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2017 Bird Pictures

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  • 12/30/17 Miramichi, New Brunswick Canada - Mistle Thrush
  • December 2017 European Cruise - Tufted Ducks (2) Mute Swans, Mallard, Mew Gull, Black-headed Gulls (10) Jackdaws, Mistle Thrush
  • 12/12/17 Fowler Beach Road, DE - Snowy Owl (7), Short-eared Owl
  • 12/11/17 Central Delaware - American Pipit (4), Eastern Phoebe (3), Song Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk
  • 12/1-4/17 Niagara Falls Area - Bonaparte's Gulls (2), Bonaparte's Gulls with Little Gull (2), Black-legged Kittiwake (5), Snowy Owl (3), Bufflehead, Long-tailed Ducks (5), Wood Duck (3), Trumpeter Swan, Peregrine Falcon, Black-capped Chickadee
  • 11/28/17 Central Delaware - Sedge Wren (4), Swamp Sparrow (2), Snow Bunting (6), Dunlin
  • 11/2417 Great Swamp NWR, NJ- Northern Shrike
  • 11/21/17 Maryland, Delaware - Gray Kingbird (5), Northern Harrier (2), Barred Owl (3)
  • 11/13/17 Private Residence, NJ - Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • 11/9/17 Heckscher State Park, NY - Hudsonian Godwits (8), Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay
  • 10/31/17 Forsythe NWR ("Brig") - Common Greenshank (13)
  • 10/31/17 Cape May Point, NJ - Red-throated Loon
  • 10/26/17 Forsythe NWR ("Brig") - Common Greenshank (10)
  • 10/20-22/17 Cape May Fall Birding Festival - Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk (2), Mute Swan, White-crowned Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Gray Catbird, Carolina Wren.
  • 10/17/17 New Jersey - Nelson's Sparrow (3), Saltmarsh Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk (3) Red-tailed Hawk (3), White-crowned Sparrow, Canada Geese (2), White-rumped Sandpiper (4)
  • 10/7-15/17 Bull Hill Guest Ranch, Washington State - Black-billed Magpie, Mountain Bluebird, Dark-eyed Junco, Gray Jay, Barrow's Goldeneye, Northern Shrike (2), Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, Townsend's Solitaire (2), Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • 10/2/17 New Jersey - American Golden-Plover
  • 10/2/17 New Jersey - Tree Swallows, Osprey, American Golden-Plover, Pied-billed Grebe
  • 9/14-26/17 Portugal, Spain, France - Spotted Flycatcher (3), Robin (2), Blackbird (2), Eurasian Collared-Dove, Rose-nosed Parakeet, Monk Parakeet, Great Tit (2), Long-tailed Tit, Pied Flycatcher (2), Magpie, House Sparrow, Chiffchaff, Serin (2), Sandwich Tern (2). Mediterranean Gull (3), Black-headed Gull (3), Lesser Black-backed Gull (4), Yellow-legged Gull, Northern Gannet
  • 9/11/17 - New Jersey - Prairie Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcather, Bobwhite Quail (2), Roseate Spoonbill (2), Solitary Sandpipers
  • 9/4-6/17 Washington State - Swallow-tailed Gull (4), Heerman's Gull, American Dipper (4), Brown Creeper, Say's Phoebe, California Quail (2), Stellar's Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatch (3), Cassin's Vireo (3), Chestnut-backed Chickadee (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mountain Chickadee (4)......Big Horned Sheep
  • 8/28/17 Bombay Hook NWR, DE - Wilson's Phalaropes (3), Bald Eagle (3), Black-crowned Night-Heron, American Goldfinch, American Golden-Plover (2), Blue Grosbeak (2), Eastern Wood-Pewee, White Ibis
  • 8/24/17 Lenore Road, Meadowbrook, PA - Ruby-throated Hummingbird (4)
  • 8/22/17 Sandy Hook NRA, Forsythe NWR - New Jersey - Wood Stork (9), Ospreys. Forster's Tern, Tricolored Heron, Great Egret
  • 8/15/17 Central New Jersey - Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Short-billed Dowitcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron (2), Ospreys (2), Black Tern, Mississippi Kite (2)
  • 8/12/17 Tioga County, PA - White-winged Tern
  • 8/10/17 Lenore Road, Meadowbrook, PA - American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee,House Finch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5)
  • 8/8/17 New Jersey - Osprey (2), Black Skimmers, Caspian Tern, Semipalmated Sandpipers, White Ibises (2), American Avocet, Least Sandpiper (3), Black-crowned Night-Heron, Barn Swallow, Wild Turkey, Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • 8/1/17 Heinz (Tinicum) NWR (PA) and Bombay Hook NWR (DE)- Least Bitterns (5), Common Gallinules(4), Marsh Wren, Barn Swallow, Stilt Sandpiper, Snowy Egrets, Forster's Tern, Osprey (2), Red-shouldered Hawk (2)
