Bird o' the Day

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bird.o.the.day@gmail.com D’oh! This is the photo I intended to use in today’s post.

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bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Hooray! I got the bird camera back and took it out to check another osprey nest not far from the Chipotle ospreys from a couple days ago. Call these the Smith Cove ospreys. They nest on a platform erected by King County at a

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Oh my, what big feet you have! Adam Krefman, one of We Happy Few, caught this Cooper’s Hawk prowling the alleys of Oak Park, Illinois.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Someone asked, “Why all the old photos recently?” Well, my bird camera was at the factory repair shop in Pompano Beach, Florida. In its absence I did a little photography with my smaller camera, but it lacks the reach of its bigger cousin.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Barbed wire, concertina wire, even blackberry vines! Finches live dangerously!

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com “Where’d everybody go?”

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We took note of each other for a moment, and then Pewee went on to its future and into my past.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com I don’t speak House Sparrow, but it was obvious these three were working something out.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Easy to see what she thought of us.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Little Woodies can be so rowdy it took two moms to get this crew to settle down.

8/2: Sunday Long Read

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com The Sun is a thoughtful periodical that is worth checking out. Last year they printed this essay about our odd pastime of chasing birds.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com In 2023 we got a tip that a pair of Great Horned Owls were raising a family in a small park north of Seattle. It was super fun to see the kids grow up.