Astoria the Wild Turkey strolls The Battery and stretches her wings. 🦃 🧡

A close look at a Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Central Park. This native bee is uncommon in the area and its North American population has long been declining. 🐝 🧡

Great to see Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl trending again, as Penny Lane's delightful and thought-provoking film Wild Inside receives glowing reviews and news coverage. Visit flacodocumentary.com for viewing info.

Astoria the Wild Turkey flies up to her roosting tree in The Battery. Good night, Astoria! 🦃 🧡 💤

Astoria the Wild Turkey stands in The Battery with One World Trade Center in the background. 🦃 🧡

Astoria the Wild Turkey gives a pensive look while resting in her favorite garden in The Battery. 🦃 🧡

Louisiana Waterthrushes have begun appearing in Central Park as they head south in migration.

The gardens of The Battery not only provide Astoria the Wild Turkey with places to forage but also offer her secluded places to rest where she can feel safe. 🦃 🧡

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird visits the cardinal flowers of Central Park's Shakespeare Garden. 🧡

Astoria the Wild Turkey drinks some clean, cool water in The Battery. 🦃 🧡 💦

Astoria the Wild Turkey preens as her caregiver and companion Stella Hamilton watches admiringly, on a pleasant evening in The Battery. 🦃 🧡

A Blue Dasher dragonfly perches by the Central Park Pool. They have a 95% success rate at hunting aerial insects, and they eat many mosquitoes every day. 💙

Astoria the Wild Turkey strolls The Battery. 🦃 🧡

Astoria the Wild Turkey forages on the Woodlands Lawn in The Battery. 🦃 🧡

A Black Saddlebags dragonfly hunts over Central Park's Turtle Pond.

Astoria the Wild Turkey drinks from a container of water on the Battery Woodlands Lawn. 🦃 🧡 💦

An American Lady butterfly in The Battery, where it was later seen with a mate.

Even in Wednesday's heat and poor air quality, Astoria the Wild Turkey seemed relaxed, taking it easy in the shade of her favorite garden and enjoying a cool breeze off the Hudson River in The Battery. 🦃 🧡 💦

Astoria the Wild Turkey trusts photographer and caregiver Stella Hamilton to guide her through foot traffic, offer water as needed, and safely get her through fly-up and off to sleep in the evenings. 🦃 🧡

A Red-tailed Hawk, likely Henry the father of the 927 Fifth Avenue nest, flying over Central Park.

Astoria the Wild Turkey shows her favorite way to sit on a park bench in The Battery. 🦃 🧡

A fledgling Barn Swallow (left) likely received some food from a parent in this delicate in-flight maneuver over Central Park's Turtle Pond.

One of the eleven Mallard ducklings growing up on Central Park's Conservatory Water.

Astoria the Wild Turkey dust bathes, which keeps her feathers in top condition and dislodges pests, on the Battery Woodlands Lawn. 🦃 🧡

Astoria the Wild Turkey explores a garden in The Battery. 🦃 🧡

A Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, rare for Manhattan, in The Battery.

Astoria the Wild Turkey poses with her two devoted caregivers @hanabi-nyc.bsky.social (left) and Stella Hamilton, who helped to keep her healthy and safe through the recent record-breaking heat wave just as they did during winter's arctic blasts.

A Wood Duck, probably the one that annually tries to mate with a female Mallard, wearing his summer-casual plumage on the Central Park Reservoir.

Astoria the Wild Turkey keeps cool on the well-shaded Battery Woodlands Lawn. 🦃 🧡 🌳

The Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy, one of many tall ships visiting lower Manhattan as part of the Sail250 celebration.