Nicole Vergalla

Black and White warbler enjoying the termite hatch out @GreenWoodHF yesterday What a great day!

@BirdBrklyn Thanks!!

@NVergalla Good photo!

@BirdBrklyn Green Heron continues to hang out along the Gowanus, fishing for mummichogs at low tide.

Birding in Bryant Park this morning, and I think we helped @_RobFloyd see his first Timberdoodle! Hi!! Nice to meet you this morning. :-P Truly my favorite part of birding in NYC are the interesting people who stop by when they see a group of people staring in to the shrubbery

@NYCAudubon Thank you for giving these birds a break! 🙌🏼

The #TributeinLight production team has just turned off the lights for 15 minutes because our volunteers found too many migratory birds in the lights. This pause will allow the birds to disperse and safely continue on their migration!

A stirring reminder of the tragic events that occurred 22 years ago today, the Tribute in Light is also a powerful demonstration of light’s impact on birds. Learn how our partnership with the Tribute helps us research light’s harmful effects on birds and keeps birds safe. 🧵1/4

Hello Night Heron, thanks for hanging around Dell Water this morning. #brooklynbirding

What is a word you love to say/hear? We'll start: 'timberdoodle.'

Flow, my tears, fall to Gowanus Bay! Exiled for ever (until 1:00 AM), let me mourn Where night's black bird her sad infamy sings ☔

Please view Flaco from a distance and stay quiet around him at all times. If you choose to see him at night, please keep in mind that it takes skill, experience and quality binos to sight an owl at night. Remember to turn off your camera flash! (10/11)

Interestingly, Flaco is used to people and rests well during the day—when rescue attempts were not made anyway. So daytime viewing is perhaps fine. But I still don’t like to see people crowding around a sleeping owl all day long. I suggest keeping daytime visits brief. (9/11)

How lucky are we who birdwatch in Prospect Park. We have everything from a hummingbird to a bald eagle. I❤️ Prospect Park.

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So… I’m launching a print shop. I just got my proofs back and they’re stunning. Can’t wait to get these into people’s hands! 10% of proceeds from all bird images will be donated to @wildbirdfund :-) Sign up to get the details! shorturl.at/chlsz

Dream schedule.

@donnerpartyof_1 Hot tip: if you schedule for a time no one is there you can do it quietly and the only people who have to clap are the two poor trainers scheduled during the holiday (at least that’s what I accidentally did!)

Did you know? When SCOTUS said in 1937 that the Social Security Act was “unconstitutional”, President Roosevelt didn’t ask people to vote harder in the next election, he told the Supreme Court he’d add more justices until they backed off, which they did. — We can still do that.

americans on overturning roe v. wade cnn/srrs (jan 2022): 69% oppose 30% support gallup (june 2021): 58% oppose 32% support pew (aug 2019): 70% oppose 28% support

Clarence Thomas writes, in a concurring opinion, that the Supreme Court should reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.

Osprey hunting for (and catching) lunch at @GreenWoodHF yesterday. Image isn’t cropped, pretty big fan of this new lens. 😍

Best bot account ever. 🦝