As I noted in this blog last June (Why? Because I Like Them!), I sometimes edit photos in no particular order and without a theme, unless you call pix that give me joy a theme. If I think some of the photos are worth posting, I put together a slideshow video. I call these my Mickey Mouse Club photos (“M-I-C, See you real soon! K-E Y, Why? because we like you!”), which I imagine really dates me.
So I have some more photos for you, accompanied by an etude by Chopin.
The most delightful photos in this offering, in my opinion, are of the Eastern bluebirds I saw at Croton Point Park on November 17, 2025. That walk also got me a lot more photos of other birds, including American tree sparrows, song sparrows, dark-eyed juncos and a white-throated sparrow, plus a nice scenic shot of a Metro North train heading into the Croton-Harmon station. You can also see a cute squirrel, plus a mourning dove and some late-fall rosebuds.
Eastern bluebird, Croton Point Park, November 17, 2025
Metro North train, seen from Croton Point Park, November 17, 2025
Rosebuds, Croton Point Park, November 17, 2025
A trip to Delwit Avenue on Staten Island on August 1, 2025, was another source of fun photos. You may already have seen the white and glossy ibises in my last blog posting (Divine Ibises, February 15). But this out-of-the-way location, which in some ways looks like a dump site, yielded really good looks at yellow-crowned night herons, snowy egrets, little blue herons (juvenile and adult) and assorted sandpipers.
Snowy egrets, Staten Island, August 1, 2025
Least and spotted sandpipers, Staten Island, August 1, 2025
Two other trips to Staten Island rewarded me with shots of a bald eagle, a Cooper’s hawk and a photogenic mockingbird.
Cooper’s hawk, Brookfield Park, Staten Island, January 8, 2026
Bald eagle, Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Staten Island, January 13, 2025
Some of my favorite photos are of flowers, particularly closeups of the blooms. I went to the community garden at 89th Street in Riverside Park on September 2, 2025, and was so happy to take pix of some lovely flowers.
Central Park also rewarded me, in both 2025 and 2026, with photos of a long-eared owl, a northern cardinal, a fox sparrow, a dark-eyed junco and red-tailed hawks.
I'm still editing photos from past walks, and I expect that there will be another compilation post relatively soon. To keep informed, feel free to subscribe to this blog.