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Midsummer in retrospect

Roxbury and Brooklyn, NY, 14 July to 6 August 2023

Caleb Crain
Sep 3, 2023
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A Couch's or a tropical kingbird, perched at the top of an oak, breast to the viewer, beak to the left, opposite wing extended
Couch’s/tropical kingbird
A close-up of an Eastern phoebe with a cricket in its beak
Eastern phoebe
Three Eastern phoebe fledglings, looking as grumpy as Stadtler and Waldorf, in a nest under the eaves of a cottage
A red-eyed vireo, hunched forward on its perch
Red-eyed vireo
A Northern pearly eye butterfly, wings folded, in profile
Northern pearly eye
Two indigo bunting fledglings, perched, flutter their wings and complain that they aren't being fed enough
Indigo bunting fledglings
Common yellowthroat (female or first-year male)
A green heron perched on a curving branch like an arrow in a drawn bow
Green heron
A great spangled fritillary, wings open, russet mottled on cinnamon
Great spangled fritillary
A chestnut-sided warbler wrestling with a large twig-like caterpillar
Chestnut-sided warbler with caterpillar
A chestnut-sided warbler fledgling, looking young, vague, and unhappy
Chestnut-sided warbler (fledgling)
A warbling vireo diving into flight
Warbling vireo
An Eastern tiger swallowtail, wings open, lemonade stained glass
Eastern tiger swallowtail

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