Tried to make a new friend at the park today. There were a surprising number of hawks hanging around, yelling, flitting between the trees, and circling around in the breeze. At one point there were four of them up in the air at once.

#USWildlife #USBirds #Hawk

Negri-Nepote: A Grassland Without Grass - Island in the Net

An early morning at Negri-Nepote promised target species and golden light—but the results fell short of the preparation.

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A quiet pause with a Tree Swallow in the Institute Woods. #Birds #USBirds #Princeton #TreeSwallow #Swallow

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Tree Swallow - Island in the Net

A quiet pause with a Tree Swallow in the Institute Woods.

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A spring morning search for Wood Ducks in Princeton’s Institute Woods turns into a lesson about looking up—and knowing your lens limits.
#Birds #USBirds #WoodDuck

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Looking Up for Wood Ducks - Island in the Net

A spring morning search for Wood Ducks in Princeton’s Institute Woods turns into a lesson about looking up—and knowing your lens limits.

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Chickadee paused in the tree in my yard. #Birds #USBirds #NewJersey

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Spring Chickadee - Island in the Net

Chickadee paused in the tree in my yard.

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A Passing Whimbrel - Island in the Net

A lone Whimbrel crossed my path in quiet flight—a fleeting, unplanned first.

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A first sighting of a Greater Yellowlegs, quietly poised in spring plumage, along the marshy edge of Jarvis Sound. #Birds #USBirds #CapeMay #NewJersey #GreaterYellowlegs

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First Greater Yellowlegs - Island in the Net

A first sighting of a Greater Yellowlegs, quietly poised in spring plumage, along the marshy edge of Jarvis Sound.

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A distant Black-bellied Plover stood alone on a shimmering mudflat, its quiet presence captured in a soft, spacious frame. #Birds #USBirds #CapeMay #NewJersey #Plover

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Alone on the Flats - Island in the Net

A distant Black-bellied Plover stood alone on a shimmering mudflat, its quiet presence captured in a soft, spacious frame.

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Purple Sandpipers foraged quietly on barnacle-covered jetty rocks in Cape May, revealing a surprising adaptation to a rugged, wave-splashed habitat. #Birds #USBirds #CapeMay #NewJersey

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Purple Sandpipers - Island in the Net

Purple Sandpipers foraged quietly on barnacle-covered jetty rocks in Cape May, revealing a surprising adaptation to a rugged, wave-splashed habitat.

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single Northern Gannet glided silently over the inlet, just before the Osprey boat turned back. #Birds #USBirds #CapeMay #NewJersey #NorthernGannet

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Solo Northern Gannet Flight Over the Inlet - Island in the Net

single Northern Gannet glided silently over the inlet, just before the Osprey boat turned back.

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