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Dave
@albatrossity.bsky.social
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Scientist, skeptic, progressive, dad, birder, in Flyover Country

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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BerriesandBeaks

Least Flycatcher with pokeberry. 2025. Although usually insectivorous, this young bird was exploring new foods.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry
gray-white bird with yellow beak, swallowing a purple berry
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay

Snow Goose, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdButt #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry
Dark bird with white head and orange feet and bill, floating on a calm pond
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay

Rough-legged Hawk, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
long-winged brown, white and black bird, with brown-barred white leggings, hovering against a blue sky
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #TurkeyDay

Wild Turkey, Arizona 2025

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Large dark bird with fanned tail, red neck, and blue head, surrounded by similar birds
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay

#OnTheEdge, birds that are on the edge of a body of water

Sanderling, Bald Head Island, North Carolina 🪶 🦉

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Lots of pics of the Aurora Borealis tonight, but here's mine anyway. From NE Kansas.

#NaturePhotography #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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My regular Monday contribution at Balloon Juice

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#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #NavajoNation #Utah
Balloon Juice - On The Road - Albatrossity - Canyonlands and Arches (and hoping for some plant ID help)
It’s Albatrossity Monday!  The rest of the week we are treated to more posts from BigJimSlade. Sad to say, this is the end of that lovely trip to the Alps.  But it’s been great fun while it lasted! Al...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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My weekly contribution at Balloon Juice

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#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #NavajoNation #CanyondeChelly
Balloon Juice - On The Road - Albatrossity - Day 2 at Canyon de Chelly (with bonus movie recommendation)
There’s no such thing as too many pictures of fall color, so if you’re have good color where you live, I hope you will consider sending in some pics! Albatrossity A few more from Canyon de Chelly and ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My weekly contribution at the blog Balloon Juice.

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#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #NavajoNation #CanyondeChelly
Balloon Juice - On The Road - Albatrossity - Canyon de Chelly
It’s Albatrossity Monday!  How is it nearly November already??? Albatrossity Our time in the desert southwest could be divided into two segments. The first was in Arizona, at Canyon de Chelly, a Natio...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Bird of the day — Red-breasted Nuthatch, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #BackyardBirds
small bird with reddish underside, blue-gray topside, white face with black eyestripe, and long pointed bill, perched on a bare branch
October 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Bird of the Day — Pied-billed Grebe, Kansas 2025

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October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Bird of the Day — Osprey, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Raptors
October 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Bird of the Day — Indigo Bunting, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Buntings #Migration
Small bird with large conical beak, white streaky belly, warm brown head, back, and wings, with blue highlights in wings and tail
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Bird of the Day — Wilson's Warbler, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Warblers
yellow bird with large dark eyes and black cap, perched on a twig in front of a leafy green background, looking directly into the camera
September 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Bird of the Day — Southern Royal Albatross (with two White-capped Albatrosses), New Zealand 2015

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Aotearoa #Seabirds #Albatross
One large black-and-white bird with huge pink bill and two other smaller black-and-white birds with yellow-tipped gray bills, sitting on calm blue water
September 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Bird of the Day — Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Kansas, 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Kinglet
small gray bird with tiny pointed bill, round head, white eye ring, whitish underside, black legs and yellow feet, perched on a branch with yellow leaves in the background
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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My weekly contribution at Balloon Juice

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry

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Balloon Juice - On The Road - Albatrossity - Looking good!
The weeks are flying by, even as some days seem to last forever these days! If you have been thinking of sending in some pics for OTR, this would be a great time.  We have a couple more series left, a...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Bird of the Day — Belted Kingfisher, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Halcyon
Blue-gray bird with shaggy black crest, white collar, and massive black bill, perched on a brown post
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Bird of the Day — Swainson's Thrush, Kansas 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Thrush
gray-brown bird with brown-speckled white chest, white throat, dark eye, and brown face, perched on a tree snag
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Bird of the Day — Merlin, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Falcon
bird with gray crown, white throat, white chest with brown streaks, banded tail, and yellow feet and legs, perched on a bare twig with blue sky in the background
September 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Bird of the Day — Black-capped Chickadee, Kansas 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #FallColor
small bird with black crown and bib, white cheek, gray wings and pale rufous sides, perched on a bright red pokeberry stem
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Bird of the Day — Dickcissel, Kansas 2025
(just in case you were starting to miss these guys)

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September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A bunch of Antifa guys, including my dad. They despised fascists.

So do I
Group of soldiers who served in the photo-reconnaissance wing of the US Army Air Corps in North Africa and Italy, 1945
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Bird of the Day — Summer Tanager, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Tanagers
bright yellow bird with duller grayish-yellow head, large horn-colored beak, blue gray feet, and pale yellow eye-ring, perched on a bare branch amidst green foliage
September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Bird of the Day — Rufous Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #Arizona #SkyIslands
Hovering small long-billed bird with green back and crown, red, green, black and white tail, rufous flanks, and dark wings
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM