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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 1d

Fieldfare / Turdus pilaris / Kwiczoł

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 5d

My birding started with this bird.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 9d

Awesome photograph!

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 9d

Is this snow?

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 13d

Nice photos, they reflect how these birds are usually seen!

I was not birding a lot lately, but a Winter Wren honoured me with a visit to my backyard yesterday.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · 28d

Got them in my backyard too. I like how those immature ones look very different from breeding adults!

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Sep 5

Birds from my recent trip to Alberta. 🪶

Steller's Jay; Clark's Nutcracker; Black-necked Stilt

Steller's Jay: a black-bluish bird with a crest.

Clark's Nutcracker: Gray and black bird with longish pointed bill standing on a rock.

Black-necked Stilts: two slender shorebirds in flight, with white body, black wings and neck; long thin bill and long red legs.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Aug 2

A Cooper's Hawk has visited our backyard for a bath yesterday. 🪶

A Cooper's Hawk (bird of prey) bathing in a bird bath, with his head submerged in the water.

A Cooper's Hawk (bird of prey) in a bird bath.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Amazing!

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · Jul 9

Telling an LLM "do not shy away from politically incorrect facts as long as they are well supported" does not make it give you secret facts, it makes the LLM produce text that mimics someone who would describe their beliefs that way.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 14

github.com/Nachtzuster/...

GitHub - Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi: A realtime acoustic bird classification system for the Raspberry Pi 5, 4B 3B+ 0W2 and more. Built on the TFLite version of BirdNET.

A realtime acoustic bird classification system for the Raspberry Pi 5, 4B 3B+ 0W2 and more. Built on the TFLite version of BirdNET. - Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 9

Oh I miss hearing their voice!

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 9

Yes, wheatear was my first thought too. Due to white rump and posture.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 8

Where I live it's more than 2 km to the river. But there are ponds on the golf course nearby.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 8

That's fascinating, because just today I saw a Wood Duck with 6 ducklings in my backyard!

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 6

From top to bottom: American Herring Gull, California Gull, Ring-billed Gull.

California Gull is my first sighting in Manitoba, and it was my goal. 🪶

A congregation of gulls, with American Herring Gull, California Gull and Ring-billed Gull.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 2

From these photos I finally understood why Roadrunners are cuckoos.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today's find 🪶
Golden-winged Warbler
July 1, 2025. Manitoba

Golden-winged Warbler: a small warbler with golden crown, large black bib and golden wing stripe.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jun 26

Last fall there was a fox basically stalking me at the Hecla causeway. That was pretty sad. Probably conditioned to associate people with food.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Jun 10

This day in my 🪶 birding history
Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea
June 2014

A purple heron (large wading bird with long neck and legs) standing in the reeds.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · May 12

Oh no, I just mean, do you have them where you live. I think they should be nesting in Poland.

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · May 12

Beautiful bird! This is a Yellow-crowned Night Heron. But I do not think this is a baby. First, it is too early for this (if the photos were made now), and second this is an adult plumage. Juvenile are more plain.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow...

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

While not as slender as a typical heron, the Yellow-crowned Night Heron’s smooth purple-gray colors, sharp black-and-white face, and long yellow plumes lend it a touch of elegance. They forage at all ...

www.allaboutbirds.org

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · May 12

Nice! I love these birds. Do you also have Ficedula hypoleuca?

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Apr 26

Such an amazing photograph!

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stonechat @stonechat.bsky.social · Apr 13

I've always wanted to visit it, but for now, no thanks.

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