Nicole Vergalla
@nvphotos.bsky.social
Photographer. Editor. Motion graphics designer. Fire dancer in another life. BK home base. Gowanus Dredgers Officer & 📷
Can be found staring at birds or tromping around nature in dresses in equal likelihood.
🌐 www.nvergalla.photo
Can be found staring at birds or tromping around nature in dresses in equal likelihood.
🌐 www.nvergalla.photo
Little birds are not intimidated by this redtail, at all. Kept buzzing it, no matter the perch it flew to. Eventually the hawk flew off, tired of the harassment.
Green-Wood Cemetery, the best place for bird drama.
Green-Wood Cemetery, the best place for bird drama.
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Little birds are not intimidated by this redtail, at all. Kept buzzing it, no matter the perch it flew to. Eventually the hawk flew off, tired of the harassment.
Green-Wood Cemetery, the best place for bird drama.
Green-Wood Cemetery, the best place for bird drama.
This group of Black Crowned Night Herons has been showing up along the canal all summer, so happy to see them! I counted 6 tucked in along the 3rd st. turning basin, Gary saw 7 earlier. Their rookery must be nearby - hope they stick around!
#BCNH #brooklynbirds #gowanus
#BCNH #brooklynbirds #gowanus
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This group of Black Crowned Night Herons has been showing up along the canal all summer, so happy to see them! I counted 6 tucked in along the 3rd st. turning basin, Gary saw 7 earlier. Their rookery must be nearby - hope they stick around!
#BCNH #brooklynbirds #gowanus
#BCNH #brooklynbirds #gowanus
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Looking for some fun on the water before summer truly ends? This Sunday’s gorgeous weather is the perfect excuse to get out in a canoe for our free walk-up paddling at 19th St!
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🕗 September 21 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
📍 Gowanus Dredgers Bunker – 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY
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🕗 September 21 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
📍 Gowanus Dredgers Bunker – 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY
September 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Looking for some fun on the water before summer truly ends? This Sunday’s gorgeous weather is the perfect excuse to get out in a canoe for our free walk-up paddling at 19th St!
☀︎ 𖤓☼
🕗 September 21 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
📍 Gowanus Dredgers Bunker – 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY
☀︎ 𖤓☼
🕗 September 21 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
📍 Gowanus Dredgers Bunker – 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY
Looking good, duck friend.
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looking good, duck friend.
Spent the morning birding, thinking about capturing this sparkle two years ago - birds caught in the tribute in lights at the 9/11 memorial. Volunteers from @nycbirdalliance.org keep an eye on the concentration of birds, and radio to get the lights paused when there are too many caught in the beams
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Spent the morning birding, thinking about capturing this sparkle two years ago - birds caught in the tribute in lights at the 9/11 memorial. Volunteers from @nycbirdalliance.org keep an eye on the concentration of birds, and radio to get the lights paused when there are too many caught in the beams
Go see this film!! It’s so wonderfully done and a great glimpse into a quickly changing neighborhood.
Please join us at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social's Center for Brooklyn History for a FREE special screening of Gowanus Current on July 23. We will do a talkback after the film.
More information and tickets:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/sum...
More information and tickets:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/sum...
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Go see this film!! It’s so wonderfully done and a great glimpse into a quickly changing neighborhood.
Favorite way yet to watch fireworks. From a canoe with friends and a flock of geese.
July 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Favorite way yet to watch fireworks. From a canoe with friends and a flock of geese.
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🌊 Take Action for a Swimmable, Fishable Gowanus Canal! 🌊
Add your name to our letter urging NY State to give the Gowanus Canal the strongest water quality protections! Sign here: forms.gle/rv1U4NrDvxAZ... (Deadline: TONIGHT, June 26!)
Add your name to our letter urging NY State to give the Gowanus Canal the strongest water quality protections! Sign here: forms.gle/rv1U4NrDvxAZ... (Deadline: TONIGHT, June 26!)
June 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌊 Take Action for a Swimmable, Fishable Gowanus Canal! 🌊
Add your name to our letter urging NY State to give the Gowanus Canal the strongest water quality protections! Sign here: forms.gle/rv1U4NrDvxAZ... (Deadline: TONIGHT, June 26!)
Add your name to our letter urging NY State to give the Gowanus Canal the strongest water quality protections! Sign here: forms.gle/rv1U4NrDvxAZ... (Deadline: TONIGHT, June 26!)
Puffy storybook clouds this afternoon.
June 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Puffy storybook clouds this afternoon.
Pride Paddle with @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social is always a magical evening. Even if I did somehow lose my polarizer mid-paddle. Ooops!
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Pride Paddle with @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social is always a magical evening. Even if I did somehow lose my polarizer mid-paddle. Ooops!
Is it weird to say one of my favorite views in the city is from a bridge that shakes with traffic under the BQE?
June 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Is it weird to say one of my favorite views in the city is from a bridge that shakes with traffic under the BQE?
May 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hiya grump ya hermit thrush.
Spotted many warblers and got no pictures but enjoyed the hour or so I had to wander around anyway.
Spotted many warblers and got no pictures but enjoyed the hour or so I had to wander around anyway.
May 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hiya grump ya hermit thrush.
Spotted many warblers and got no pictures but enjoyed the hour or so I had to wander around anyway.
Spotted many warblers and got no pictures but enjoyed the hour or so I had to wander around anyway.
I have a lot of bad photos of birds from today, but also this delightful capture of a squirrel who looked like they were trying out for Cirque du Soleil. I missed it's fun hang-upsidedown-by-the-feet-and-snack move but I like the counter balance of this one :-P
#squirrel #Green-WoodCemetery
#squirrel #Green-WoodCemetery
April 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I have a lot of bad photos of birds from today, but also this delightful capture of a squirrel who looked like they were trying out for Cirque du Soleil. I missed it's fun hang-upsidedown-by-the-feet-and-snack move but I like the counter balance of this one :-P
#squirrel #Green-WoodCemetery
#squirrel #Green-WoodCemetery
This was a family of 9 over the weekend, these 3 are the last left (Snapping turtles likely got the rest) Another mallard came over and was harassing the family, mom went to go take care of business, leaving these cute little fuzzballs to chase after her. 😍 #birds #greenwoodcemetary #brooklynbirding
April 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This was a family of 9 over the weekend, these 3 are the last left (Snapping turtles likely got the rest) Another mallard came over and was harassing the family, mom went to go take care of business, leaving these cute little fuzzballs to chase after her. 😍 #birds #greenwoodcemetary #brooklynbirding
May 7th 2024. One of my favorite days birding of last year. Ran into @citybirder.bsky.social and a termite hatch out. Temps had been rising, migration was in full swing. We were so surrounded, a bird landed on Michael. It was a good day. Tracking temps to try to catch it again. 🤞
April 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
May 7th 2024. One of my favorite days birding of last year. Ran into @citybirder.bsky.social and a termite hatch out. Temps had been rising, migration was in full swing. We were so surrounded, a bird landed on Michael. It was a good day. Tracking temps to try to catch it again. 🤞
I guess grackles blink their awesome yellow eyes when they scream at each other because every photo I have of this one in action looks possessed. 🤣
April 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I guess grackles blink their awesome yellow eyes when they scream at each other because every photo I have of this one in action looks possessed. 🤣
Love a good grackle catching the light.
April 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Love a good grackle catching the light.
I wish for the calm joy of a sun drunk cat stretching out to soak in the last rays of the morning.
Fern may look tough but really she’s yawning and about to flop over to warm her belly floof.
Fern may look tough but really she’s yawning and about to flop over to warm her belly floof.
February 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I wish for the calm joy of a sun drunk cat stretching out to soak in the last rays of the morning.
Fern may look tough but really she’s yawning and about to flop over to warm her belly floof.
Fern may look tough but really she’s yawning and about to flop over to warm her belly floof.
It’s funny to look through photos I discarded as not what I was going for with the distance of time. New appreciation and also makes my file hoarder tendencies worse. 😳
Flamingos are weird.
Flamingos are weird.
February 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s funny to look through photos I discarded as not what I was going for with the distance of time. New appreciation and also makes my file hoarder tendencies worse. 😳
Flamingos are weird.
Flamingos are weird.
I’m seeing posts about the #BlueskyArtShow - Today's theme is #Reflections so here’s one of my favorites. The ever changing #gowanus at sunset. Taking this photo made me a little late to a dentist appointment but I regret nothing.
February 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m seeing posts about the #BlueskyArtShow - Today's theme is #Reflections so here’s one of my favorites. The ever changing #gowanus at sunset. Taking this photo made me a little late to a dentist appointment but I regret nothing.
If you have a chance to take the educational tour at the Sunset Park recycling facility - DO IT! It’s super fun and informative, and you get to see the sorting in action. The scale of the place is really astounding. So glad I was able to schedule it for @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social volunteers
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”
Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”
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February 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you have a chance to take the educational tour at the Sunset Park recycling facility - DO IT! It’s super fun and informative, and you get to see the sorting in action. The scale of the place is really astounding. So glad I was able to schedule it for @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social volunteers
Foggy mountain layers in Vancouver earlier this year.
December 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Foggy mountain layers in Vancouver earlier this year.
I'm showing my piece "Space Explorers" in a group show opening at Established Gallery in Downtown Brooklyn. Opening reception 6-9pm this Thursday, Dec 12. So excited to see the whole show tonight!
December 12, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I'm showing my piece "Space Explorers" in a group show opening at Established Gallery in Downtown Brooklyn. Opening reception 6-9pm this Thursday, Dec 12. So excited to see the whole show tonight!