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Also from today up near Fall River Valley, a Mountain Chickadee peering from its nest hole in an old fence post.

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Here’s to all the #mothers who have kept a watchful eye.
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Heron on the nest with 3 chicks
Heron and baby in the nest
Heron taking flight
Rookery of heron on their nests.
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My colleague Mitchell & partner just escorted a family of lost geese to the lake.

Safely navigating 2km of downtown #Toronto took 2 hours.

At one point, police stepped in to block traffic.

Strangers jumped in to help too.

He jokes: at @citizenlab we don't just help humans!

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#birds #canada #wildlife #Toronto #birding #goose @The Citizen Lab

Some birds out at Hat Creek Rim today-

Mountain Chickadee
Chipping Sparrow
Wrentit
Mountain Bluebird

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A Mountain Chickadee is perched on a pine branch. The small bird is gray above, white below, the head is black with a white stripe above and below the eye.
A Chipping Sparrow is perched on a dead branch and is singing. The small sparrow had a rufous head, a black eye stripe, is molted brown, gray and black on its back and is pale white below.
A Wrentit is photographed in a bush. The hard to photograph bird is all gray with a black and yellow beady eye.
A Male Mountain Bluebird is perched in a small bush. The bird is overall sky blue, slightly darker above than below.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tree Swallow looking for their spring home.

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Cat birds! More first time IRL specimens for me this week. The super dark one is super unique, and was the first to show up. They seem to enjoy the cuties I put out for the Oriels. They only hung out for a day or so.

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A very dark grey catbird with pitch black eyes
A more typical grey catbird perched on a shallow cup containing oranges. Its under tail orange can be seen.
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it makes me so impossibly sad to think that i may only have a couple years of seeing wild birds left with the way #avianFlu is going. but hey, the people have spoken: eating tortured chickens is priority number one, even if it drives an apocalyptic wildlife pandemic (and a human one, too!). healthy, delicious, climate-friendly alternatives be damned.

genuinely, what the actual fuck are we doing???

#H5N1 #birds #birdwatching #birding #vegan

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Sigh I will be taking a break from Cornell's ebird because of their disappointing actions here. If they can't stand against genocide then I cannot in good conscience take part in their #birding projects.
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Today is the most ridiculous day for #BackyardBirding! First a rose-breasted grosbeak at our feeder (first time we’ve seen one IRL), then a full-color goldfinch, and just now a Baltimore oriole showed up at the hummingbird feeder. First time getting photos of a BO. YAYYY 🤩

Also, Mr and Mrs Bluey (our eastern bluebird couple) have been hanging out, too.

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All the woodpeckers are coming to the feeders now and frequently, too. They must be feeding hatchlings. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #woodpeckers #HoosierMast
This bird has a completed red head and neck, a white chest and belly and black and white wings. It is a red headed woodpecker. You can't tell the male and female apart by looking. It's several years old, as it takes awhile to get a completely red head. It prefers the shelled peanuts.
This woodpecker has a reddish-orange stripe on its head and neck, a cream colored face, neck, chest and belly with an orangish blotch on its belly and black and white polka dotted wings. This is a male red bellied woodpecker. They are at the suet feeders constantly throughout the day.
This is our largest woodpecker, with its red Woody Woodpecker crest, and black and white body and wings. Since it also has a red mustache, it is a male pileated woodpecker. It's call is a lot like Woody Woodpecker's too.
This medium sized woodpecker with its white chest and belly and black a white head, back and wings looks like a downy woodpeckers, but it's bigger and its beak is longer. It's a hairy woodpecker.
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It's International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day, everybody. (h/t @neurovagrant and @Nonya_Bidniss )

Not kidding. No idea who gets to make these things up but I'm not complaining.

Anyway, to celebrate here's a caramel crow photo I've never posted before.

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#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #crows #corvids @Nonya Bidniss @Ian Campbell

In 1979, Ohio (US) had 4 nesting pairs of bald eagles. Today there are 800 pairs. Banning DDT and federal protection through the Endangered Species Act worked.

One of the three nests we saw today. This pair, known to locals as Jack and Diane, are feeding a pair of eaglets in Magee Marsh, near Lake Erie.

#birding #law #BirdLaw #MarshMadness

Bald eagle, a large brown raptor with a white head and tail and large yellow beak perched on a large nest in a tree with bare branches, with beak open.
A bald eagle landing on a large nest in a bare tree. Feet stretched out and wings wide.
A bald eagle on a nest in a leafless tree against a cloudy sky, with a small bird flying in the distance. The eagle is looking down at its young (not seen) in the nest.
An eagle flying near a large nest built in a leafless tree.
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Borbness is more than a matter of shape. It's a matter of attitude.

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