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Featured Pictures - the birds
Image 1Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park
Image 2Northern cardinal female in Central Park
Image 3Great blue heron on frozen pond in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 4Juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker in Prospect Park
Image 5Fish crow cawing in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 6A rescued Eurasian eagle-owl
Image 7Western tanager which popped up in NYC, far from its usual range
Image 8Black-capped chickadee at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 9Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 10House wren doing its best eel impression guarding its nestbox.
Image 11Song sparrow on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park
Image 12Female northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 13White-breasted nuthatch on a suet feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 14Marsh wren singing at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Image 15Great egret stabbing the water in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 16Red-tailed hawk rescue
Image 17Piping plover in Queens
Image 18Northern flicker looking out from its nest in the Central Park North Woods
Image 19Eastern wood pewee in Central Park
Image 20Blue jay in Prospect Park
Image 21Downy woodpecker foraging in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 22Tufted titmouse with a seed in Prospect Park
Image 23American robin
Image 24Redhead in Central Park
Image 25House finch with a sunflower seed at a feeder in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 26Rehabilitated eastern screech owl
Image 27Ring-billed gull in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 28Killdeer at the South Cape May Meadows
Image 29Gray catbird in Central Park
Image 30Ring-billed gull preening/bathing in Marine Park
Image 31Pine siskin in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 32Northern shoveler pair "shoveling" together in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 33First winter laughing gull in Riverhead, New York
Image 34A rescued American kestrel that couldn't be released so is now serving as an "ambassador" bird
Image 35Canada goose gosling in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 36Cape May warbler in Prospect Park
Image 37Ring-billed gull in a rainbow over Niagara Falls
Image 38Male northern cardinal in Central Park
Image 39Immature herring gull manipulating a clam in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 40Green heron in Prospect Park
Image 41Northern rough-winged swallows in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 42Lesser yellowlegs wading at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 43Blue jay fledgling calling for its parent in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 44American robin making a dog whistle-like alarm call in Prospect Park
Image 45Red-tailed hawk yearbook photo, class of 2022, Central Park
Image 46American oystercatcher family portrait on Fort Tilden beach
Image 47Anna's hummingbird in Pacifica, California
Image 48Female brown-headed cowbird chattering in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 49Short-billed dowitcher in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 50Winter wren in Prospect Park
Image 51Red-necked phalarope at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 52Three ring-billed gulls in Red Hook
Image 53Northern mockingbird on a fence in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Image 54American tree sparrow in Central Park
Image 55Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 56Ovenbird in Prospect Park
Image 57Scarlet tanager eating a berry in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 58Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park
Image 59Palm warbler in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 60Female hooded merganser resting on the Central Park Reservoir
Image 61Piping plover chick in Queens
Image 62Juvenile American robin
Image 63Mourning dove perched in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Image 64Ring-billed gull in flight over Red Hook, Brooklyn
Image 65European starling in Central Park
Image 66White ibis in Ocean City, New Jersey (I kind of prefer the uncropped version)
Image 67Semipalmated sandpiper at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 68Blackpoll warbler in a flowering dogwood tree in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 69Immature cooper's hawk in Prospect Park
Image 70Golden-crowned kinglet
Image 71Immature mute swan in Prospect Park
Image 72Cedar waxwing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 73Brown thrasher (snow-nosed variety) in Central Park
Image 74Snowy egret in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 75Male house sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 76Baltimore oriole (immature/female) in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 77Mute swan and cygnets on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 78Field sparrow in Central Park
Image 79Wood duck drake vocalizing in Central Park
Image 80Yellow-bellied sapsucker in Central Park
Image 81Western gull sitting on a boat in San Francisco Bay
Image 82Cedar waxwing in pokeweed in Prospect Park
Image 83Lesser yellowlegs at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 84Gray catbird with a chokeberry in Prospect Park
Image 85Tufted titmouse floofed up in Central Park
Image 86Northern mockingbird in a "tail up" display in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 87American coot in Prospect Park
Image 88Great black-backed gull in Quogue, NY
Image 89Gray catbird in Prospect Park
Image 90Ospreys in a nest on Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Image 91Male black-throated green warbler in Prospect Park
Image 92White-throated sparrow in Prospect Park
Image 93Tree swallow on a nest box in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 94Great blue heron in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 95European starlings on a birdhouse on Staten Island
Image 96Close-up of a white-throated sparrow in Central Park
Image 97Chipping sparrow on a grave in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 98Huge flock of gulls just after they were spooked by something during a horseshoe crab feeding frenzy in Cape May, New Jersey
Image 99Great blue heron lurching its head back to swallow a brown watersnake in Green Cay Wetlands
Image 100Mute swan cygnet pontoon on a duckweed-covered pond
Image 101Gray catbird watching a hawk fly overhead in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 102Common grackle showing off its iridescence in Central Park
Image 103Downy woodpecker with a leaf on its nose in Prospect Park
Image 104Northern waterthrush in Central Park
Image 105Male yellow-rumped warbler singing in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 106White-breasted nuthatch doing its nuthatchy pose in Green-Wood Cemetery
Image 107Juvenile Forster's tern calling for its parent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 108Veery in the Central Park Ramble
Image 109Male northern shoveler in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 110Purple martin in flight in Cape May, New Jersey
Image 111House sparrows in Central Park
 
Featured Pictures - everything else
Image 1Optical illusion on the floor of the Florence Cathedral
Image 2Open Ocean exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Image 3Toronto Reference Library interior from the top floor
Image 4Ash tree behind a columbarium in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Image 5Black Lives Matter mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Image 6Ship 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 7Eastern gray squirrel in Central Park
Image 8Manhattan at night, looking north from Rockefeller Center
Image 9Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (18-frame panorama)
Image 10Abandoned building in Floyd Bennett Field
Image 11American lady butterfly on a purple coneflower
Image 12Chinese mantis ootheca in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 13Burberry rainbow cape at the Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition
Image 14Defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station in Boston
Image 15Salix catkins
Image 16Sunset sky over Governors Island, NYC (panorama)
Image 17Fulton Center skylight
Image 18Green iguana panorama in Palm Beach County
Image 19Maroon Bells. Easily one of the most awe-inspiring natural scenes I've experienced.
