Tom Guzzio

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Husband, father, teacher, writer, birder, progressive💙 and Vegas kid living north of Boston📍Writing is my personal practice; teaching is my public service. The opinions here are mine alone—no homework required.

A male American goldfinch is perched against a bright blue sky. He seems a bit curious, maybe concerned.
A purple martin rests on a perch to its birdhouse, lifting a wing to preen.
A male and female black-capped chickadee take turns doing nest preparation inside a tree cavity.
A male red-winged blackbird clings to a wind-blown reed near a salt marsh.
An eastern bluebird straddles a branch.
A photogenic chipping sparrow catches a branch and looks towards the camera.
An American crow perches quietly in a tree on an early spring day.
A northern yellow warbler descends from above, doing its best bird of prey impression.
The sky in this photo is sepia colored as a result of the smoke from Canadian wildfires.
A Canada goose watches over three goslings as the pick their way through the grass.
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich imagines The Statue of Liberty with "Mar-a-Lago Face" — the exaggerated facial features (lip fillers, cheek implants, eye lifts) sometimes associated with prominent female MAGA figures.
A double-crested cormorant hangs out on the end of a dead, fallen branch.
A pine warbler is perched in a tree. It’s butt “facing” the camera.
Two double-crested cormorants do their best to avoid the paparazzi on a rainy day.
A red-tailed hawk gazes down; head tilted, possibly in judgment, knowing that his peace, quiet, and anonymity has once again been violated by the featherless and flightless paparazzi.
A red-tailed hawk swivels its head into a seemingly impossible preening position.
A rose-breasted grosbeak looks up from a bath, as if to say “Do you mind?”
A mockingbird sits atop a sign post, surveying its surroundings with a keen eye.
An American robin sits partially hidden amongst early spring leaves.
A gray catbird rests easy on a birch branch.
A black and white warbler sits comfortably on a branch.
A camera-shy cinnamon teal swims away from the paparazzi. Can’t say that I blame him.
A pied billed grebe’s reflected silhouette is captured on a cloudy day.
A tufted titmouse stands over a pile of seed left on a rock.
A black and white warbler hangs a bit precariously on a branch after catching a mayfly.
Two house wrens work to feed their fledglings.
A family of Canada geese makes its way down the road in silhouette.
A mourning dove is perched on a bare branch; both captured in shadow against a blue sky.
A chipping sparrow rests on the post of a road divider.
A house wren feeds an eagerly hungry fledgling, who’s poking its greedy little head out of their vent cap condo. House wrens nest there annually.
A female house finch is perched among the blooms of a magnolia tree, where she takes a break from the sun.
A black-capped chickadee is reaching for a branch with its wings down as it hops along.
A northern yellow warbler captures a bit of light on a gray day. It’s perched in a tree filled with early spring leaves.
A common gallinule glides along the water, its image reflected in the surface.
A female house finch is perched among the blooms of a magnolia tree, where she peers out from the shade.
A turkey walks down the road, daring a bike, car, bus — anything — to break its stride.
A windswept red-winged blackbird sings as it clings to a reed.
An eastern towhee lands on a branch in a crowded pine thicket
A willet is captured perched high in a dead tree.
A northern mockingbird sits atop a signpost against a blue sky. Its watchful eyes survey its surroundings
A black and white warbler rests handsomely on a branch as he ponders his own good looks.
A black-capped chickadee pulls at the head of a cattail, sending fluff flying.
A male red-winged blackbird perches in a flowering tree. The picture is a wash of yellows and greens against a blue sky, while our strikingly beautiful bird sits among splashes of pink.
A Canada goose swims in a pond on a bit of a gray day.
This short video shows semipalmated plovers and semipalmated sandpipers cruising the edge of the surf for tasty morsels.
A northern yellow warbler clutches a small branch on a budding tree.
A female cardinal dines on seed left for her and her bird friends on a rock.
Two Canada goslings search for tasty morsels.
A molting male northern cardinal is caught at the feeder looking very disheveled, damp, and unhappy.
A red-tailed hawk successfully catches a vole in a rough, grassy field.
A common yellowthroat captured from behind is partially hidden by branches and leaves. You can just make out its black bandit mask.
A male American goldfinch sits perched on an upward angled branch. Captured from the back, we can see the black and white feathers on his wings, that sharply pop out against his yellow body.
The backside of a red-tailed hawk shot from below as it begins to spread its wings for takeoff.
A gray catbird poses for the camera.