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Jack Maynard(he/him)
@jhmsparky.bsky.social
Birder, Portlander, Electrician, Instructor, Inspector, progressive, attempted ally. Typo King
IBEW 48 shop steward- Solidarity Sisters & Brothers!
Pics my own, mostly birds. #Sonya7IV
I bird with my best friend & wife Kelli, biologist & birder
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Y'all love a blue bird, so here's a Steller's Jay that mistook my fountain for a bird bidet. #birding
Neotropic Cormorant silhouette from our cabin's balcony. Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica #birdin'
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#RainyDayBirds is the alternative #BirdoftheDay selection from Alan and Rob. Here’s a Great Kiskadee suffering a storm. Cheers!
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Red-headed Barbet female doing a classic over-the-shoulder Betty Grabel pose #birdbutt #SmokeyEye
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Also at the Soda on the road to Selva Verde, near San Jose, Costa Rica. Mr and Mrs Red-legged Honeycreeper #birding
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Travel day today in Costa Rica, but we stopped at a Soda (roadside restaurant) and had nioce views of thsi Crimson-collared Tanager at a fruit feeder. #birding
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fiery-throated Hummer is Fired Up! #birding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Spangle-cheeked Tanager at Casa Dowii, Costa Rica. #Birding.
All the best tanagers come to the fruit feeders.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fiery-throated Hummingbirds thrive in the rainy highlands of Costa Rica. Paraiso Quetzal Colibri Garden, Cartago, Costa Rica #birding
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Sorry to stop by with some joy, I'm pretty anxious myself too, but luckily I found the ducks I was looking for. Backlit which can be better for editing later on. Just some quick edits. 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Interested in learning more about ebird, both creating useful records, and being able to use ebird data to answer questions of your own? Join us, as Lauren Harter shares how we can make the most of ebird in our birding! Wednesday, November 19, 6pm.
GBBO webinar: Birding to the Max: Tips for Creating and Using eBird Data — Great Basin Bird Observatory
Join GBBO staff member, eBird reviewer, and avid birder Lauren Harter to learn tips for generating eBird data that can be optimally useful to reviewers, scientists, and other eBird users. We’ll discuss how to document flagged sightings, do’s and don’ts in the field, how to use various data fields, a
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Gratuitous Silver-throated Tanager pic. #birding
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Where's Waldo?

I had some trouble getting a full shot of a Collared Redstart today. I'm hoping to have more opportunities. We are halfway through our Costa Rica #birding trip. Kudos to Pieter Westra of Aratinga Tours who made arrangements for car rental, guides and accommodations. #SelfTouring
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge might be the prettiest chicken ever. Casa Dowii, #CostaRica #Birding
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#BirdofTheDay is #StandingOnThings? Super!
I had to dig through my shots from a few days ago to find this one: Cattle Egret on a cow. Cheers! !Pura Vida! #CostaRica
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
White-naped Brushfinch was a new life bird for both of us at Casa Dowii today. #birding Costa Rica
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Y'all love a blue #bird!
Buff-fronted Quail Dove, Casa Dowii, Costa Rica #birding
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Silver-throated Tanager at Casa Dowii, Cartago, Costa Rica #birding
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I hope I'm not late to Rob and Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme, which I understand is "Taking off." Here is a Blue-throated Mountain Gem I spotted yesterday at Paraiso Quetzal's Hummingbird Gardens, about to be what we call a Se Fue bird. Cheers!
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Peg-billed Finch is another Paramo species, and was our 350th #bird for Costa Rica and 1575th for the world. #lifer
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here's a fun Junco for my friend and Junco enthusiast, @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Volcano Junco from above the tree line in the tropical tundra, or "Paramo" of Costa Rica, Parque Natcional Los Quetzales, Cerro Buenavista. Altitude 10,465'. I was huffing and puffing #birding
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Golden-browed Euphonia was one of the reasons we came back to #bird Costa Rica again. Saw one this morning and it did not dissappoint.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Talamanca Hummingbirds were Magnificent Hummingbirds when last we visited. They are still magnificent despite the name change. This female was determined to get every last drop of nectar from this flower just outside our bungalow, just minutes ago. #birding #CostaRica
Also: THOSE FEET!
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This pair of Long-tailed Silky-flycatchers are never far apart as they roam the grounds of Paraiso Quetzal in Costa Rica's highlands. #birding I took these pictures les than an hour ago. I can hear a Lesser Violetear Hummingbird chirping constantlyu as I type this. Pura Vida.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We had our first-of-trip looks at Resplendent Quetzals today. They don't disappoint. Hoping for better photo opportunities tomorrow. Paraiso Quetzal, Costa Rica #birding
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We didn't #bird the mountains of Costa Rica very much on our previous visit. At Paraiso Quetzal today we saw 10 new life species, including this pair of Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatchers.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM