I was noticing my photos were not coming out super sharp, so I took my camera and lens in for a cleaning and whew, it made a lovely difference!
The sparrows are out in full force and taking a closer look at that little brown buddy can reveal a heck of a lot. I took a quick trip into Floyd Bennett Field Friday before celebrating the 3rd year of the Feminist Bird Club's existence and then I joined a Feminist Bird Club walk on Saturday, led by the AMAZING Akilah!
Good birds, good people, there isn't too much more I ask for in life!
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Savannah sparrows are ever present in grassy, open areas. They are so sharp looking, I love their pink bills and yellow faces. |
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Also plentiful and possibly arriving in these parts to over-winter, yellow-rumped warblers.
These butter butts survive here over winter as they switch from an insectivorous diet to one of berries, able to survive the winter on those winter fruits. |
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A round little chap, a swamp sparrow!
At Shirley Chisholm State Park, a very new state park, that was once the Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill, it's amazing the life thriving there.
I recall as a kid, driving with my mom to visit her Brooklyn family, and we'd all make the yucky face as we drove by and got a whiff of the landfill that remained as such well into the mid-90's.
The landfill was capped in the early 2000's and covered in soil.
Now it acts as a habitat that is a rare sight in New York, grassland. Grasslands are disappearing and are ph so important for many local species for breeding, hunting, and migration. |
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Activing fishing the waterways, this is one of a pair of belted kingfishers. |
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A nice surprise, a juvenile white-crowned sparrow, spotted briefly. |
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Another nice surprise was this (one of two) greater yellow-legs and 21 semipalmated plovers, just resting next to the Penn Pier area. |
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Also off of Penn Pier, one can enjoy fishing. Both bird and humans were busy fishing off the pier. |
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I do love me a photogenic double-crested cormorant in a fall's golden morning light. |
Wonderful photos! As you can see on my FB post, I just got people and scenery.
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