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Still processing photos, but got some decent shots of my first non-fleeting Bullock’s Orioles! She was particularly keen on getting her portrait taken and sat for quite some time. 🧡🖤

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A female Bullock’s oriole: a ‘blackbird’ that is almost entirely a rich gold, with a straight, strong bill and wings in a conservative drab-and white pattern. She sits on a lichen-encrusted oak branch showing us her profile and her eyeliner, which is absolutely on fleek.
A male oriole in the crook of another lichen-covered oak branch. His gold is more the deep juicy orange of a ripe mango, and he sports a black cap connected to his eyestripe, and a splash of white accenting his black wing. Despite the bold color scheme, he is shyer of my camera and is only visible from midwing up. His bill is also in very sharp profile.
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A Merlin sitting in the shade noticed having its picture taken!

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Merlin perched on a branch looking directly at the camera
Merlin perched on a branch under the shade
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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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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???

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Borbness is more than a matter of shape. It's a matter of attitude.

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