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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.

Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern

#caster1
Hydroprogne caspia
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

#belkin1
Megaceryle alcyon
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

#gbbgul
Larus marinus
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Common Merganser

Common Merganser

#commer
Mergus merganser
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
American Herring Gull

American Herring Gull

#amhgul1
Larus smithsonianus
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
American Crow

American Crow

#amecro
Corvus brachyrhynchos
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Ring-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

#ribgul
Larus delawarensis
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

#baleag
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Mallard

Mallard

#mallar3
Anas platyrhynchos
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

#hoomer
Lophodytes cucullatus
seen Sep 13, 6:23 PM · Myers Point
Barred Owl

Barred Owl

#brdowl
Strix varia
seen Sep 13, 6:01 PM · 12 Redwood Lane, Ithaca, New York, US (42.418, -76.41)
Blue Jay

Blue Jay

#blujay
Cyanocitta cristata
seen Sep 13, 6:01 PM · 12 Redwood Lane, Ithaca, New York, US (42.418, -76.41)
Wood Duck

Wood Duck

#wooduc
Aix sponsa
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
Fish Crow

Fish Crow

#fiscro
Corvus ossifragus
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
no photo on file

Double-crested Cormorant

#doccor
Nannopterum auritum
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren

#carwre
Thryothorus ludovicianus
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
American Black Duck

American Black Duck

#ambduc
Anas rubripes
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
European Starling

European Starling

#eursta
Sturnus vulgaris
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
Osprey

Osprey

#osprey
Pandion haliaetus
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
Green Heron

Green Heron

#grnher
Butorides virescens
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
no photo on file

Gray Catbird

#grycat
Dumetella carolinensis
seen Sep 13, 5:39 PM · Stewart Park
Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

#grbher3
Ardea herodias
seen Sep 13, 5:34 PM · Stewart Park
Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow

#sonspa
Melospiza melodia
seen Sep 13, 5:34 PM · Stewart Park
no photo on file

Canada Goose

#cangoo
Branta canadensis
seen Sep 13, 5:34 PM · Stewart Park