Eastern Towhee Male
The picture of this male Eastern Towhee exiting the bird bath was taken near the visitor’s center at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. The picture of this male Eastern Towhee was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender
To hear the song of the Eastern Towhee, click on the arrow below.
Eastern Towhee Female
The picture of this female Eastern Towhee was photographed near the visitor’s center at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The picture of this female Eastern Towhee was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
Yellow-crowned Night-heron Juvenile
The picture of this very pretty juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron was photographed at Big John’s Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. The photograph of this Yellow-crowned Night-heron was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
House Finch Male
The picture of this male House Finch was taken near the visitor’s center at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. I used the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with a 2X extender to make this capture.
Mourning Dove
The picture of this pretty Mourning Dove was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near the visitor’s center. The picture of the Mourning Dove was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II lens.
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.
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.
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.
Tree Swallows on Box
It is wonderful to have the Tree Swallows back inhabiting the air space and nest boxes at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. And as you can see, they are being their same chatty selves. Tree Swallows winter farther north than any other American swallows and return to their nesting grounds long before other swallows come back.
To hear the song of the Tree Swallow click on the arrow below
Brant Eating Grass
Atlantic Brant leave breeding grounds in the eastern low arctic, in early Sep and assemble in large concentrations in James Bay, where they remain for several weeks building up fat reserves. They depart overland, most flying nonstop to Jamaica Bay and the other nearby estuaries of the greater New York City Area and New Jersey where they arrive late Oct/early Nov.
Great Black-backed Gull
The Great Black- backed Gull was actively hunted for eggs and feathers during nineteenth century; now protected from both forms of exploitation. Exploitation all but stopped in U.S. and Canada as result of growth of conservation movement and protection of birds. The Great Black-backed Gull is the one of the largest gulls in the world.
Double-crested Cormorant Immature
Double-crested Cormorants often stand in the sun with their wings spread out to dry. They have less preen oil than other birds, so their feathers can get soaked rather than shedding water like a duck’s. This picture of this immature Double-crested Cormorant was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on a somewhat foggy, misty day.
Juvenile Herring Gull in Flight
Herring Gulls are one of the most familiar gulls of the East Coast and many people just call them “seagulls.” In fact, some two dozen different species of gulls live in North America, and they present almost endless opportunities for identification.
Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs is common, tall, long-legged shorebird of freshwater ponds and tidal marshes, the Greater Yellowlegs frequently announces its presence by its piercing alarm calls. The photograph of this Greater Yellowlegs was taken at the newly constructed blind on the East Pond in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.