May 8th, 2008 by Kelley
I don’t care what you say, I actually like turkey vultures.
A dragonfly…
…and its eye
And this cute little hymenopteran (not sure which one specifically):
I think that if this photo could have a caption it would be “Grrr!”
May 4th, 2008 by Kelley
New to my backyard and life list…
An Orchard Oriole
April 11th, 2008 by Kelley
Cedar Waxwings…
And young scots pine…
April 6th, 2008 by Kelley
Did a little birding this weekend. Not too many good pictures, but oh well, got outside all the same. I did 3 kinds of birding this weekend: marshes, hawk watching, and bird feeder watching.
From the marshes:
Maybe no one will notice I am not a Canada goose…
This “blue goose”, which is the blue morph of the snow goose, was the only one in this flock of Canada geese. They nest in the Arctic tundra.
Next, I got a nice glimpse of a blue-winged teal. 
And a new bird for my list, ring-necked ducks.
Hawk watching:
I went up to Derby Hill, which I am told is one of the premier hawk watching spots in New York. When I got up there I spotted my first morning cloak butterfly of the season, though I don’t think anybody else noticed…
Nothing too impressive for the hawk watching yet, though it is a wee bit early. They should start really picking up in the next couple of weeks.
A red-tailed hawk
A red-shouldered hawk
And a ’sharpie’ or sharp-shinned hawk
Concerning other passerines, the blue birds are back…
And I had another first for my life list…a common redpole. Redpoles are an arctic finch that also nests in the tundra.
March 15th, 2008 by Kelley
I can’t tell you how excited I am for spring migration to really start. This little guy showed up in my backyard this past week.
February 8th, 2008 by Kelley
I think this picture is funny…its a runaway longhorn beetle in my lab.
The photos below are of an American Coot up along lake Ontario. They shouldn’t be up this far north until the spring time…so I think this one is a little confused. Also, they have really long, goofy looking feet…you should google it to check ‘em out.
February 6th, 2008 by Kelley
These two aren’t the greatest pictures ever taken as far as quality…but to my credit they were taken from a car window in the sort of drive-by photography style. As an added perk, the snow buntings are a new life bird for me. They summer in the far Canadian arctic and winter in barren fields in the northern U.S.
January 13th, 2008 by Kelley
Male Wood Duck
Great Horned Owl
Josh took these last two pictures during a little drive by birding while I navigated…its a rough-legged hawk.
