May 31, 2009: Birding Tifft Farm Nature Preserve (Buffalo, NY)

Today we spent a bit of time at Tifft Farm Nature Preserve in Buffalo...

Red-Eyed Vireo
Mallard with babies

Chimney Swift

Above and Below: Starling nest!

House Wren

Above and Below: Empidonax Flycatcher (but which one?)

Above and Two Below: a very cooperative Yellow Warbler

Wood Duck with babies

Above and Below: Pied Billed Grebe babies with mom

Baby swallows?

Painted Turtles

May 24, 2009: Mojo and Mystic on the Island (Alexandria Bay, NY)

Some pictures from camp today -

St. Lawrence River Water
Above and Below: Mystic

Above and Below: Mojo

Baby Song Sparrows on the island

One of the song sparrow parents

May 23, 2009: Wellesley Island and 1000 Islands

We spent the morning hiking at the Minna Anthony Nature Center, on Wellesley Island State Park. These trails at this park are really nice. Below are the photos we took

Mayapples and Trillium
Blackburnian Warbler

Chipmunk

Yellow Throated Vireo

Scarlet Tanager

Baltimore Oriole

American Redstart

Painted Turtle

Interesting moss on log

Photos from the island-

Ina

The Camp

Above and Below - sunset on the river

May 22, 2009: Camp on the St. Lawrence River

Some photos taken from camp on the river today

Wood Duck
Common Loon

Some type of Dragonfly

May 21, 2009: Williamsville Glen Birding

Made a very brief stop at the Williamsville Glen this morning, and got two photos

Common Grackle
Tennessee Warbler

May 19, 2009: Birding Tifft Farm (Buffalo) and Iroquois NWR

I have a few photos today, from Tifft Farm (Buffalo) in the early morning, and then in the evening after work at Iroquois NWR's Swallow Hollow Trail:

Tifft Farm:

Black-Throated Blue Warbler
Grey Catbird

White-Tailed Deer

Yellow Warbler

Green Heron

Pied-Billed Grebe on nest

Magnolia Warbler

Black-Capped Chickadee

Belted Kingfisher

Empidonax Flycatcher (Acadian?)

Wood Duck

Gadwall

Iroquois NWR:

Above and Below: Cerulean Warbler

Veery