Back @ Tom’s Point

Dateline: 1 July 2023

Checking in with BirdingPI.com’s western NY field team, reporting from Tom’s Point on Lake Chautauqua, NY:

Lincoln’s Sparrow
Orange Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Red-winged Blackbirds I
Red-winged Blackbirds II
Meadow flowers

Great sighting of male Indigo Bunting:


Then the rain moved in
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) + rain

Lots of wet Song Sparrow:


White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) x meadow

“Glass half empty:” out-of-focus deer

“Glass half full:” pretty meadow flowers with artistic deer leaping effect bokeh


Wrapping it up w/ more Red-winged Blackbird: