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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.

Barred Owl

Barred Owl

#brdowl
Strix varia
seen Jun 14, 12:10 AM · 9 Redwood Lane, Ithaca, New York, US (42.417, -76.41)
Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

#carwre
Thryothorus ludovicianus
seen Jun 13, 11:27 PM · Carolina wren
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

#eawpew
Contopus virens
seen Jun 13, 8:43 PM · Iron Raven
Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

#scatan
Piranga olivacea
seen Jun 13, 8:43 PM · Iron Raven
Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush

#herthr
Catharus guttatus
seen Jun 13, 8:43 PM · Iron Raven
Veery

Veery

#veery
Catharus fuscescens
seen Jun 13, 8:43 PM · Iron Raven
Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

#daejun
Junco hyemalis
seen Jun 13, 8:43 PM · Iron Raven
Merlin

Merlin

#merlin
Falco columbarius
seen Jun 13, 8:42 PM · Sunset Park, Ithaca
Blue Jay

Blue Jay

#blujay
Cyanocitta cristata
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

#norcar
Cardinalis cardinalis
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Wood Thrush

Wood Thrush

#woothr
Hylocichla mustelina
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
American Robin

American Robin

#amerob
Turdus migratorius
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Swamp Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

#swaspa
Melospiza georgiana
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Gray Catbird

Gray Catbird

#grycat
Dumetella carolinensis
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Common Grackle

Common Grackle

#comgra
Quiscalus quiscula
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Osprey

Osprey

#osprey
Pandion haliaetus
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
American Crow

American Crow

#amecro
Corvus brachyrhynchos
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

#rewbla
Agelaius phoeniceus
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow

#sonspa
Melospiza melodia
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

#comyel
Geothlypis trichas
seen Jun 13, 8:37 PM · NY:TOM:Ithaca: BDT1 S /Linderman Cr .34mi
Black-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

#bkbcuc
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
seen Jun 13, 8:30 PM · It was on the power line
Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan

#truswa
Cygnus buccinator
seen Jun 13, 8:23 PM · Myers Point
Mallard

Mallard

#mallar3
Anas platyrhynchos
seen Jun 13, 8:22 PM · Jim Schug Trail--Dryden CE west of Lake Rd.
Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

#barswa
Hirundo rustica
seen Jun 13, 8:22 PM · Jim Schug Trail--Dryden CE west of Lake Rd.