Lori Batchelor🇨🇦
@lorichirp.bsky.social
Hooked on bird photography (and some other subjects)! Canadian near Vancouver in British Columbia. I love re-posting pix by others on my timeline so please check my Media tab to view my photos/videos. Disabled with MS. Happily married!
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A grey day in the park yesterday was brightened when a passerby mentioned he had seen an owl a few hundred yards in the direction we were headed and we found it! #birds #photography #birdphotography #Raptors #owl 🦉
A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)
A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)
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"A ton of unnecessary redactions in addition to the failure to redact the names of victims."
NOW: Rep Raskin (D-MD) speaks to the press about what he saw after viewing unredacted Epstein files.
NOW: Rep Raskin (D-MD) speaks to the press about what he saw after viewing unredacted Epstein files.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"A ton of unnecessary redactions in addition to the failure to redact the names of victims."
NOW: Rep Raskin (D-MD) speaks to the press about what he saw after viewing unredacted Epstein files.
NOW: Rep Raskin (D-MD) speaks to the press about what he saw after viewing unredacted Epstein files.
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#StareDown is the #BirdoftheDay theme, and this Black Oystercatcher certainly giving me that look! #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife #OMSystem #OM3
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
#StareDown is the #BirdoftheDay theme, and this Black Oystercatcher certainly giving me that look! #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife #OMSystem #OM3
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Found this picture of a kestrel I met at the visitor's center at The Dalles, OR. Offering it for #BirdoftheDay and the theme #staredown. He was a permanent resident, couldn't be released due to injury. First kestrel I ever saw; I fell in love!
#Birds #Kestrel #pnwbirds #oregon #ColumbiaRiver
#Birds #Kestrel #pnwbirds #oregon #ColumbiaRiver
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Found this picture of a kestrel I met at the visitor's center at The Dalles, OR. Offering it for #BirdoftheDay and the theme #staredown. He was a permanent resident, couldn't be released due to injury. First kestrel I ever saw; I fell in love!
#Birds #Kestrel #pnwbirds #oregon #ColumbiaRiver
#Birds #Kestrel #pnwbirds #oregon #ColumbiaRiver
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February 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Curious Finch
This male House Finch seemed captivated but unafraid as we engaged in a friendly #staredown.
Are birds as curious about my body language as I am about theirs? Probably not. I think sometimes they see their own reflection in my long lens.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
This male House Finch seemed captivated but unafraid as we engaged in a friendly #staredown.
Are birds as curious about my body language as I am about theirs? Probably not. I think sometimes they see their own reflection in my long lens.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Curious Finch
This male House Finch seemed captivated but unafraid as we engaged in a friendly #staredown.
Are birds as curious about my body language as I am about theirs? Probably not. I think sometimes they see their own reflection in my long lens.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
This male House Finch seemed captivated but unafraid as we engaged in a friendly #staredown.
Are birds as curious about my body language as I am about theirs? Probably not. I think sometimes they see their own reflection in my long lens.
#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
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Just a short walk this morning. It was high tide in Getxo so I headed along the River Gobela instead of the sea front. There was quality rather than quantity as far as birds were concerned, starting with these 2 chiffchaffs. #birds
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Just a short walk this morning. It was high tide in Getxo so I headed along the River Gobela instead of the sea front. There was quality rather than quantity as far as birds were concerned, starting with these 2 chiffchaffs. #birds
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#Gulls #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography
California Gull
Western Gull (both in California)
Black-Headed Gull
Common Gull
California Gull
Western Gull (both in California)
Black-Headed Gull
Common Gull
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
#Gulls #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdPhotography
California Gull
Western Gull (both in California)
Black-Headed Gull
Common Gull
California Gull
Western Gull (both in California)
Black-Headed Gull
Common Gull
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If there's a better looking goldfinch than this out there, I'd like to see it. A real stunner spotted in a park by the River Gobela in Getxo this morning. 1/2 #birds
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
If there's a better looking goldfinch than this out there, I'd like to see it. A real stunner spotted in a park by the River Gobela in Getxo this morning. 1/2 #birds
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Nature's cruise missle .. a Common Merganser in flight! 🚀 😀 #BirdingHungary #ducks #mergansers #waterfowl
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Nature's cruise missle .. a Common Merganser in flight! 🚀 😀 #BirdingHungary #ducks #mergansers #waterfowl
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Here's a better photo of female Common Pochard (Aythya ferina). With 2 to 3 males for every 1 female of this species, she will have her choice of suitors in the spring. 😀 #BirdingHungary #ducks #waterfowl #pochards
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Here's a better photo of female Common Pochard (Aythya ferina). With 2 to 3 males for every 1 female of this species, she will have her choice of suitors in the spring. 😀 #BirdingHungary #ducks #waterfowl #pochards
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Great time of year for observing #ducks because they are all in fresh breeding plumage. Here is a pair of male Tufted Ducks (Aythya fuligula). The funny specific epithet means "sooty throat". 😀 #BirdingHungary #waterfowl
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Great time of year for observing #ducks because they are all in fresh breeding plumage. Here is a pair of male Tufted Ducks (Aythya fuligula). The funny specific epithet means "sooty throat". 😀 #BirdingHungary #waterfowl
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“The journey itself is my home.”
— Bashō
— Bashō
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
“The journey itself is my home.”
— Bashō
— Bashō
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ nothing like an Owl to give you a right good #Staredown Spotted Eagle Owl 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ nothing like an Owl to give you a right good #Staredown Spotted Eagle Owl 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography