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A Red-winged Blackbird in out-of-season plumage.
MNSA. Oceanside, NY
11/25

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Red-winged Blackbird standing on grass and calling. Out-of-season plumage with dark gray plumage with red-brown tipping on the dorsal plumage.

Fox Sparrows made an appearance this week. They are regular residents in my area during the winter. These attractive large sparrows nest from the far north in N. America down to Canadian maritimes in the east. In the west, Fox Sparrows nest down to Colorado in the Sierra Nevada. Interestingly, populations in Alaska winter in the eastern U.S. This is a bird with complex taxonomy across its wide range, with 16 subspecies in 4 groupings. And the distinct groupings have different habitat preferences.
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Fox Sparrow standing on a hollowed-out log. Rusty-red Sparrow with thick red streaks below, gray markings on the head and neck

Rusty and Angry?

Female Rusty Blackbird
This species is threatened by serious long-term population declines thought to be due to habitat loss and degradation.
Hempstead Lake State Park, NY
11/18

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Rusty Blackbird foraging in mud at the edge of a creek. Females are a rust or red-brown color with a lighter eyebrow.

Purple Finches, Tanglewood Nature and Science Center, LI, NY.
Male, left. Female, right.
11/2/25
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Male Purple Finch perched on a pine tree where it is feeding on pine nuts. Unstreaked reddish wash below, red head and dorsum with pronounced, light supercillium

Female Purple Finch feeding on berries. Pronounced dark streaking on buffy breast and flanks. Dark mask, light supercillium, brown crown and back.

Assortment of Sparrows at Hempstead Lake State Park, NY, on Sunday, for a total of 7 species. Only able to show 4 here:
Field Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Swamp Sparrow

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American oystercatchers, some still sitting on nests, some with little babies already running around! Nassau County, New York, June 2024

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Trying real hard to get my sea legs and enjoy some pelagic species - Wilson's storm-petrel, off Montauk, New York, August 2024

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Just an out of place mountain bluebird - hanging out on Long Island, very far away from its typical range in the Rocky Mountains. Suffolk County, New York, January 2024

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An absolute borb - eastern screech-owl, Saratoga County, New York, December 2023

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Extremely late marsh wren sticking around upstate New York - very seldom has one ever been observed in December in the region. Saratoga County, New York, December 2023

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Sometimes it feels like I only bother to get my camera out for rare birds or vagrants - so here's some standard fall fare. Downy woodpecker, cedar waxwing, American goldfinch. Saratoga County, New York, October 2023

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Took a kayak out to a mega migration corridor along the Lake Ontario shore- Black-bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, semipalmated sandpiper. Oswego County, New York, October 2023

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A group of migratory Lincoln's sparrows at the hometown, continuously amazed just how many species were in my backyard growing up that I was completely oblivious to. Oswego County, New York, September 2023

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A little baby wood thrush in the Taconic Mountains. Columbia County, New York, July 2023

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Common terns, common enough along the North Atlantic ocean shores, though far less common in upstate New York - the only ones you usually see around here are Caspian terns. These guys were much more petite, with lighter bills, longer tails and red rather than black legs. Much less timid too, didn't seem to mind as I drifted by on a kayak. They even had a fledge nearby they were still feeding, great to see!

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Fabulous views of a freshly fledged yellow warbler being fed - what a great time of year! Jefferson County, New York, July 2023

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Before i even had a chance to clear out my nest box once the bluebirds left, some tree swallows moved right in! Oswego County, New York, June 2023

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Let's get ready for warblers!!! Spring migration seems to be just a few days early this year, fabulous birding this morning along the Mohawk River. Palm warbler - Saratoga County, NY, April 2023

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