Biodiversity

Diversity of Bird Life

Pileated Woodpecker Male Backlit by Winter Sun

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (December 2025)

Juvenile Redstart

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2025)

Red-Tailed Hawk

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2025)

Northern Flicker

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2025)

Veery

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2025)

Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor

Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)

Territorial Dispute on the Tidal Flats Egret & Heron Vie for Tidal Fishing Spot

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Great Blue Heron Landing

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Blue Grosbeak

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Purple Martins 'Ungrateful Offspring'

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Marsh Wren

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Osprey Carries Menhaden Catch

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Portrait of a Heron

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Red-Winged Blackbird Male Perched on Great Mullein

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Flock of Avocet

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (July 2023)

Terns Perch as Storm Approaches

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Juvenile Osprey

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)

Black-and-White Warbler

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (July 2023)

Louisiana Waterthrush Pulls Caterpillar from Stream Bank

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2023)

Indigo Bunting

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2023)

Scarlet Tanager

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2023)

Brown Thrasher

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2023)

Savannah Sparrows

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2023)

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2022)

Broad-Winged Hawk

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2022)

Gray Ghost Hunting Grassland Male Northern Harrier

New York, USA (March 2022)

Ring-Necked Pheasant

New York, USA (December 2021)

Eastern Screech Owl Rufous Morph

Ward Marsh, West Haven, Vermont, USA (November 2021)

Spotted Sandpiper

Castine, Maine (September 2021)

Osprey Pulls Catch from Water

Castine, Maine (September 2021)

Black Guillemot in Maine Cove

Castine, Maine (September 2021)

Merlin

Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean (September 2021)

Mute Swan on Lake Lucerne

Lucerne, Switzerland (July 2021)

Greylag Goose at Lake Edge

Lake Lucerne, Switzerland (July 2021)

Great Crested Grebe on Lake Lucerne

Lake Lucerne, Switzerland (July 2021)

Short-Eared Owl Territorial Competition

New York, USA (March 2021)

Great Horned Owl Rare Appearance in Barred Territory

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (February 2021)

Common Merganser On the Poultney River

Ward Marsh, West Haven, Vermont, USA (October 2020)

American Robin Collecting Caterpillar

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2020)

Hermit Thrush

Boczek Marsh, Poultney, Vermont, USA (April 2020)

Migrating Snow Geese Confronted by Canada Goose Defending Territory

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (March 2020)

Great Crested Flycatcher

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Great Egret Eating Anole

Eco Pond, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Roseate Spoonbill in Flight

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Black-Necked Stilt

Eco Pond, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Red-Shouldered Hawk Flying Past Emblem of the National Park Service

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Double-Crested Cormorant

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (March 2020)

Short-Eared Owl Hunting Low Over New York Grasslands

New York, USA (February 2020)

Short-Eared Owl Scanning for Prey

New York, USA (February 2020)

Short-Eared Owl Hunting Vermont Wildlife Refuge

(February 2020)

Sunset Heron

Belfast, Maine, USA (May 2018)

American Herring Gull In Flight with Crab Catch

Belfast, Maine, USA (May 2018)

Black-Billed Magpie

Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)

Yellow-Headed Blackbird

Crestone, Colorado, USA (June 2016)

Steller's Jay

Crestone, Colorado, USA (February 2016)

Townsend's Solitaire

Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (October 2015)

Chukar in Himalayan Pasture

Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)

White Dove of the Chhairo Gompa

Marpha, Nepal (May 2013)

White-Capped Redstart

Dana, Nepal (May 2013)

Grey Bushchat

Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

The Myna and Machhapuchhre

Ghandruk, Nepal (May 2013)

Large-Billed Crow

Ghandruk, Nepal (May 2013)

Crested Serpent-Eagle Gliding through the Valley Between Landruk and Ghandruk

Landruk, Nepal (May 2013)

Black Kite Hunting the Shores of Fewa Lake

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

Mallard and Ducklings

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

Jungle Myna

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

White-Throated Kingfisher

Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)

Shechen Crow Against Backdrop of Buddhist Prayer Flags

Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)

Tantric Pigeons of the Vishvavajra

Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)

New York Pidgeon King Perched at the Top of the City

Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA (September 2012)

Red-Tailed Hawk

Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (March 2012)

Pidgeon Flies Through Washington Square Park

New York City, New York, USA (March 2012)

Goose Landing on Pond Ice

Westport, Connecticut, USA (January 2012)

Northern Mockingbird

Austin, Texas, USA (August 2011)

King of the Grackle

Austin, Texas, USA (August 2011)

Snowy Owl Perched on Pond Dock at Sunset

New York, USA

Snowy Owl

New York, USA

Bald Eagle

Osprey

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA

Himalayan Black Bubal

Shikha, Nepal

Snowy Owl Takeoff

New York, USA

Bobolink Mating Pair Search Frantically for Nest Destroyed in Hay Mowing

Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Osprey Defends Its Lunch

Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Barred Owl Drops on Prey Hunting a patch of reeds at the edge of New York grasslands.

New York, USA

Northern Gannet Dives into the Stellwagen Bank

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Short-Eared Owl

New York, USA

Ovenbird

Short Eared Owl Alert to Nearby Northern Harriers

New York, USA

Glossy Ibis

Blue-Headed Vireo

Pawlet, Vermont, USA

The North Hill Barred

An eight-year immersive study of one family of Barred Owls in Vermont.

14 Observations

1 Identified Species

Barred Owl Perched Low Hunting a Fern Patch

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2024)

Barred Scanning Marsh for Prey

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2022)

Barred Owl Grooming Her Mate

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (April 2022)

Barred Owl Perched at Forest Edge Hunting Uncut Pasture Below

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2020)

Barred Owl

Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Barred Perches over Stream

Pawlet, Vermont, USA (November 2025)

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