  • 7/25/17 Ocean and Atlantic Counties, NJ - Black Skimmers (4), Ospreys (4), Forster's Terns (4), Marsh Wren, Clapper Rails (3), Snowy Egret, Great Egrets (2), Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (3), Glossy Ibises (2), Whimbrel (2) American Oystercatcher
  • 7/19/17 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - Roseate Spoonbill (3)
  • 7/18/17 Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware - Bobwhite Quail, Eastern Towhee, Blue Grosbeak, Bonaparte's Gull, Ruff, Immature White Ibis (3), Red Fox
  • 7/11/17 - Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware - Red-winged Blackbird, Common Yellowthroat, Blue Grosbeak, Short-billed Dowitcher, Ruff, Black-necked Stilt (5)
  • 7/3/17 New Castle and Kent Counties, Delaware - Ruff (5), Blue Grosbeak, Least Bittern (3)
  • 6/27/17 New Jersey - Gull-billed Tern (2), Forster's Tern, Blue Grosbeak, Boat-tailed Grackle, Osprey (5), Glossy Ibis (2), Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Egret, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (5), Little Blue Heron (4)
  • 6/17-25/17 Bull Hill Guest Ranch - Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe (2), Pied-billed Grebe (2), American Coot, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier (2), Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch (2), Yellow-rumped Warbler, Nashville Warbler (2), Warbling Vireo, House Wren (2), Bullocks Oriole (3), Spotted Towhee, Cedar Waxwing, Lazilu Bunting (2), Western Wood-Pewee, Gray Catbirds, Say's Phoebe (2) Western Kingbird, Eastern Kingbird (2) American Robin (2) Violet- green Swallow (4), Cliff Swallow (2) Red-naped Sapsucker, Western Tanager, Brewer's Blackbird (2), Yellow-headed Blackbird (2) Song Sparrow, Black-chinned Hummingbird (4) Calliope Hummingbird (2), Columbian Ground Squirrel, White-tailed Deer
  • 6/13/17 Kent County DE - Northern Bobwhite (2), White-faced Ibis (3) Great-horned Owl, Little Gull, Black-necked Stilt, Willits, Grasshopper Sparrow (2) Dickcissel (4) Black Skimmer (2), Little Egret (9)
  • 6/8/17 Kent County DE - Grasshopper Sparrow (2), Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Wood-Pewee, White-eyed Vireo, Least Bittern (2), Eastern Kingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Red Fox
  • 6/8/17 Bombay Hook NWR DE - Little Egret
  • 5/30/17 Cooks Beach, NJ, Brigantine NWR, NJ, Dixon Meadow Preserve, PA - Seaside Sparrow, Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpiper (3), Sanderling, White-rumped Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Skimmer (2), Gull-billed Tern (2), Forster's Tern, Common Yellowthroat (2), Dickcissel (2)
  • 5/27/2015 Lord Sterling Park, NJ - Lesser Nighthawk
  • 5/23/17 Pike and Monroe Counties, PA - Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3), Black-and-white Warbler (3), Ovenbird (2), Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting
  • 5/19-21/17 Cape May and Cumberland Counties, NJ (CMBO Spring Festival)- Least Sandpiper, Sanderling, Short-billed Dowitcher (2), Semipalmated Plover (2), Killdeer, Willet, Ruddy Turnstones (4), Red Knot (4), Semipalmated Sandpiper/Sanderling/Least Sandpiper, Great-horned Owl/American Crow, Great-horned Owl, Barn Swallow, Osprey, Mississippi Kite (5), Swallow-tailed Kite (3), Red-tailed Hawk
  • 5/8-14/17 Magee Marsh area, Ohio - Trumpeter Swans (2), Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret (4), Bald Eagle (2), Sora, Sandhill Crane, Greater Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper (2), Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstone (2), American Woodcock, Wilson's Phalarope, Bonaparte's Gull (2), Caspian Tern, Black-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Eastern Whip-poor-will, Red-headed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Philadephia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Northen Rough-winged Swallow (2). Purple Martin (2), Tree Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler (3), Prothonotary Warbler (4), Tennessee Warbler (3), Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia Warbler (2), Blackburian Warbler (3), Yellow Warbler (3) Chestnut-sided Warbler (2), Black-throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler (3), Black-throated Green Warbler (5), Canada Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow (2), Lark Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrow (2). Henslow's Sparrow (2), Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northen Cardinal, Baltimore Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-headed Blackbird (2)........Belding's Turtle.
