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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Domestic tranquility, at least until the eggs hatch.
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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We were resting up at our hotel after a busy morning chasing birds. I spotted these pigeons gathering on this balcony/patio across the street. It looked like a daily ritual of waiting until a window opened and birdseed flew out. There are
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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Who said Blue Jays were nothing but troublemakers? We found this one picking up litter in the park!
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Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com One of the approximately 10,000 House Sparrows frolicking around Bryant Park.
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“Hi, honey, I‘m home!”
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A Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher speeds off to catch some gnats. That’s not the easiest way to make a living, that’s for sure.
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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Osprey are the scruffy looking raptors. They don’t have the majesty of the eagles, the cool reserve of the hawks, or the color of the falcons. They always look a little rough around the edges, but at least they’re better looking
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Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Migration season is warbler season, and the woods are full of warblers and the birders who love them. They’re often waaaay up in the trees, but I spotted this Palm Warbler doing a solid for the photographers.
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Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Mill River is an osprey hot spot. There are lots of fish in the river and more in the reservoir upstream, and where you have fish, you have osprey. We counted six birds one morning! Here one takes most of its catch back
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Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Some of my first birdy adventures were in East Rock Park, a large forest park on the east edge of New Haven, Connecticut. It’s always great to go back. A small stream, Mill River, runs through the park and attracts all sorts
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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We went back to Connecticut and New York last week. Had a great time. Saw a few birds new to us that you’ll see here over the next few days. But no trip east is complete without a Northern Cardinal, and lucky
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comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Now here are a couple evolutionary successes. The plant, Horsetail, is what they call a “living fossil.” It hasn’t changed much in over 100 million years. It’s a tough one. Horsetails survived the Yucatan asteroid collision of 66 million years ago.