Birding
While visiting my parents in the summer of 2021 I became fascinated by a pair of Eastern Towhees that decided to nest in my mom’s lilac bush. I started actively birding and listing after finishing my dissertation in 2022. Below is a sampling of photos taken during my birding adventures.
You can access my eBird profile here.
I have also begun expanding my naturalist interests into other areas, especially wasps, bees, moths, and butterflies. My iNaturalist profile is here.

Bonaparte's Gull, Toronto Islands

Hermit Thrush, Tommy Thompson Park
Dunlin, Toronto Islands
Great Horned Owl, Toronto

Yellow-legged Gull, Bulgaria

Yellow Warbler, Toronto Islands

Red-backed Shrike, Sofia, Bulgaria
Peregrine Falcon, Tommy Thompson Park

Winter Wren, Tommy Thompson Park

Great Blue Heron, Mystic Lakes, Massachusetts

Barred Owl, Toronto Islands

White Stork, Leipzig

Squacco Heron, Burgas, Bulgaria

Snowy Owl, Toronto

Cedar Waxwings, Tommy Thompson Park

American Avocet, Jamaica Bay, New York

Rock Ptarmigan, Iceland
Semipalmated Plover, Woodbine Beach

Red-Winged Blackbird, High Park
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Tommy Thompson Park

Ovenbird, Tommy Thompson Park

Eastern Screech-Owl, High Park

Grasshopper Sparrow, Carden Alvar

Common Kingfisher, Burgas, Bulgaria

Vesper Sparrow, High Park

Turkey Vulture, Tommy Thompson Park

Great Egret, High Park

Wood Thrush, High Park

Mute Swan, Toronto

Northern Shrike, Tommy Thompson Park

Snowy Egret, New York City

White-Eyed Vireo, Jamaica Bay, New York

Wood Ducks, High Park
Clay-Colored Sparrow, Thommy Thompson Park
Parasitic Jaeger, Iceland

Prothonotary Warbler, Tommy Thompson Park

Bobolink, Tommy Thompson Park

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Toronto

Hoary Redpoll, Toronto

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, High Park

Black-Crowned Night Heron, Toronto

Cackling Goose, Toronto

Purple Sandpiper, Tommy Thompson Park

Snow Goose, Toronto

Rusty Blackbird, Tommy Thompson Park

Eurasian Kestrel, Berlin

Least Tern, Boston

Little Ringed Plover, Leipzig

Goldcrest, Berlin

Black Redstart, Thuringia

Eurasian Oystercatchers, Iceland
Great Reed Warbler, Bulgaria

Whimbrel, Tommy Thompson Park

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Woodbine Beach, Naturalized Dune Habitat

Sanderling, Tommy Thompson Park

Pectoral Sandpiper, Tommy Thompson Park

Eared Grebe, Sunnyside Beach

Bald Eagle (juvenile), Tommy Thompson Park

Nelson's Sparrow, Tommy Thompson Park
Short-eared Owl, Tommy Thompson Park
Bullock's Oriole, High Park

Snowy Owl, Tommy Thompson Park

Long-billed Dowitcher, Toronto

Wilson's Phalarope, Toronto

Belted Kingfisher, Toronto

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Sunnyside Beach

Long-tailed Jaeger, Hamilton

Rook, Berlin

Wood Stork, Georgia

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Durham County

Pacific Loon, Toronto

Western Cattle Egret, Toronto

Scarlet Tanager, Toronto