One new camera. Two new lifers (7 individuals) helping me to break it in. #birdcpp

Amazing day for raptors in Central Park #birdcpp

Swamp sparrow (I think) and Song sparrow hanging out on the southern edge of the Lake Central Park #birdcpp

My first golden-crowned kinglets and eastern phoebes of the season and my fave cedar waxwing. Spring is in the air! #birdcpp

I’ve seen a lot of Cedar Waxwings over the past few weeks, but I still can’t get enough of these beautiful aliens #birdcpp

Just when I thought we had reached the end of weird duck season! Red-breasted mergansers on the Central Park Reservoir #birdcpp

I had good luck with the white-eyed vireo, which flew over my head and landed directly in front of me for a second before continuing on. Here it is along with some other gems from this morning in the northern end of Central Park #birdcpp

Photo shoot against the backdrop of gorgeous flowering trees #yellowwarbler #orchardoriole #birdcpp

Something tells me that this Common Grackle was not ready for his close-up #birdcpp

Let the migration begin! My personal opening ceremony at the Loch/Pool this morning featuring B&W Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher, Least (??) Flycatcher #birdcpp

The many poses of a ruby-throated hummingbird #birdcpp

My 2nd annual trek to @GreenWoodHF with The Linnaean Society of New York yielded beautiful weather, good company, a lifer (Philadelphia Vireo) and a half (first great look at a Connecticut Warbler).

Last Sunday of summer = another prime fall migration day. Great variety of very cooperative birds including: Wood Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Blue-Headed Vireo #birdcpp

I'm grateful that this white form Great Blue Heron in Piermont has waited for me for over two months. What a beauty! #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #greatwhite

Confusing fall warbler identification is so much easier when the birds hang out in their namesake trees. Pine warblers aplenty today in the Central Park Pinetum #birdcpp

Ubiquitous, but oh so lovely. These guys were everywhere in Central Park today. Ruby-crowned kinglet; Yellow-bellied sapsucker; Yellow-rumped warbler; White-breasted nuthatch. #birdcpp

Magnolia Warbler photo shoot this afternoon at Wagner's Cove #birdcpp

Cuteness overload! Northern saw-whet owl today in Central Park #birdcpp

Welcome back to this Cooper's Hawk, a perennial Dec/Jan visitor to this tree in my backyard on the Upper West Side.

I think I just saw a nighthawk flying over Turtle Pond #birdcp