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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
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Jones Point Path/Hudson Greenway Trail. Some of the flower spathes appeared deflated, post-peak. Ice at creek margins.
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Rock Polypody (Polypodium virginianum)Observer
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Jones Point Path/Hudson Greenway Trail.
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Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)Observer
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Jones Point Path/Hudson Greenway Trail. Mild, breezy day with sun and clouds. Mid 50°s.
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Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)Observer
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Singing a sort of abbreviated song, as if practicing. Undersory of yews near pines.
Cellphone video converted to audio file (bird was out of picture range).
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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)Observer
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Late lingering bird in the spent, end-season flower beds near Playscape of The Battery. Darker smudgy area around eyes would suggest this is an immature male.
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Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)Observer
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Three Purple Sandpipers foraging at the jetty/reef at end of Pier 26 (lately a regular occurrence there). Historically a challenging species to encounter within the confines of New York county.
Digibinned image (handheld camera-phone shot through binocular lens, and cropped).
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Merlin (Falco columbarius)Observer
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Perched on tall flagpole by carousel. Missing or broken inner primary(s) of right wing seen briefly as bird made a couple brief loops over S section of park.
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Pimpla disparisObserver
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Inside apartment, attracted to lamp-light.
Cellphone video here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/86QAv5znYjUT8baA9
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Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)Observer
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Photographed with handheld camera phone through binocular lens (digibinned).
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Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)Observer
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Under oaks at the N side of CGC building, opposite Cope Lake. 2nd photo with US quarter for scale.
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Clustered Midrib Gall Wasp (Andricus dimorphus)Observer
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Shed oak leaf with gall cluster found near service yard (restricted area) of Bronx Zoo.
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Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)Observer
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Several plants under beech trees downslope from the Zoo's World of Birds exhibit building.
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)Observer
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Foraging on exposed mud and shallow edges. Eventually saw 2 individuals plus a Spotted Sandpiper. Just downstream from Fordham Road. Digibinned photo (camera-phone shot through binoculars, cropped).
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German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)Observer
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Labyrinth Garden. Confident about genus Vespula. A few similar species are possible but I don't know how to tell them apart.
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)Observer
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Foraging in shallow water of Bronx River. Stood motionless for short periods interspersed with bouts of dancing/chasing after food items.
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)Observer
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Perched briefly on pilings at end of Pier A.
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
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Hawk had just caught brown rat seconds before it flew to a low perch where this photo taken.
Camera phone picture through binocular lens (digibinned).
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)Observer
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Flying near woodchip pile behind Verrazzano monument. Landed on my hand.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)Observer
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Foraging on lateral limb of pine tree at Battery Woodland. Adult. Digibinned photo (camera phone shot through binocular lens).
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
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Breeze was lifting mantle feathers. Photographed at the fenced-off Battery Woodland. Camera-phone shot through binocular lens and cropped.
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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)Observer
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Battery Woodland near Carousel. Visiting South bound migrant.
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Veery (Catharus fuscescens)Observer
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Migratory stopover. On turf of Labyrinth Garden.
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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)Observer
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On window screen where it drew attention of cat. Shaped like a bug (Hemiptera), with pale grabbing forelegs visible. About 6 mm. length.
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Gadwall (Mareca strepera)Observer
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Drake preening near the Merchant Marines Memorial, Pier A. Good view of chestnut wing coverts. Possibly molting into basic plumage.
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Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)Observer
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Recreational fishermen casting from seawall caught and released this individual, while others had landed and kept fish of equal size.
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Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau)Observer
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From vantage of Pier A overlooking Slip 6, first one and then a second Double-crested Cormorant surfaced close by each with Oyster Toadfish in their bills. Both birds spent several minutes repositioning their wide headed prey for swallowing. Closer bird photographed with cellphone through binoculars.