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@oldirtybasbird.bsky.social

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Just post birds. I took the photos. 📍Queens, NYC

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 21h

A leucistic wood duck showed up at the local lake.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 1d

Black-throated blue warbler

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A small bird with a black face and throat, white breast and belly, and bright blue back, perches on a branch in front of a brown background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 4d

Hermit thrushes have arrived in pretty large numbers.

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A light brown bird with dark brown spots on its breast stands on a pile of twigs, in front of a green background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 6d

The butterbutts are taking over now.

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A small, grayish brown bird with a light gray throat and black streaking on its breast perches on a branch, head forward.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 8d

Savannah sparrow

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A brown and white sparrow with a yellow patch in front of its eye, perches with its head pointing downward.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 11d

Deep in the woods with the Swainson’s thrush

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A round, grayish brown bird perches on rotting wood, against a dark green background with bokeh lights from the sun, which is on the far side of the bird.

Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 13d

Lincoln’s sparrow

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 15d

I’m a big fan of the chestnut-sided warbler’s fall plumage.

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A small, yellow bird with a white face and black stripes on its wings, walks on a thick branch in front of green leaves.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 19d

You gotta love ovenbirds.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 21d

Eastern wood peewee

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!

Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 28d

Tennessee warbler

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A small, dull yellow bird with a faint black streak over its eye, perches on a grayish brown branch, with blurry green leaves in the foreground, against a grayish blue background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · 29d

Respect, Hudsonian godwit. Respect.

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Eye-level view of large, light brown shorebird with long, upturned bill, standing in shallow water, against golden brown background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 20

There’s the boy.

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A black-throated blue warbler with debris in its bill perches on a small branch.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 17

Ran into a really accommodating pectoral sandpiper. Bear with me.

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Eye-level view of sandpiper with downward breast streaking, yellow legs, a long bill and black, white and orange mottled plumage on its back, walking forward on grass against a brownish background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here’s a pectoral sandpiper passing through Queens on its way to southern South America.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 10

A sora briefly emerges from the reeds!

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 9

Sharp-shinned hawk

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Small, brownish hawk with red eyes perches on a log.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 9

Least flycatcher, I think. But if you can identify empids consistently, you really ought to be awarded some kind of certification.

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Small, grayish bird with white wingbars and eyerings perches on plant with dangling spikes of tiny, pink flowers.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Sep 3

Buff-breasted sandpiper: a bird that does exist after all.

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Eye-level view of tan shorebird with yellow legs and ornate, dark-centered back feathers with white outlines, on muddy surface.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Aug 31

First days out of the nest for these two green herons.

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2 fledgling green herons with fuzzy plumage huddle together on a branch, surrounded by leaves.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great crested flycatchers are the only species I see helping with the spotted lanternfly problem. Shoutout to these guys.

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Medium sized bird with grayish back and faint yellow belly perches on thick branch in front of green leaves.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Aug 28

My mom pretty much sees that cheap plastic packaging as free Tupperware. Puts it in her dishwasher and everything. I’m always trying to get her to stop smh.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here’s the lone snowy owl I saw last year. This was January, so it’s gone now, lest anyone tries to look for it.

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White owl with dark barring on breast perches atop white sand hill, with blue sky and brownish grass in background.

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Black-throated blue warbler Stan account @oldirtybasbird.bsky.social · Aug 27

Lesser yellowlegs: another orange alert tipping point species in the 2025 state of birds.

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Shorebird with bright yellow legs, white belly, and gray back with white speckling, forages in shallow water.

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