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Featured Pictures - the birds

Image 1A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
Image 2White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 3Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 4Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Image 5Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 6Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
Image 7Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 8Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
Image 9Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
Image 10Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
Image 11Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
Image 12Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 13Winter wren in Prospect Park
Image 14Red-tailed hawk rescue
Image 15Palm warbler in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 16Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
Image 17Northern waterthrush in Central Park
Image 18Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
Image 19Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
Image 20Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
Image 21Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
Image 22Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
Image 23Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 24House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 25Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 26Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
Image 27Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 28House sparrows in Central Park
Image 29Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
Image 30First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
Image 31Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 32Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 33Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 34American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
Image 35Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 36Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 37Ovenbird in Prospect Park
Image 38Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Image 39Gray catbird in Central Park
Image 40Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 41American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
Image 42Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 43Field sparrow in Central Park
Image 44Juvenile American robin
Image 45Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
Image 46Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 47Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
Image 48Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 49Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
Image 50Black-capped chickadee at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 51Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
Image 52Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
Image 53Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 54Piping plover chick in Queens
Image 55Male yellow-rumped warbler singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 56Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 57Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
Image 58Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
Image 59Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
Image 60Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Image 61Veery in the Central Park Ramble
Image 62Gray catbird in Prospect Park
Image 63Northern cardinal female in Central Park
Image 64Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
Image 65Great blue heron on frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 66Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 67A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
Image 68Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Image 69Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 70Immature herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 71Golden-crowned kinglet
Image 72Redhead in Central Park
Image 73European starling in Central Park
Image 74Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
Image 75White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 76Semipalmated sandpiper at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 77House wren ~~doing its best eel impression~~ guarding its nestbox.
Image 78Blue jay in Prospect Park
Image 79Blackpoll warbler in a flowering dogwood tree in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 80Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
Image 81Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 82Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 83Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 84Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 85Female hooded merganser resting on the Central Park Reservoir
Image 86Green heron in Prospect Park
Image 87White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 88European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
Image 89Baltimore oriole (immature/female) in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 90Male northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 91Pine siskin in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 92Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 93Chipping sparrow on a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 94American tree sparrow in Central Park
Image 95Piping plover in Queens
Image 96Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
Image 97American coot in Prospect Park
Image 98Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
Image 99Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park
Image 100Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 101Lesser yellowlegs at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 102Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 103Female northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 104Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park

Featured Pictures - everything else

Image 1Frizzle sizzle
Image 2Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
Image 3Composite of a clementine with/without peel
Image 4Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
Image 5One World Trade Center through the Oculus
Image 6Saint Christopher Street in Valletta
Image 7Bee balm seedhead
Image 8Lower Manhattan panorama
Image 9Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Image 10City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
Image 11Monarch butterfly
Image 12Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
Image 13Group photo of four pears
Image 14Stata Center at MIT
Image 15Two juvenile Nubian ibex
Image 16Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
Image 17Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
Image 18Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Image 19Salix catkins
Image 20Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
Image 21Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
Image 22Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
Image 23Sarracenia leucophylla
Image 24TWA Hotel
Image 25Makhtesh Ramon
Image 26Ship in the San Francisco Bay fog. Got lucky with the dramatic fog on this one, which opened up just enough to frame the ship in light.
Image 27White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
Image 28Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
Image 29Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
Image 30Glass blower. This was moments before he accidentally dropped it. Heartbreaking (and vasebreaking). Talented folks here, though, and I actually went back a while later and took a class. Got a piece of lit up frozen spaghetti to prove it.
Image 31Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
Image 32Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
Image 33American lady butterfly on a purple coneflower
Image 34Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
Image 35Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
Image 36Magnolia x veitchii bud
Image 37Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
Image 38Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
Image 39Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 40White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Brooklyn
Image 41Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
Image 42Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
Image 43Crocuses in early spring.
Image 44California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
Image 45Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
Image 46Hell Gate Bridge, with a scow being towed along the Hell Gate section of the East River
Image 47Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 48Crook Point Bascule Bridge in Providence. It's been stuck in the open position for 50 years. A local landmark, but slated for destruction soon.
Image 49Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
Image 50California sea lion in La Jolla. My first experience seeing wild sea lions in person. It was ... loud. This one just looked downright majestic in the sun.
Image 51Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
Image 52Pond sliders in Prospect Park
Image 53Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
Image 54Daubeny's water lily
Image 55An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
Image 56Memorial to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, taken just after Stonewall Inn was designated part of a National Monument
Image 57Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 58Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 59Comme des Garcons at the Met
Image 60Boston Public Garden
Image 61Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Image 62Toronto Reference Library interior from the top floor
Image 63A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 64Oculus
Image 65Algal mat in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 66Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
Image 67Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
Image 68Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
Image 69Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
Image 70Wonder Wheel sign on Coney Island
Image 71Raccoon in Central Park
Image 72Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 73Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
Image 74Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image 75Coleus
Image 76Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
Image 77Fulton Center skylight
Image 78Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
Image 79Chinese mantis ootheca in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 80The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
Image 81The Seaside Sanatorium in Connecticut
Image 82Hell Gate Bridge
Image 83Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere covered in lesser celandine, with a leucistic white squirrel in the distance
Image 84Eldridge Street Synagogue
Image 85Maroon Bells
Image 86Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 87Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
Image 88Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Image 89Florence seen from the Duomo terrace
Image 90Redbeckia occidentalis
Image 91A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 92Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
Image 93Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 94Monarch butterfly
Image 95A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 96Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 97Alexander Hamilton Custom House Collector's Room ceiling. Had to be a bit obnoxious to get this one, setting up a little tripod in the center of a crowded room and actually getting down on the floor to frame it. Who doesn't like a nice ornate ceiling with a nautical theme, though?

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