Killdeer nesting in Orchard Beach 5/16

Killdeer nesting at Orchard Beach 5/16

Green Heron- The Lagoon -11/15

Solitary Sandpiper - NYBG Note eyering- Spring

Herring gull with mussel lunch

Walking on thin ice for this Great Blue Heron at NYBG 12/14

Greater Yellowlegs, Pelham Bay Park

Great Yellowlegs, Turtle Cove

Wilson's Snipe- Central Park

Wilson' Snipe- Central Park

BELTED KINGFISHER- NYBG

Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Wood Ducks, oh my! NYBG - Twin Lakes

Great white egret in flight, Turtle Cove

Least Sandpiper - Orchard Beach - 8/27/13

Little Blue Heron- Madison, CT

Double Crested Cormorant - 23rd St and East River

Franklin Gulls

Sora, Bryant Park, 2013

Killdeer- Pelham Bay Park

Spotted Sandpiper (fall), The New York Botanical Garden

Solitary Sandpiper-NYBG

Green Heron in breeding plumage - New York Botanical Garden

Great Blue Heron - Central Park

Great Blue Heron - Central Park

Great Egret, breeding feather - Turtle Cove

Great Egret, Pelham Bay Park

Black Crowned Night Heron, The New York Botanical Garden

Immature Black Crowned Night Heron in Flight- Turtle Cove

Willet guarding her nest (look far right) - Madison, Ct.

Willet in flight - Madison, Ct.

Willet in breeding flight, Madison, Ct

Willet - Madison, CT

White Ibis, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Little Blue Heron, Madison, CT

Little Blue Heron, immature- Pelham Bay Park

LIttle Blue Heron in flight, Madison, CT

Immature Little Blue Herons are white, with greenish legs and feet. They look a great deal like Snowy Egret or small Great Egret but the give away are the gray scallops on their primary feathers as they fly. Later on they molt into gray feathers and then turn blue.

Greater Yellowlegs - Turtle Cove

Greater Yellowlegs, Pelham Bay Park

Greater Yellowlegs, Pelham Bay Park

Snowy Egrets- Turtle Cove