Bob Bell 🇨🇦
@thebirderbob.bsky.social
Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birding
I'd go with a bad biker gang, one that is constantly roaming around looking for trouble. When I see crows flying, cawing away, to join up with others who are kicking up a fuss, they remind me of dogs - one barks and they all bark with excitement, even though they have no clue why they're barking!
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'd go with a bad biker gang, one that is constantly roaming around looking for trouble. When I see crows flying, cawing away, to join up with others who are kicking up a fuss, they remind me of dogs - one barks and they all bark with excitement, even though they have no clue why they're barking!
Great captures! Congrats on such wonderful yard birds.
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Great captures! Congrats on such wonderful yard birds.
Funny, so do I - I keep a separate file of multi-species dining together!
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Funny, so do I - I keep a separate file of multi-species dining together!
I keep thinking EVGR are super rare here, but my records indicate that I have had them in my yard 5 of the past 6 years, though most visits have been just a few for one day. The exception was the year I had about 2 dozen for a few days! I do have a PIGR in my 5MR, just not my yard.
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I keep thinking EVGR are super rare here, but my records indicate that I have had them in my yard 5 of the past 6 years, though most visits have been just a few for one day. The exception was the year I had about 2 dozen for a few days! I do have a PIGR in my 5MR, just not my yard.
Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Tadoussac is famous for that warbler report! Seems like Redpolls have gone further south in central NA than here - I'm seeing reports of them in the Chicago area; still just the odd one here. If I get a PIGR at my feeders I'm not sure I'll survive my excitement!
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Tadoussac is famous for that warbler report! Seems like Redpolls have gone further south in central NA than here - I'm seeing reports of them in the Chicago area; still just the odd one here. If I get a PIGR at my feeders I'm not sure I'll survive my excitement!
Hopefully you'll get them, it sure looks like a big irruption year!
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hopefully you'll get them, it sure looks like a big irruption year!
A good friend of mine made that for me. It's like a piece of art - my partner thought it was a shame to put it out for the birds to make a mess on! She's right that it is gorgeous!
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A good friend of mine made that for me. It's like a piece of art - my partner thought it was a shame to put it out for the birds to make a mess on! She's right that it is gorgeous!
So many subspecies and hybrids, they are very confusing!
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So many subspecies and hybrids, they are very confusing!
Wow, I would have called both of those slate-colored. Here's a Cassiar that I had in my yard a few years back
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wow, I would have called both of those slate-colored. Here's a Cassiar that I had in my yard a few years back
Wow! Very jealous. Just today I went to get my local titmouse fix!
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wow! Very jealous. Just today I went to get my local titmouse fix!
@jeope.bsky.social Would be happy to except that they were a one day wonder. Hoping for more, and hope you get them. I on the other hand, am dreaming of pine grosbeaks! 😀
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@jeope.bsky.social Would be happy to except that they were a one day wonder. Hoping for more, and hope you get them. I on the other hand, am dreaming of pine grosbeaks! 😀