Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Perusing the mudflats of East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
The summer harvest at the East Pond shallows of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Bombus impatiens
Bombus foraging amongst autumn blossoms of Originum vulgare (NYC).
Halictus ligatus
A yellow legged male sweat bee vigorously foraging amongst autumn blossoms of Originum vulgare (NYC).
Apis melifera
Apis melifera foraging amongst autumn blossoms of Originum vulgare (NYC).
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
Autumn foraging amongst Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) seed heads, a vital source of sustenace theough Northeast chills.
