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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 1d

The #FallBirdMigration continues in AA County, Maryland today with this feisty Black-and-white Warbler washing away her jet lag after a long flight. There’s a brief guest appearance by a Ruby-crowned Kinglet along with an American Goldfinch + unknown “little brown job” in the top left. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 2d

Go for it! You have the energy and if you could provide water it could help bring them in. Keep us posted!. 💦🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 3d

Truth! 🥰

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 3d

Still learning the Ap but wanted to be sure the king of brush pile habitat and morning panoramas @drbrianpet.bsky.social received his shoutout. SE Arizona is truly an amazing spot for birds!

SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 3d

Mucho thanks to folks for encouraging me to create habitat including these & others I follow. Every bit of insight helps! #birds

@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social
@thebirdsnest.bsky.social
@lorichirp.bsky.social
@brianpetersonphotography.myportfolio.com
@beachrelaxin.bsky.social
@bbharrell.bsky.social

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 3d

Mucho thanks to folks for encouraging me to create habitat including these & others I follow. Every bit of insight helps! #birds

@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social
@thebirdsnest.bsky.social
@lorichirp.bsky.social
@brianpetersonphotography.myportfolio.com
@beachrelaxin.bsky.social
@bbharrell.bsky.social

Yellow-rumped Myrtle Warbler shot thru a window with bird strike deterrent strings hanging in AA County, Maryland. 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 4d

My fountain has been invaded by Yellow-rumped “Myrtle” Warblers aka “Butter Butts” along with American Goldfinches today! I inserted some flat stones creating shallow water & was immediately rewarded with bathing birds. #Fallbirdmigration is truly a magic time in AA County, Maryland. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 5d

First Fall migrant Hermit Thrush arrived at my fountain in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on 10/17/25. She is perfect and quite the tail pumping Diva! Thankful she is providing a lesson & proudly checking all the ID boxes in this clip. Hoping she stays the season as others have in the past. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 11d

Birdcast.info predicted there would be Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers migrating thru Anne Arundel County, MD this week and by golly some ground truthing during lunch yesterday proved them right! #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 14d

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA publishes their daily tally of migrating birds observed. Active with the local community, two school busses full of students arrived while I was there for a day of hands on raptor conservation education. #birds 🪶

www.hawkmountain.org/conservation...

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Hawk Mountain Hawk Count

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 14d

A migrating Turkey Vulture gets a free ride thanks to the thermals providing lift off the mountains at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 14d

Visited #HawkMountainSanctuary in Kempton, PA today on the way back from a meeting to catch the Fall raptor migration. After a rainy morning, the front passed and the wind shifted from the North. Various raptors & vultures rode the thermals in close proximity . Truly a birds eye view! 👁️ #birds 🪶

Visitor center of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. They are an important partner in global raptor conservation. 🦅🪶

Panorama of the North Lookout at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. The team inventories migrating hawks and vultures as they pass by on the thermals created by the mountain range.

SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 16d

An amazing Fall journey is just in the beginning stages for this male Scarlet Tanager in Maryland today. Nothing but awe for how far he will be traveling to complete his annual cycle. #birds 🪶

Range map of Scarlet Tanager which was seen in Maryland this evening. 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve been experimenting by augmenting my fountain with habitat. The branches added have created several close encounters during the #fallbirdmigration. Tonight’s star is one of two male Scarlet Tanagers plus a juvenile Northern Cardinal in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 25d

Of course I’m not the only one that noticed all the arriving birds. Anne Arundel County, Maryland Cooper’s Hawk. 🪶

Cooper’s Hawk camped out near my bird feeder and keeping a watchful eye on the migrating birds that arrived today in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 25d

Kinda tracks with last night’s Anne Arundel County Birdcast.info migration data. #Birds 🪶

Birdcast.info bird migration data for Anne Arundel County, Maryland on 9/26/25. Good indicator for why I woke up with Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in my yard today.

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · 26d

A pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeak’s stopped by my Winterberry bush during Fall migration today. Nice of one to flash some underwing Rose leaving no doubt. 🪶 #Maryland #Birds #AnneArundelCounty

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Sep 21

It’s been a Red-eyed Vireo Sunday in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. I counted at least 5 in my yard & Merlin also picked up a Cape May Warbler, Warbling Vireo along with a Bobolink! Really appreciate when the birds are so cooperative they fly into the frame! #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Sep 21

#birds 🪶

Jen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social · Sep 20

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Sep 4

Interesting to observe this Monarch caterpillar methodically reducing this leaf while life beyond proceeds unaware. 🐛🦋🪶🌿

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Sep 4

Relieved to find this Monarch caterpillar feeding on Common milkweed at Kinder Farm Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 🐛🦋 🪶🌿

Monarch caterpillar feeding on Common Milkweed at Kinder Farm Park in Maryland

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Aug 30

Welcome to the club! Cape Cod, MA. 🌻🪶

August afternoon Sunflower tracking the sun from Cape Cod, MA.

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Aug 24

Here’s a better video of a Black-and-white Warbler from Sept ‘23 in the same spot. You can see the Fall leaves & an arrival later in the migration season. Anne Arundel Cty, Maryland. #birds 🪶

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Aug 24

Indeed! Beautiful and energetic little birds. I’ve been lucky enough to catch a BW&W in the fountain for the last three migrations. Fall ‘24, Spring ‘25 & now Fall ‘25!

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Aug 24

AA County, Maryland Fall migration alert #2! Spotted this Black-and-white Warbler playing peekaboo in the fountain on the way South. I’m paying more attention this year however never realized how early the Fall migration started. These birds are literally always on the move! #birds 🪶

Small Black & White Warbler taking in a cool bath on a dry late summer day in MD.

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SP Birdfan @shyne222.bsky.social · Aug 20

AA County, Maryland Fall migration alert! This Northern Waterthrush visited under my feeding area yesterday to let me know I need to be on the lookout for migrating birds. #birds 🪶

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