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Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 9 and 11 May 2023

Caleb Crain
May 12, 2023
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A baby rabbit, tiny ears raised, stands on a sidewalk, with an expression of impossible, internet-breaking cuteness
A double-crested cormorant, tire-rubber black with blue candy eyes, is sitting on a log, raising one webby foot to scratch behind its invisible right ear
Double-crested cormorant
A great crested flycatcher is perched on a bare branch, vertical, alert
Great crested flycatcher
A little fluffy caramel pyramid of worm-eating warbler goodness, looking up from its perch on a branch
Worm-eating warbler
A blue-headed vireo, hunched forward on a branch, with a look of intention
Blue-headed vireo
A chartreuse bird with grayish-brown wings, its beak wide open as it swallows a bug
Scarlet tanager
A wood thrush in profile, its beak slightly open as it sings its weird Tuvan-throat-singing song
Wood thrush
A close-up on the face of a raccoon, tilted so that it's on the diagonal, as it looks down from a tree, and out from the cover of its next album
You will never see an American redstart looking more dignified
American redstart
A common yellowthroat perched on a dry stem, looking to one side
Common yellowthroat (male)
A warbler with the eye makeup that Malcolm McDowell had in A Clockwork Orange
Canada warbler
A male red-winged blackbird, red-and-yellow epaulets flaring, wings arched back
Red-winged blackbird
A house wren in raking light, looking back over its shoulder in a glamour pose
House wren
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