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Mike Saccone
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Conservation advocate and amateur bird photographer. Ohioan by birth, Coloradan by choice, living near the nation’s capital.

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A swamp sparrow basking in the morning light

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f8, 1/4000s) 🪶

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November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A ring-billed gull in flight near North Point State Park

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 720, f8, 1/2000s) 🪶

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November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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If you only have a bird at the center of your life for one day a year, you're doing it wrong.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1400, f8, 1/1000s) 🪶

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November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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One of our winter regulars in the Mid-Atlantic: the dark-eyed junco. Its clicky calls are a herald of cold weather.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1000, f8, 1/640s) 🪶

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November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A backyard cedar waxwing. A small group posed in the pre-dawn light right outside my upstairs window. This individual was showing off its arrowhead-shape tongue.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5600, f6.3, 1/400s) 🪶

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November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A song sparrow taking in its surroundings on a crisp November morning at North Point State Park. The fields at the park abounded with juncos and several sparrow species — and are worth a visit.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f8, 1/2000s) 🪶

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November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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A Northern mockingbird availing itself of an autumnal berry

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1000, f8, 1/2000s) 🪶

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November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A downy woodpecker making the rounds on a tree near Violette's Lock along the C&O Canal

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 640, f8, 1/800s) 🪶

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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Colder weather in suburban Washington, D.C. often brings with it juvenile Cooper's hawks hunting backyard birds and mammals. This hawk was enjoying a freshly caught chipmunk in a neighbor's tree.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 5000, f6.3, 1/250s) 🪶

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November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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A double-crested cormorant drying off on a windy day along the Potomac River

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f9, 1/1000s) 🪶

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November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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An especially emerald mallard enduring a windy day at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 800, f9, 1/1000s) 🪶

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November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A classy, understated photo lifer (219) for me from last week: An American tree #sparrow at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 320, f8, 1/2500s) 🪶

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November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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An attentive tufted titmouse dropping by the backyard on a sunny fall afternoon.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2500, f8, 1/640s) 🪶

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November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A young red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail on a windy fall day

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 500, f9, 1/1000s) 🪶

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November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Leaving the leaves is the easiest way to support wildlife and give Carolina wrens seasonal props. Happy #wrensday.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 900, f9, 1/1000s) 🪶

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November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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A yellow-bellied sapsucker taking a break from sipping the backyard's finest trees

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4000, f8, 1/640s) 🪶

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November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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A classy, understated gadwall

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1000, f8, 1/1600s)

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November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A white-crowned sparrow striking a pose at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge on a chilly, breezy morning.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 900, f9, 1/2000s) 🪶

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November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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One of the least conspicuous bird you’ll ever see: the brown creeper. Often described as “living bark,” its camouflage even tricked my autofocus for a while. Luckily it paused long enough for this photo.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 2800, f7.1, 1/500s) 🪶

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November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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A red-breasted nuthatch that was busily exploring the trees near Pine Lake at Wheaton Regional Park. This individual briefly descended to eye level to explore the base of a pine tree.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1800, f8, 1/640s)🪶

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November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Happy #wrensday from this vivacious winter wren to all who celebrate.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1800, f11, 1/800s) 🪶

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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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A red-shouldered hawk that dropped by to remind me to refill the bird feeders.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f8, 1/400s) 🪶

#birds #birdphotography
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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An Eastern phoebe enjoying an unseasonably warm fall day and all the bugs it brought out.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 200, f8, 1/640s) 🪶

#birds #birdphotography
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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A single field sparrow amid a mixed flock on Kingman Island

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1250, f11, 1/640s) 🪶

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November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Ruby-crowned kinglets are one of the highlights of the colder months in the Mid-Atlantic. This individual was flashing his crown while chasing a winter wren around the southern stretches of Kingman Island.

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm 🪶

#birds #birdphotography
November 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM