lycophidion , 6 days ago Some featured creatures from yesterday at MNSA, NY 6.22.24 #nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #insects #dragonfly #biodiversity Yellow-crowned Night Heron perched on a snag. Smaller heron with blue-gray, mottled upper, buffy lower, white forehead and black and white lateral face markings. Slight yellow tinge to frontal plumage. Strong, sharp black bill. Seaside Skimmer dragonfly, the only dragonfly to lay eggs in salt-water. Colors change over the season, but this early arrival has a yellow and black banded and black-tipped abdomen and a blue-black head and thorax. American Oystercatcher standing on a matt of algae at low tide, holding a small crab. Black and white upper, light lower, black head with yellow eyes. Long, slightly recurved, orange bill.
Some featured creatures from yesterday at MNSA, NY 6.22.24 #nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birdphotography #birding #insects #dragonfly #biodiversity
Yellow-crowned Night Heron perched on a snag. Smaller heron with blue-gray, mottled upper, buffy lower, white forehead and black and white lateral face markings. Slight yellow tinge to frontal plumage. Strong, sharp black bill. Seaside Skimmer dragonfly, the only dragonfly to lay eggs in salt-water. Colors change over the season, but this early arrival has a yellow and black banded and black-tipped abdomen and a blue-black head and thorax. American Oystercatcher standing on a matt of algae at low tide, holding a small crab. Black and white upper, light lower, black head with yellow eyes. Long, slightly recurved, orange bill.