Brown Thrasher
This Brown Thrasher was enjoying a bird bath on a very hot morning at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Brown Thrashers are accomplished songsters that may sing more than 1,100 different song types and include imitations of other birds.
Great Crested Flycatcher
I photographed this pretty Great Crested Flycatcher yesterday near the visitor’s center at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge using my Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with a 2X extender.
American Redstart Female
The photograph of this female American Redstart was taken at Greenwood-Cemetery with the Canon 5D Mark III and the Canon 300mm f2.8 lens. To see the meta data on the settings and camera information used to take photograph, you can visit my flickr site – https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurameyers/14449685572/ – to view this information for this photo as well as the many other pictures that are up on this site.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
During the breeding season Rose-breasted Grosbeaks eat a lot of insects, as well as wild fruit and seeds. Grosbeaks usually glean their food from dense foliage and branches.The picture of this male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was taken at the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York near the Dell Water using the Canon 5D MarkIII with the Canon 300mm lens with a 2X extender.
Yellow Warbler Male
The photograph of this beautiful male Yellow Warbler was taken at the Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, New Jersey near the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge very close to the nest it was building.
Common Yellowthroat Male Warbler
The picture of this pretty male Common Yellowthroat Warbler on a branch with Cherry Blossoms was photographed at the Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
White-eyed Vireo
The picture of this beautiful White-eyed Vireo was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York during spring migration. The White-eyed Vireo is a small and secretive bird of shrubby areas of the eastern and southern United States, the White-eyed Vireo is more noticeable for its explosive song than its looks.
Scarlet Tanager Female
The picture of this beautiful Female Scarlet Tanager was taken at the Green-wood Cemetery during Spring Migration at the Crescent Waters.
Pine Warbler with Insect
Pine Warbler eating an insect at the Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The Pine Warbler is one of the first Warblers to arrive during spring migration. Males sing in even, rich trills from the tops of pines.
Yellow-rumped Warbler on Ground
Yellow-rumped Warbler foraging on the ground photographed at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York during spring migration. Yellow-rumped Warblers are perhaps the most versatile foragers of all warblers.
Palm Warbler
This pretty Palm Warbler was photographed at the Twin Lakes in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York during spring migration. This Palm Warbler was photographed in the early morning with the Canon5D Mark III and the Canon 1000-400 lens.
To hear the song of the Palm Warbler – use the below arrow.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
This Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was photographed in the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn New York where there were dozens of them flitting around as soon as the temperature warmed up enough for the insects to fly.
Brown Thrasher
This Brown Thrasher eating berries on top of a tree was photographed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge using my Canon5D MarkIII camera with the Canon 100-400mm lens on a beautiful spring day at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
This pretty House Finch on a branch was photographed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens New York near the visitors Center. I used the Canon 5D Mark III with the 100-400mm lens to take this picture.
Red-winged Blackbird
The picture of this male Red-winged Blackbird was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. I used the Canon EOS 5D Mark III with the Canon 100-400mm lens to photograph this beauty on a really pretty sunny day in early spring.