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