First documented New York State record! Immature white morph seen from my apartment rooftop, flying overhead on a northeasterly trajectory. Craziest yard bird ever!
Adorable baby tagging along behind its parent
Loose herd of half a dozen individuals browsing near the road
Confiding pair along the road. Fantastic
Incredible experience with this magnificent megararity. Potential officially recognized state first record, pending acceptance. Flew in dramatically about half an hour after sunrise and settled on the pond to feed
Incredible ongoing congregation of individuals, thoroughly documented by American Princess staff and corroborated by NOAA survey. We personally counted at least 8 individuals in view simultaneously, very likely more
Remarkable vagrant
Part of an incredible incursion across the eastern United States following Hurricane Idalia
Small individual flipped under a log
Found under a log in the woods
Captured by an Osprey. Lack of spotting on the tail fin seems better for Brown than Rainbow, though both species are stocked at this pond
Observed the bat dipping down to get a drink several times before it came to rest on a nearby tree trunk
Major migration event with spring rains, with multiple individuals observed traveling overland to the breeding ponds
Guided visit to vernal pool in sporadic, light drizzle. Two males encountered, also observed an egg mass
Photo not diagnostic on its own. Same individual as
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178733079
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178629326
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178583705
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178742704
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178516389
Captured by Snowy Egret in the Bronx Kill at low tide
Captured by Snowy Egret in the Bronx Kill at low tide
Being eaten by a Black-capped Chickadee
One of several captured and eaten by vagrant Limpkin
Captured by Herring Gull
Wild adult found at the end of a day of headstarting young Hellbenders with Kenneth Roblee, by far the largest of several individuals we encountered that evening. Measured (21 inches and 700 grams) and tagged before it was set free
Observed in the Tribute in Light memorial while conducting a migration survey. Shows a distinct collar and pale body coloration
At least 4 individuals observed, remarkably well as they surfaced multiple times rather close to our vessel