This Peregrine Falcon decided to have pigeon for breakfast this morning right above my car! Suffolk County on Long Island, NY

#birds #birdphotography #LongIslandbirds #PeregrineFalcon

Martial Eagle found on a recent drive through Kruger National Park in South Africa
#birds
#birdwatching
#eagles
#kruger
#SouthAfrica

Scarlet Macaws visiting a water hole along the Napo River in Ecuador
#birds
#Amazon
#Ecuador
#NapoRiver
#YasuniNationalPark
#Parrots
#Macaws

Here are some Honduran White Bats- also known as Tent-making Bats - hey chew the ribs of these large leaves in such a way that the leaf folds over and makes a "tent". This group was sheltered under a leaf in Costa Rica- January 2018

More sea ducks from Long Island, New York. Here a second year male King Eider stands out from a flock of Common Eider.
#birds
#NewYorkBirds
#Waterfowl
#birding

Wild Turkey- just trying to make it through one more day! Eastern Long Island, New York
#birds#wildturkey#birdsusa#thanksgiving

Sea Ducks are returning for the winter to the ocean off Long Island, New York. Black Scoters pass through Shinnecock Inlet to reach feeding areas inside the bay. #addBirder #birds #USAbirds #NewYorkBirding #Birdphotography

American Goldfinch for #finchfriday
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
#birding

The Great Golden Digger Wasp is common in backyard gardens in eastern North America. Docile around people, it terrorizes katydids and grasshoppers, paralyzing them with its sting, and dragging them to its underground lair, where they'll serves as live food for its babies. #wildlifephotography

Snow Buntings arrived about a week ago- Long Island, New York

Nelson’s Sparrow occurs in the salt marshes of eastern North America as a fall and winter visitor. This one was in a marsh on Long Island, New York a few weeks ago

My one and only Henslow’s Sparrow- New York