Egrets, I Have a Few

 Annamaria on Monday

Birds are Everywhere. too.  Pretty much.

This past Saturday was International Migratory Bird Day.  Since NYC is on the flyway of many species, the day was marked big time by birdwatching clubs in our parks and on our waterfronts.

Now, I am declaring today International Migratory Birdlovers Day on MIE. in this case, it's the watchers not the birds that ordinarily travel vast distances.  

South America

I had always noticed and enjoyed birds.  My father took us kids, when we were little, to see the snow geese when they were stopping by on their way to Canada.  But then a week in Galapagos in 1991 honed my interest to keen.

I loved watching the boobies fish.  They flew circled over the

water in a tight squadrons of forty or fifty.  Then,

 suddenly, one would peel off and dive.  Then three

 or four.  Then wham!  They were all hitting the water.  

Since then, I have enjoyed photographing birds on four other continents.

Asia

 Europe

Africa

This was the BEST!  But then again, several of these photos were taken on game drives with the Lords of the Wings--Michael and Stan.

New York

Even here at home, from my bedroom window, I have seen red-tail hawks circling above--gorgeous to behold but impossible to photograph. 

Here's a mourning dove, whose call is often my wakeup call.

And I caught these two good old typical New Yorkers falling in love.