  • 5/6/17 - Heislerville WMA, NJ - Little Egret, Snowy Egret, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher
  • 5/3/17 Southern New Jersey - Dunlin (2), Greater Yellowlegs (2), Least Sandpiper. Clapper Rail, Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull, Osprey, Prairie Warbler
  • 4/19-27/17 West Coast Repositioning Cruise and land birding - California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia - Gadwall, American Wigeons, Blue-winged Teal, Buffleheads, Barrow's Goldeneye (2), Gambel's Quail, Pacific Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Black-footed Albatross (3), Laysan Albatross , Leach's Storm-Petrel, Cook's Petrel (3), Black-vented Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret (2), Little Blue Heron (2), Black-crowned Night-Heron (2), Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2), Osprey, Bald Eagle, Ridgway's Rail (3), Black-necked Stilt, Whimbrel (2), Willet (2), Red-necked Phalaropes (3), Red Phalaropes, Willet (2), Long-billed Dowitcher, Gull-billed Terns, Forster's Tern (4), Band-tailed Pigeon, Common Ground-Dove, Anna's Hummingbird (3), Burrowing Owl (4), Acorn Woodpecker (2), Nuttall's Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher (2), Ash-throated Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher (2), Stellar's Jay (2), Northwestern Crow, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Tree Swallows, Cliff Swallows, White-breasted Nuthatch (2), Canyon Wren (2), California Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wrentit, Western Bluebird, California Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Fox Sparrow (2), Dark-eyed Junco, White-crowned Sparrow (2), Golden-crowned Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow (2), Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow (2), Abert's Towhee, Lincoln's Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting(2), Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bullock's Oriole, Lesser Goldfinch,............... Hummingbird Moth (2), Humpbacked Whale, Pacific white-sided Dolphins (2), Birders on the ms Zaandam (3),
  • 4/13/17 Southern New Jersey / Northern Delaware - Laughing Gulls, Osprey (2) Forster's Tern, Cattle Egret, Ruff (7) Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-throated Warbler (2), Pine Warbler (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler
  • 4/5/17 Central Delaware - Eastern Towhee (2), Yellow-throated Warbler (3), Eastern Bluebird, Snow Geese (2) Greater Yellowlegs, Tree Swallow, Bald Eagle
  • 4/1-3/17 Austin Texas Area - Blue-winged Teals, Northern Shoveler, Greater Scaups, American White Pelicans (4), Red-tailed Hawk, Americna Coots (5), Killdeer, Least Sandpiper (2), Pectoral Sandpiper (3), Spotted Sandpiper, Crested Caracara, Eastern Phoebe, Black-crested Titmouse (2), Bewick's Wren (2), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Lark Sparrow (2), House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch
  • 3/28/17 Central Delaware - Yellow-throated Warbler (2), American Kestrel, Tree Swallow, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned-Owl, Fish Crow, Americna Avocet, Long-billed Dowitcher (2), Least Sandpipers, Wilson's Snipe (2), American Coot, Ruddy Duck, Common Mergansers.
