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Citybirder

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Bird & nature observations around Brooklyn & NYC. Nature news & resources. Dawn birding walks: https://www.green-wood.com/calendar/ My photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thecitybirder Birding blog: https://citybirder.blogspot.com/

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Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 16h

Palm Warbler looks angry. Probably exhausted from all the tail bobbing #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #warbler

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

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Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

Kestrel has a Grandpa Munster head floof thing happening #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #falcon

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

Orange-crowned Warbler foraging for insects in the drying wildflowers #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #warbler

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

This Common Yellowthroat has been pallin' around with an Orange-crowned Warbler on the wildflower meadow #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #warbler

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

A rare visitor to NYC, I spotted this Dickcissel today at the wildflower meadow in Green-Wood. It announced itself with its buzzy "pzzzt" call, or as some refer to it "the bird fart" #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

Proof that the Ruby-crowned Kinglet does, in fact, have a neck #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #kinglet

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 1d

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Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

Always eerie seeing vultures over the cemetery, although seeing one perched at a grave is worse (I have). Probably was just taking a break from soaring... #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #vulture #raptor

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

Purple Finches are returning. Spotted some today feeding on the fruit of the Seven Son (Heptacodium miconioides) #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #finch

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

Milkweed pod releasing its seeds #flowers #nature #naturephotography #flowerphotography #milkweed

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

Blue-headed Vireo perching in a Flowering Dogwood with very few leaves left #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #vireo

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

Red-breasted Nuthatch posing in the right-side upright position #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nuthatch

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

This Pine Warbler still had surprisingly vibrant plumage today #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #warbler

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 2d

This time of year I always check the Winged Euonymus tree as it attracts lots of birds. Kestrel appears to have also figured that out. Obelisk next to the tree this morning #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #falcon

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a link to all the local birding/nature walks for Sat., Oct.. 25th - Sun., Oct. 26th #birds #birding #nature : citybirder.blogspot.com/2025/10/upco...

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Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 4d

Flicker feather at a raptor kill site. I didn't stage this, it's actually how I found it #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #feather #woodpecker

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 4d

American Kestrel looking a little bit too self-satisfied. Perhaps it was due to the small bird chaos it had just stirred up a few yards away from this perch #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #falcon

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 4d

Red-breasted Nuthatch caching some nuts #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nuthatch

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 4d

This jail-breaking Chukar was wandering around Green-Wood today. We usually see one a year (poultry markets nearby). The hawks look forward to it 😳 #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #partridge

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 5d

Spotted this beautiful Western Kingbird this morning during my tour in All Faiths Cemetery. A rare but regular vagrant here in the northeast #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #flycatcher

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 6d

I only just discovered this amazing album. Where have I been?! What a talent. RIP

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 6d

Long-tailed Ichneumonid wasp. Beautifully patterned and harmless to humans. Not a stinger, but rather ovipositor for laying eggs in rotting wood #nature #wildlife #insects #wasps #naturephotography

Citybirder @citybirder.bsky.social · 6d

Lincoln's Sparrow. Not Abe, but Thomas. Audubon's friend who shot it during an expedition 🤦‍♂️ #birds #birding #bird #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sparrow