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A gorgeous Merlin bird looking forward.

What a beauty! Nice shot Nap! Merlin is one of my fave birds. Couldn't help myself, sorry, I recropped & enhanced a bit for extra drama. 👀 Hope you don't get upset. 🤎

This is a gorgeous photo! Hope you'll print & frame.

Male hooded merganser duck paddling on a pond.

A hooded merganser paddling on Central Park's Turtle Pond. Peak leaf colors paint a bold reflection on the water. 🪶

Adorable!

Oh that's a nice one!

Red tailed hawk with wings up flying away from a chain link fence

Red tailed hawk leaving a fence by the ballfields in Central Park. 🪶

That's a cool bird. Nice one!

A Carolina Wren standing on a rock looking with one eye directly at the viewer.

Took a good look at us before carrying on. #caroliawren 🪶

A Nashville Warbler, looking sideways, while sitting in the sun on a patch of Jimsonweed

Nashville Warbler in a patch of Jimsonweed. Central Park. 10.26 🪶

Yellow blossoms

Green tomatoes

A green leaf closeup

Tomatoes growing wild in a city park? I guess so! 🍅 #riversideparknyc #naturenyc

Closeup of a Fiddler crab

Here's a closer look.

Stumbled across a large number of Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crabs on the move at Stone Harbor Beach.

Sanderling on some rocks

Semipalmated Plover on a beach

Semipalmated Sandpiper on some rocks

Ruddy Turnstone on some rocks

You betcha! Here's a few from Cape May, NJ.

A gray tree frog rests on a metal trail rail that is covered with morning dew.

Gray tree frog. Cape May Meadows. I'm in Cape May all week & I'm having a blast. Hopefully I've got some good bird pics that I can share when I get back.

Huge mushroom on a living oak tree trunk.

Closeup of a huge mushroom on a living oak tree trunk.

Closeup of a huge mushroom on a living oak tree trunk showing guttation

Whoa! No idea what species of mushroom this is but it's huge and amazing looking. Check out the guttation or sweating. #naturenyc

Two snapping turtles, covered in duckweed, in a pond

Two snapping turtles, covered in duckweed, in a pond

Two snapping turtles, covered in duckweed, in a pond

Two snapping turtles, covered in duckweed, in a pond

At first I thought a snapping turtle was killing someone but, as I got closer, I realized it was two snapping turtles in love. 🖤 So prehistoric looking. Claws were going everywhere! Today at the Central Park Pool.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly with a piece of wing missing.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly with a piece of wing missing. Seen at the Central Park Butterfly Garden today. #naturenyc

Good number of migrants showing in Riverside Park this morning. 103-116. Lots of redstarts, couple of black & whites, waterthrush & ovenbird. Get out today there if you can. Seems birdy.

A pink flower, perhaps a petunia, growing in the cracks of a sidewalk

A petunia (?) growing in the cracks of the sidewalk. #NatureNYC

Hello July! #RiversideParkNYC
#NatureNYC

A White Admiral

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Was not familiar with More Than Weeds but love that! Thx for mentioning.

That's excellent!

Ohmigosh! 🧡

I love the expression, bloom where you are planted. Also love the composition you made with the type on that pretty pic.

bee on milkweed flowers

Happy #NationalPollinatorWeek this #WildFlowerWednesday!

Closeup on a bright pink bloom of Japanese Spirea

Looking forward to all the butterflies that will visit this pretty Japanese Spirea plant. Every year the blooms are so vibrant & cheerful. So needed these days. #WildflowerWednesday

Three tiny white daisy like flowers Erigeron annuus Flower heads Conservation status Secure (NatureServe)[1] Scientific classification Edit this classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Erigeron Species: E. annuus Binomial name Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. Subspecies[2] E. annuus subsp. lilacinus Sennikov & Kurtto Synonyms[2] Basionym Aster annuus L. Alphabetical list Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus),

Daisy Fleabane
Aster
#WildflowerWednesday
#TinyFlower
#BloomScrolling
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Ohmigosh! What a nice find!