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The Bird Files/A parody of All About Birds

Recently spotted near Cornell.
Wanted for being weird.

Real species data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird API, recently observed in Tompkins County, NY. Click any bird to see them caught in the actof mundane human life — and again as the protagonist of a 1940s detective picture.

Black Vulture

Black Vulture

#blkvul
Coragyps atratus
seen Jul 30, 1:30 PM · 729 Elmira Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.40680, -76.54433
Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

#turvul
Cathartes aura
seen Jul 30, 1:30 PM · 729 Elmira Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.40680, -76.54433
American Crow

American Crow

#amecro
Corvus brachyrhynchos
seen Jul 30, 12:30 PM · 358 Thomas Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.41612, -76.38237
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

#shshaw
Accipiter striatus
seen Jul 30, 12:30 PM · 358 Thomas Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.41612, -76.38237
American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

#amegfi
Spinus tristis
seen Jul 30, 12:30 PM · 358 Thomas Rd, Ithaca US-NY 42.41612, -76.38237
Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

#rewbla
Agelaius phoeniceus
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Gray Catbird

Gray Catbird

#grycat
Dumetella carolinensis
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker

#norfli
Colaptes auratus
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Merlin

Merlin

#merlin
Falco columbarius
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Blue Jay

Blue Jay

#blujay
Cyanocitta cristata
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Common Grackle

Common Grackle

#comgra
Quiscalus quiscula
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

#cedwax
Bombycilla cedrorum
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Northern House Wren

Northern House Wren

#houwre
Troglodytes aedon
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

#norcar
Cardinalis cardinalis
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

#belkin1
Megaceryle alcyon
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Swamp Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

#swaspa
Melospiza georgiana
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
American Robin

American Robin

#amerob
Turdus migratorius
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

#comyel
Geothlypis trichas
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Baltimore Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

#balori
Icterus galbula
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow

#sonspa
Melospiza melodia
seen Jul 30, 12:21 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail North
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

#yebsap
Sphyrapicus varius
seen Jul 30, 12:13 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail
Red-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

#reevir1
Vireo olivaceus
seen Jul 30, 12:13 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail
Northern Yellow Warbler

Northern Yellow Warbler

#yelwar1
Setophaga aestiva
seen Jul 30, 12:13 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

#eawpew
Contopus virens
seen Jul 30, 12:13 PM · Sapsucker Woods--Wilson Trail