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Give me a book on the porch with birds chirping and I'm happy. Daughters, a granddaughter, husband and the dog. 🧢⚾️🐦

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · Oct 14

Sorting stuff into albums, I found my favorite Hummingbird video. It was in September 2022 not long before they migrated south. I did actually live outside that month. 🪶🌱 #birds #FlowerReport

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

Good afternoon! 🪶

A tufted titmouse looks back at the camera

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

Yes!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 6h

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

Lately there are Cardinals everywhere and the molting goofy looks were worth it. #Twosday 🪶

Two bright red cardinals are on maple tree branches with the beginning of autumn colors.

A red male and peach female cardinal are on branches in a maple tree.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

It's always fun when a Red- bellied Woodpecker cackles from high in a tree then peeks out from behind it as it climbs down the side to a feeder. 🪶

A woodpecker with a red cap looks out from behind a tree in three photos.

A young red bellied woodpecker looks down at the feeder full of seeds.

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

This is a juvenile Red- bellied Woodpecker who was delighted to grab some seeds and hurry off. There are downy white feathers catching the light on his back. 🪶

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 2h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alternate choice is'Finches'. These are all male House Finches who are in varying stages of their adult coloring this October. #birds

A house finch is on top of a shepherd's hook. He has the beginnings of red coloring on his head and chest.

A male house finch is on top of a branch in the afternoon sun.

A juvenile male house finch is beside a feeder

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

😬🫡

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 5h

Bald Eagle said what he said and will not be taking questions at this time. #TalonTuesday

Lawrence Station, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A mature bald eagle with white head and tail and dark body is perching on a bare, broken branch attached to a gnarled old dead tree. The eagle is facing forward and is staring into your soul with a very stern look. The morning light is nice.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 3h

Happy TwosJay! #birds

Two Blue Jays in flight over a table with peanuts. The Jay on the left has it's beak open and is yelling at the second Jay

Two Blue Jays on a table with peanuts and birdseed. They both have a peanut.

One Blue Jay on a table with peanuts and birdseed. A second out of focus Jay is in flight behind the table. The in flight Jay has a peanut and the Jay on the table is looking at the camera

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 4h

Sunrise on the lake this morning. I knew I wasn't going to get the boat in the water fast enough to catch this, so I ran around to the other side of the point to see it from the shore.

A brilliant red band of sunlight warms the cold lake water and lights the low clouds on fire as the sun breaks the horizon.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

Glorious!

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

Red birds enjoy the spotlight.
Northern Cardinal 🪶

A red cardinal laughs from the top of a feeder

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 4h

Some dramatic skies on the lake this morning. It was a cold paddle (2C), but I'm glad I got out.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 3h

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 5h

Glorious!

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

That's it!

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

It's great to be the first to dive into a good scoop of seeds! Carolina Chickadee 🪶

A carolina chickadee has landed in a big scoop of seeds and found just the right one.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

I've seen it happen in a split second without catching it in a photo.

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

This reminds me how small the early hummers were. Gradually larger ones became the norm, so the last few seemed too small. They're always the same yet surprising.

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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 20h

There were 4 Great Blue Herons at our Arboretum Saturday. I think 2 were migrants and they were fun to see. They all got excited when the other two flew in. Talking to each other. Following each other up and down the far shoreline of the marsh. Here's a nice in-flight shot.
#birds #GreatBlueHeron

A large blue bird with a yellow beak is flying over a marsh area. The wings are up and the legs straight back. It's long neck is tucked close to it's body.

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

How exciting! This photo is so good, it looks like it's smiling!

Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 18h

I'm been hearing them , actually the Merlin app has, everyday for a week but they haven't checked out the feeders yet.