lycophidion, Some birds at the Marine Nature Study Area, a salt-marsh preserve in NY. 5.17.24
Clockwise from upper left: Green Heron, Ruddy Turnstone, Osprey and Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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Ruddy Turnstone, a shorebird patterned like a Calico Cat.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron in profile. A small heron with a blue-grey body and black and white banded head, with a yellow tinge to its forelock and a long plume arising from the rear of its head.
Osprey, a large fish-eating hawk, perched on a snag. Body is mostly dark brown with some white on the underside and head and a black mask.
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