WARNING!!! These are FLIES!! Not BEES! Do NOT believe their DIRTY FLY LIES!!! They will scare you away and steal the nectar RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER YOU!!!!

a few signs of spring in brooklyn. groundhog, flower fly, spring beauty, mourning cloak

who’s this seagull named after? wrong answers only

merry crossbill!

trumpeter swans sound like someone is jumping up and down on a pile of rubber chickens

i don’t really care about the u.s. capitol or about christmas but i’m excited that this year, the tree in front of the capitol is one of my favorites, the red spruce! red spruces are only found in the northeastern united states and southeastern canada, and their tall, scruffy appearance lends a distinctive look to some of my favorite boreal-looking bird habitats, like the adirondack mountains. also, it’s the favorite food of the red crossbills that inhabit the northeast.

dog pile

ivory gull????? no… just ivory-colored ring-billed gull :)
#bird #birds

nice to meet you 5FR!