  • 3/21/17 Southern New Jersey - Pink-footed Goose (2), Black-headed Gull (2), Redhead (2), Tufted Duck (4), Wilson's Snipe (2), Snow Goose, Northern Harrier
  • 3/20/17 Meadowbrook PA - Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk (4)
  • 3/19/17 Meadowbrook, PA - Pileated Woodpecker
  • 3/16/17 Delaware - Snow Greese (2), Northern Shoveler, Northern Harrier, Eastern Screech-Owl, Dunlin (3), Horned Lark (3), Wilson's Snipe (4)
  • 3/15/17 Meadowbrook, PA - Fox Sparrow
  • 3/11/17 Robert Moses State Park, NY - Great Gray Owl (5), Northern Shrike (3), Bohemian Waxwings (11)
  • 3/8/17 Southern New Jersey - Eastern Bluebird (2), Northern Harrier (3)
  • 3/2/17 Central New Jersey - Northern Pintail (2), Northern Shovelers, Canvasbacks, Snow Goose, Ring-billed Gull (4)
  • 2/28/17 Oswego, NY - Clark's Grebe
  • 2/27/17 Sussex County, Delaware - Pink-footed Goose
  • 2/22/17 Delaware - Horned Grebe, Bufflehead (3), Canvasback, Snow Geese (4), Bonaparte's Gull, Herring Gull, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, Barn Owl, Shoet-eared Owl (2), Dunlin, Brown-headed Nuthatch (2), Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Boat-tailed Grackles
  • 2/17/2017 Atlantic County, NJ - Hooded Mergansers, Great Black-backed Gull, Black Duck, Hed-tailed Hawk
  • 2/11-14/2017 Southern Florida - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2) Egyptian Goose (3), Muscovy Duck, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe (2), Wood Stork (4), Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures, Anhinga, American White Pelicans, Great Blue Heron (3), Great Egret, Snowy Egret (2), Little Blue Heron (2), Tricolored Heron (4), Green Heron (2), Black-crowned Night-Heron (2), White Ibis (2), Glossy Ibis, Snail Kite (4), Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk (7), Purple Gallinule (2), Common Gallinule (3), Limpkin (2), Sandhill Crane (2) Semi-palmated Plover (2), Piping Plover (2), Sanderling (2), Western Sandpiper, White-crowned Pigeon (2), Eurasian Collared-Dove, Burrowing Owls (4), Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great-crested Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler (2), Black-throated Gray Warbler, Painted Bunting, Orange-winged Parrots, Alligator, Iguana, Lizard
  • 2/8/17 Cape May, NJ - Great Cormorant, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Hermit Thrush
  • 2/6/17 Berks County, PA - Black-backed Oriole (7)
  • 2/3/17 Berks County, PA - Black-backed Oriole (7)
  • 2/1/17 Cumberland County, NJ - Bald Eagle (2), Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wild Turkeys, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Red-shouldered Hawk
  • 1/23-27/17 Ontario - Snowy Owl (9), Wild Turkeys (2), Gulls (2), Snow Buntings (2), American Tree Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee (3), Evening Grosbeak (7), American Goldfinch (3), Blue Jay (3), Gray Jay (5), White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch (2), Pileated Woodpecker, Red-crossbills, Ruffed Grouse, Redheads, Northern Harrier (2), Rough-leggged Hawk (4), Pine Martin (6)
  • 1/18/17 Heinz (Tinicum) NWR, PA - Black-headed Gull (11), Ring-billed Gull (1)
  • 1/14-16/17 - Long Island, NY - Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Hooded Mergansers (3) Pink-footed Goose (4), Ross's Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck (3) Monk Parakeets (4), Glaucous Gull, Black-headed Gull (7), Herring Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sandhill Crane (3) Eastern Meadowlarks (3), Northern Harrier, Townsend's Solitaire (2), Rufous/Allen's Humingbird (2), Wilson's Snipe
  • 1/12/17 Pennsylvania - Northern Saw-whet Owl (2)
  • 1/10/17 Kent County, DE - American Tree Sparrow (2), Carolina Chickadee, Horned Lark (4), Bald Eagles, Hooded Merganser, Snow Geese, White-tailed Deer
  • 1/4/17 Sussex County, DE - Crested Caracara (7), Ash-throated Flycatcher (3), Northern Shrike (3), Cooper's Hawk