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Sapsucker Woods

Just a few photos from a trip to Sapsucker Woods, the Ithaca, NY home of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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  • Young Red-tailed Hawk

    Young Red-tailed Hawk

    Buteo jamaicensis - I watched this bird take a mouse that was unfortunate enough to come out of cover right below the tree. The hawk just looked down, rocked forward and dropped onto the mouse. It didn't even have to flap its wings.

  • Young Red-tailed Hawk

    Young Red-tailed Hawk

    Buteo jamaicensis - I watched this bird take a mouse that was unfortunate enough to come out of cover right below the tree. The hawk just looked down, rocked forward and dropped onto the mouse. It didn't even have to flap its wings.

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    This is a first year bird. You can tell by the dark upper mandible.

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    This is a first year bird. You can tell by the dark upper mandible.

  • Banding a Juvenile Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

    Banding a Juvenile Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

  • Banding a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

    Banding a White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

  • What's in the Bag?

    What's in the Bag?

    A very vigorous female Red-winged Blackbird, it turns out. Awaiting banding and measurement.

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  • Moon (Lunas lunas)

    Moon (Lunas lunas)

  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker's Been Here

    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker's Been Here

  • Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) with young.

    Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) with young.

  • American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

    American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

  • Juvenile Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

    Juvenile Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

  • Adult Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

    Adult Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

  • Adult Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

    Adult Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

    Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

  • Female Mallard  (Anas platyrhynchos)

    Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

    Looks very much like a male Black Duck in this photo, but other shots showed the white wing bar that the Black Duck lacks.

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  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

    Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

    Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

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