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Caught up with the Verizon Plaza yellow-breasted chat on my birthday (10/26) and I must say he was the perfect gift 😊🎁 #birdcpp #birdphotography #wildlife #canonphotography

Couldn’t resist a trip to Wave Hill in Riverdale on Tuesday to see the Black-throated gray warbler, a rare visitor from the West Coast. This manic little bird is a challenging subject. I was lucky to get some shots! #birdcpp

Eastern meadowlark foraged in Central Park last week while scanning the skies for predators like the nearby Merlin and Kestrel keen on making it a meal! #birdcpp #canonphotography

Full house! All 5 of the famous Barn owl chicks of the upper west side. Seen Friday night from a distance. Long exposure. #lifer #birdcpp #canonphotography

Very exciting to see the nesting American Barn Owls (lifer!!) last night. I was away for a couple weeks so it’s awesome that they are still hanging around. If you look hard, you’ll see 3 owls in the 2nd photo. Taken from afar on CPW. #birdcpp

Redheaded woodpecker at Tompkins Square Park on Friday. #birdcpp

Funny faces: Celebrity Central Park owl Bramble preens and stretches before the hunt. Photos from my 1st encounter a couple weeks ago. Hope to catch up with her again soon! #birdcpp

An angel gets its wings 😇 I love this stretch! So happy to have finally captured the moment! Barred #Owl, Central Park #birdcpp #Birding #canonphotography #wildlife

Face to face with a barred owl in Central Park! Seen Monday in the ramble. #birdcpp #canonphotography

Ruby-throated hummingbirds enjoying the jewel weed at the Oven in the #CentralPark ramble on Friday. There were at least 3! #birdcpp #birding #canonphotography

Houseboat? Barn swallows built this nest on the @Seawatchtours boat that took us to Machias Seal Island in July. The parents fed their chicks and then stayed ashore when we left. When we returned there they were waiting. #birding #nestingbirds #canonphotography @HarrietHalpern

Saturday in #CentralPark with a blue-winged warbler. He came down for a quick hello and then off he went #birdcpp #canonphotography #wildlife

Stick out your tongue and say “ahhh.” Great blue heron at the pool in Central Park #birdcpp #birding #canonphotography

French kiss: Pigeons in the Loire Valley last April. Love was in the air #birds #iphone #france #vacation

Lunchtime for barn swallow fledglings! A most adorable scene, at Gould Meadows in the #Berkshires. Another lucky encounter!! #birding #canonphotography #wildlife #nature

My July 4, hot and steamy, colorful and uplifting! Bonus fireworks from my terrace. Wasn’t expecting to see them! Not a perfect view but a nice surprise 😊

I had the amazing luck to see this pileated woodpecker nest in the Berkshires last week!! Look at these adorable twins!! I saw mom just a few yards away though she didn’t visit the nest while I was there. You can hear the chicks calling for her in the video #birding #canonR7

Happy 4th of July!

I missed the indigo bunting during spring migration but I sure made up for it last week in the Berkshires! #birdcpp #birding #canonphotography