Red-headed Barbet 💚💛❤️

Hooded Warbler in the Azalea Pond area; report of a Blue Grosbeak on west side of the Oven. Not a big day for migrants but Bay Breasted, Tennessee and Nashville here plus Scarlet Tanager etc. #birdcp

How much did Woody Guthrie loathe his racist landlord Fred Trump? Four exhibits at his museum. If you’d told me that one of this vast nation’s greatest singing poets would, 70 years prescient, foresee the *name* of our full fascism ascendent, I’d’ve said, “too on the nose.”

Bornean-banded Pitta 💙🤎💛

The night we caught > 1% of the world's Spoon-billed Sandpiper population for tagging to understand their movements along their 8,000km migration route #WorldMigratoryBirdDay

Seven (7) warbler species in five minutes at 605am along south side of Turtle Pond. Today seems as good as this past Thursday #birdcp

This is the best photo shoot... 😂

Born #Today in 1900, Cecilia Payne was the astronomer whose 1925 groundbreaking conclusion about stars composition (made of H and He) was initially rejected because it contradicted the scientific wisdom of the time. She was later proved correct.

Canada warbler north side of Bow Bridge and male Cape May singing and feeding low at the top of the Point #birdcp

Bay Breasted Warblers three males on the walk to the point feeding low In Hackberry trees #birdcp

Blue Winged Warbler just north of Weather Station adjacent to Belvedere Castle #birdcp

Singing Tennessee Warbler down steps south lawn from Belvedere Castle; look in Hemlocks and it responds to sound. Here also pair Rose Breasted Grosbeak #birdcp

At Summit Rock: male Cape May warbler; two male Scarlet Tanagers few people and overall not many birds here #birdcp

Three Warbler species (best was male American Redstart) at Magic Bush (aka Cotoneaster species) #birdcp

Male Wilson Warbler (+ Yellow; B/W; Northern Parula and Warbling Vireos) at Iton Bridge at southwest Reservoir #birdcp

Two Common Loons well to the north end of the Reservoir this Thursday morning (seen from south end running track) #birdcp

President Truman: “General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly over all Europe.'

79 years ago today.

Ovenbird in our yard this Wednesday morning in the Morris Park Avenue area (10462 zip code) w Deborah Allen . Late yesterday we had six Monk Parakeets; at 8am today just three - feeding on suet we put out #birdbx