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Steps and perches

A brown-and-white shorebird raises one of its yellow legs in the Egyptian-hierograph style of walking

A large bird, black on top and white beneath, stands in water, its broad wings raised; its bill is bright orange-red near its face and black farther out, and the lower bill projects far beyond the upper one

A small bird with a white belly, a brindled back, and a light rufous wash on the front of its neck is swimming in water

A large predator bird, wings dipping down in flight, with a hooked beak and a dark eyeline

A small shorebird with a russet-brown back, a clear white belly, and yellowish legs inspects marsh surface for insects to eat

A bunny, pink ears up and flexed, pauses on a sidewalk, with its front paws just barely touching the ground

A close-up of a small perched bird with a gray face, a neat white eyering, a green cap, two white wingbars, and a white belly, as well as a grub in its beak

A small bird with an orange-and-russet face and a streaked breast leans over from its perch

A small yellow bird stretches up its neck as it looks skyward, while perched in a tree with lime-green leaves and samaras

A hummingbird with a white belly and a green cap sits at the end of a zigzag branch

A gray squirrel stands on its hind legs, its paws folded in over its belly, and looks to the side

A close-up of a small bird with a yellow eyebrow, a dark triangular patch on its cheek, and delicate streaking on the sides of its chest

A bird with a large gray head, a yellow belly, and reddish tailfeathers eyes the camera, while perched

A small black-and-white bird stands on a tree branch in profile, hit by the sun

A column of dirt particles and vegetation debris, kicked in the air by a just-departed warbler

Posted on 6 September 20256 September 2025Author Caleb CrainCategories birds, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, photography, Prospect Park, rabbits, squirrels

Profiles

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The Philadelphia vireo is a lifer for me! (And I didn’t realize I’d seen it until I was sorting through the photos this morning.)

Prospect Park, 16 September 2022

Posted on 18 September 202218 September 2022Author Caleb CrainCategories birds, photography, Prospect Park, squirrels

Prospect Park, 9/22/2021

White-throated sparrow, Prospect Park

White squirrel (leukistic), Prospect Park

Common yellowthroat, Prospect Park

American redstart, Prospect Park

Posted on 22 September 2021Author Caleb CrainCategories birds, photography, Prospect Park, squirrels

Prospect Park, 9/8/2021

Northern parula, Prospect Park

Peregrine falcon, Prospect Park

American redstart, Prospect Park

Blackburnian warbler, Prospect Park

Squirrel, Prospect Park

Posted on 8 September 2021Author Caleb CrainCategories birds, photography, Prospect Park, squirrels

Green-Wood Cemetery, 4/25/2021

Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Green-Wood Cemetery

Black squirrel, Green-Wood Cemetery

Prairie warbler, Green-Wood Cemetery

Palm warbler, Green-Wood Cemetery

Tufted titmouse, Green-Wood Cemetery

Northern parula, Green-Wood Cemetery

Carolina wren, Green-Wood Cemetery

Northern mockingbird, Green-Wood Cemetery

Posted on 25 April 2021Author Caleb CrainCategories birds, photography, Prospect Park, squirrels

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