Image 20California 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 21Saint Christopher Street in Valletta
Image 22Composite of a clementine with/without peel
Image 23Bow Bridge in Central Park (panorama)
Image 24Coleus
Image 25White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel perched on a tree in Brooklyn
Image 26Pond sliders (red and yellow) and a river cooter fighting for basking space
Image 27Memorial to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, taken just after Stonewall Inn was designated part of a National Monument
Image 28Oculus
Image 29Crocuses in early spring.
Image 30Alexander 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?
Image 31Panorama of the Apennine Colossus in Tuscany
Image 32Familiar bluet in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Image 33Triq San Patrizju facing the Basilica Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Valletta, Malta
Image 34Maroon Bells
Image 35Moss-covered oak trees in the Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Image 36California sea lion nap time at La Jolla Cove
Image 37Makhtesh Ramon
Image 38Monarch butterfly
Image 39Florence seen from the Duomo terrace
Image 40Waldemarsviken in Stockholm
Image 41Sasheer Zamata at a Time's Up event during the Tribeca Film Festival
Image 42Panorama of the once-active waterfront of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Image 43White (leucistic) eastern gray squirrel with a peanut
Image 44Algal mat in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 45Hudson Yards in New York, taken from the top of Hudson Commons (9-frame panorama)
Image 46City Hall Station in Manhattan, abandoned since 1945 because it looked cool but didn't
Image 47A [pretty dodgy] bridge along a cliff path at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 48The Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is known for lots of elaborate Christmas lights, earning the nickname "Dyker Lights"
Image 49Boston Public Garden
Image 50TWA Hotel
Image 51Crook 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 52Abandoned car in Marine Park, Brooklyn
Image 53Male tiger swallowtail butterfly in Central Park (missing its tails)
Image 54Redbeckia occidentalis
Image 55Razor clamshell dress from spring/summer 2001, in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at The Met
Image 56Magnolia x veitchii bud
Image 57Monarch butterfly
Image 58Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge East Pond
Image 59Sarracenia leucophylla
Image 60An island (with ospreys) in Trustom Pond in the fog
Image 61Lower Manhattan panorama
Image 62Quarry in Makhtesh Ramon
Image 63Bee balm seedhead
Image 64Jun Takahashi dress for Undercover in the Sleeping Beauties exhibition at the Met
Image 65Glass 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 66Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Image 67Pier 66 and Hudson Yards
Image 68A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 69Male eastern amberwing dragonfly in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 70Daubeny's water lily
Image 71Condenser at the defunct Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
Image 72Northern elephant seals in Ano Nuevo, California
Image 73Male elephant seal resting between fights in Ano Nuevo
Image 74Eastern chipmunk with stuffed cheeks in Prospect Park
Image 75Frizzle sizzle
Image 76One World Trade Center through the Oculus
Image 77Window in a cafe in San Gimignano, Italy
Image 78Coney Island Mermaid Parade (no, this is not a picture of Rhododendrites)
Image 79Comme des Garcons at the Met
Image 80Group photo of four pears
Image 81Quogue Village Wetlands Preserve
Image 82Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere covered in lesser celandine, with a leucistic white squirrel in the distance
Image 83Hell Gate Bridge
Image 84Two juvenile Nubian ibex
Image 85A mural of patients in the long-defunct Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Image 86Rooftop farm on the Lower East Side
Image 87Hell Gate Bridge, with a scow being towed along the Hell Gate section of the East River
Image 88Great golden digger wasp in Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 89Eldridge Street Synagogue
Image 90Bluebells in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Image 91Lincoln Center during Pride at dusk
Image 92Stata Center at MIT
Image 93Raccoon in Central Park
Image 94Cattlianthe Gold Digger ‘Orglade's Mandarin’ orchid
Image 95Rice paper butterfly with light shining through in Butterfly World, Florida
Image 96Pond sliders in Prospect Park
Image 97Wonder Wheel sign on Coney Island
Image 98Juvenile Nubian ibex on a wall at the edge of Makhtesh Ramon
Image 99The Seaside Sanatorium in Connecticut
Image 100Sukkah at Congregation Emanu-El of New York
Image 101Bigfin reef squid at Monterey Bay Aquarium