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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 5h

Squeezing in a last minute response to #BirdOfTheDay!

For a theme about bushes, I would be totally remiss if I did not pick the Bushtit in the bush

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 3d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is wings!

A Cassin's Kingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, and Red-tailed Hawk (juvenile) couldn't be more different, but each one has a pair of beautiful wings ♥️
#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you very much! Hopefully I can meet some of the European cousins next 🤞🥰

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 3d

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, I went a bit nostalgic

The first Paridae family member I ever encountered was the Japanese Tit (if you'll excuse the poor camera back then)

And the last Paridae family member I've ever met was the Chestnut-backed Chickadee
#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 4d

Herons never do anything by halves! Thank you! 💙

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 4d

Luckily for me, this Great Blue Heron I picked for #BirdOfTheDay both has its beak full and is wading at the same time!
For a bit of a cuter palate cleanse, I also have a Western Spindalis munching on a berry and an Orange-crowned Warbler with a mouth full of feather
#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 7d

I did attempt to take a photo of this male, but that Anna's hummingbird on the branch behind him ran him off 😅

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 7d

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, I've only ever seen American Kestrels, but even within the species there's fun variations

Here I have a pale-bellied version (one of the Caribbean subspecies) next to her Northern cousin

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 10d

First of all, what a lovely surprise to come across a Monty Python reference in the bird community!

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, the theme is the Ministry of Silly Walks, so I've picked a Savannah Sparrow fully booking it, as well as a Neotropic Cormorant who fully understood the assignment
#birds

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 11d

Ducks! I love ducks so much 🥰

For today's #BirdOfTheDay I've picked American Wigeons, Ruddy Ducks, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall! These are all recent photos, so it's eclipse time for most of our ducks at the moment

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 15d

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, I've picked a Snowy Egret who coincidentally also has its Tongue out for Tuesday! And also a Forster's Tern demonstrating its aerodynamic ability

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 16d

Even All About Birds' description of them is funny: "An ungainly bird that seems only loosely stitched together as it moves" 😂

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 16d

Oof, today's #BirdOfTheDay is kind of difficult. At the moment, I guess I'll pick cuckoos in general as my favourite birds

As an example, these Smooth-billed Anis popped up out of the bushes to watch me pass by. Such muppets

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 17d

For today's #BirdOfTheDay of a bird with three or more colours, I have a very aptly-named Tricolored Heron 👀

But also an adorable (feral) Red-Crowned Amazon being photogenic!

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 19d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is our Smallest birds

By all measures that must be a hummingbird around here, so I've included an Allen's Hummingbird and a Bahama Woodstar, but may I petition for an honourable mention for the fluffy and borbular Bushtit?
#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 21d

I don't own a traditional bird bath for today's #BirdOfTheDay, but luckily birds are resourceful little guys!

I have found a Western Bluebird using a dog fountain, and an American Crow in a shallow creek

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 22d

For #BirdOfTheDay, may I present a Common Yellowthroat on a fence.

If we're extending past perching birds and letting wading birds join in, these adorable Sanderlings run with the waves everyday on the beach

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you for hosting! It's a lovely concept!

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 23d

Ooh, I've just heard of #BirdOfTheDay 💛

Let's go with a Swinhoe's White-eye munching on a pomegranate seed, plus an inquisitive Thick-billed Vireo

#birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 24d

He started glowering at me after I watched him scratch himself

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · 24d

This may be the most fearless Wood Duck I've ever encountered #birds #wildlife

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · Jun 28

Oops got too excited and forgot to #birds

Reposting the picture of the adoptive dad

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · Jun 28

Caught some pictures of what I assume are the parasitic parents hanging around nearby. Part of the gape structure is visible at the corner of the fledglings' mouths. I've read that the chicks can mimic the gape appearance of their hosts (2/2)

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · Jun 28

Okay this was a fun day. I saw some of the ever-photogenic Scaly-breasted Munia with some fledglings following them around begging for food, so I assumed they were Munia fledglings at the time. Turns out the younglings are brood parasites instead, Pin-Tailed Whydahs (1/2)

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Yue 🍁 @yuecz.bsky.social · Jun 6

Look ma, no hands!
A Yellow-breasted Chat gave me a rather severe look as it launched itself into the air #birds #wildlife 🤨

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