The portrait of this juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at Big John’s Pond. This picture of this Yellow-crowned Night-heron was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
Category Archives: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
House Finch Male
The picture of this male House Finch was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near the visitor’s center in Queens, New York. This House Finch was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
American Goldfinch Female
The picture of this female American Goldfinch with yellow flowers was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near the vistor’s Center in Queens, New York on a hot summer day. This American Goldfinch was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher on Branch
I photographed this pretty Great Crested Flycatcher yesterday near the visitor’s center at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge using my Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with a 2X extender.
To hear the song of the, click on the arrow below.
White-eyed Vireo
The picture of this beautiful White-eyed Vireo was taken at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York during spring migration. The White-eyed Vireo is a small and secretive bird of shrubby areas of the eastern and southern United States, the White-eyed Vireo is more noticeable for its explosive song than its looks.
Brown Thrasher
House Finch
Tree Swallows
Tree Swallows on Nest Box
It is wonderful to have the Tree Swallows back inhabiting the air space and nest boxes at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. And as you can see, they are being their same chatty selves. Tree Swallows winter farther north than any other American swallows and return to their nesting grounds long before other swallows come back.