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

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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’

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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

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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.

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

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Let’s start with a couple housekeeping notes. Some have asked how to enlarge the photos in the daily email. Different email programs do things differently and I can give no advice about them, but there is a link you can click to

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We counted 23 goslings!

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comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com. Please include the date. Suzanne Tripp, one of We Happy Few, was visiting Lopez Island (a.k.a. “Slowpez Island”) when she spotted this Barred Owl chilling out at sunset. One needs to be in the right headspace before going out for an