruby Crowned Kinglet- Female - Central Park
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Rusty Blackbird - NYBG
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American Woodcock - Bryant Park
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White winged Crossbill - NYBG
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Rusty Blackbird- NYBG
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Blue gray Gnatcatcher- NYBG
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White winged Crossbill - NYBG
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Winter Wren- Central Park
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Winter Wren- NYBG
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Northern Mockingbird-NYBG
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Grey Catbird - NYBG
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Red winged Blackbird- Central Park
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Golden crowned Kinglet- NYBG
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Brown Thrasher, Central Park
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Brown Thrasher, Central Park
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Least flycatcher, Turtle Cove. Pelham Bay Park
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Alder Flycatcher, 23rd St and East River
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Eastern Wood Pewee- The New York Botanical Garden
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Eastern Wood Pewee - The New York Botanical Garden
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Willow Flycatcher - Central Park
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Bobolink - Turtle Cove
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Bobolink- Turtle Cove
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Cedar Waxwing - The New York Botanical Garden. Cedar Waxwings eat berries most of the time, but during the summer months they become fly catchers and perch on branches and twigs over lakes preying on dragonflies and other insects.
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Cedar Waxwing-NYBG
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Eastern Kingbird- The New York Botanical Garden
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Cedar Waxwing - The New York Botanical Garden
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Towhee, Male- Bryant Park
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Towhee, Female- Bryant Park
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Eastern Phoebe, The New York Botanical Garden
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Eastern Phoebe, The New York Botanical Garden







Eastern Phoebes are the harbinger of Spring. The delightful sound of phee-bee usually means spring has arrived. Listen for them in woodland areas and especially around lakes and rivers. They are flycatchers and will fly out from hiding to grab an insect and return back to a nearby branch.
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Tree Swallow, Bartow Pell Mansion
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American Robin, immature- 23rd St and FDR
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Eastern Phoebe - New York Botanical Garden
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Indigo Bunting - Cooperstown, NY
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Indigo Bunting - Cooperstown, NY
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Indigo Bunting - NYBG
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Ruby throated Hummingbird- Central Park
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Brown Creeper- Union Square Park
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Brown Creeper - New York Botanical Garden
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Loggerhead Shrike, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Loggerhead Shrike, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Loggerhead Shrike, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Northern Cardinal- Central Park
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Cardinal, male- The New York Botanical Garden
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Cardinal, female - The New York Botanical Garden
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Cardinals are resident birds in the New York area. In the spring listen for the male's distinct virbrato call declaring mating season has begun. Males sing to attract females and for territory. Cardinals love to eat seeds (look at that beak) but when raising their young they will eat insects as well. 

The male pictured spied a dried sunflower and picked out the sunflower seeds one by one. 
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Red winged black bird- The New York Botanical Garden
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Female Red-winged blackbird - Turtle Cove. The females look much different than the males. Male and female Red -winged blackbirds migrate separately.
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Rusty Blackbird, NYBG
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Rusty Blackbird- NYBG
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Spot breasted Oriole- Tamarac, FL
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Spot breasted Oriole - Fl
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Monk Parakeet- City Island Bridge
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Grey Catbird
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Veery- Central Park
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Wood Thrush - Central Park
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Swainson's Thrush- Bryant Park
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Hermit Thrush- Bryant Park
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Hermit Thrush - 23rd Street
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Hermit Thrush- 23rd St
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Belted KingFisher - Central Park
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Grackle, The New York Botanical Garden
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Grackle- The New York Botanical Garden
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Northern Oriole - The New York Botanical Garden
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Cedar Waxwings - The New York Botanical Garden
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Great crested flycatcher - The New York Botanical Garden
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Red Crossbill - Central Park
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Immature, Bartow Pell Mansion
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Red Crossbill, female- NYBG
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Red Crossbill, female - NYBG
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Red Crossbill - NYBG
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Black- billed Cuckoo- Wallington, NJ
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Orchard Oriole - Bartow Pell Mansion
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Orchard Oriole - Bartow Pell Mansion
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For a brief moment on Aug. 31 2012 Red Crosbills invaded the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. Luckily, I was able to capture these rare visitors to NYC.
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Red Crossbill- Central Park
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Red Crossbill, female-Central Park
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