Aaaaaand we're back!

WTF?!? Ill tell you WTF...gmail and blogger got the ish hacked out of them. Someone or something broke into my gmail and emailed everyone in my address book potentially virus laden spam. As a result, blogger flagged my account as a spammer but within the span of a few hours viola, ish was back like nothing happened.
These are not the droids youre looking for...huzzzah?
So now that I've put the fear of the Chinese in you for ever trusting anything on the internets, here's some more pix from the wonderful world of birds. I give you:
Anatomy of a Peregrine Kill!

Pigeon flies into the hole.

Peregrine flies into hole.

Peregrine surprises pigeon and begins to kill it.
Pigeon cries bloody murder for about 90 seconds.

Peregrine feasts on bird for the next 20 minutes.

The culprit emerges, gore still on his talons!

Fall Birds Part 1

More migrants are moving through still. Large numbers of phoebes, chickadees, yellow rumped warblers and sparrows continue through. There was also a huge number of monarchs until the rains came a few days ago. The cold bracing wind from the northwest ushered in the next phase. Now and for the next few days, large numbers of raptors can also been seen moving through.
Chimney Swift

Skipper and Sulphur



Adult and immature White Crowned


Lincoln's Sparrow


Phoebe eyes a monarch


Monarch feeding

Ruby Crowned Kinglet


Blue Grosbeak


Escape Parakeet


Chickadee

Chipper

Jay


Crows

St. John's Hawks


The last flock of pigeons in Harlem