Bird o' the Day

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Someone’s about to get an earful.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Bugs don’t just magically fly into the nest. Pa’s gotta go out and bring ‘em back to Ma and the kids.

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Deep in the woods we had a stare down with a young Chestnut-backed Chickadee. ADHD-addled I may be, but I can win a stare down with a chickadee.

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Another Black-and-white Warbler defying our spatial orientation conventions.

6/1

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Still smarting from the audience’s response to his song. “On Top of Spaghetti,” indeed.

5/31

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Today is my birthday and I’m taking the day off. Enjoy this classic Sunday Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

5/30

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Such is life. Some days you’re soaring across the skies, other days you’re mucking about the mudflats.

5/29

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com A Great Blue Heron perches atop a beaver dam on Piper’s Creek, a small stream running down to Puget Sound not far from our house. Beavers moved in a few years ago and have been busy re-arranging the creek. Here’s

5/28

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We checked in on the Everett herons and saw several fine looking youngsters in the nests. Not sure why Dad is bringing home more nesting material, though. The nest gets smaller as the kids get bigger, but they’ll be gone before he’

5/27

comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Yesterday’s baby Dark-eyed Junco reminded me of this picture from 2022. Joyce and I found this junco parent trying to teach Junior how to fend for itself. It’s simple. You… 1. Peck the ground 2. Find something tasty 3. Eat

5/26

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Kristi Larson, one of We Happy Few, found this baby Dark-eyed Junco in her back yard. She named it “Einstein.” After all, they have the same barber.

5/25

comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com For the rest of the photo series, you have to go to their OnlyFans account.