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Mary M
@marynh.bsky.social
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NH-based editor/writer with kids, dogs, and anxiety
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least, meaning a bird you don’t see very much. It’s always a treat for me to see a #NorthernFlicker. Merlin tells me they’re here far more often than I spot them.
#birds
#EastCoastKin
A Northern Flicker looking fancy on a feeder rail
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #fighting, and let this be a lesson to you: Never mess with a Goldfinch.
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#EastCoastKin
Two American Goldfinches go beak-to-beak on a feeder.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Thank god it’s #FlyDay
Red-bellied Woodpecker coming in for a landing and showing where he got his name
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#EastCoastKin
Red-bellied Woodpecker begins to land on feeder. His red belly is exposed.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps, and no one loves a close-up more than a #MourningDove
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#EastCoastKin
Mourning Dove sits on feeder tray and peers coyly into the camera.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Same 🌊
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Some days are perfect
#dogsky
#dogsofbluesky
#goldenretriever
A 9-year-old Golden Retriever rests on a lawn surrounded by autumn leaves on a sunny day and smiles at the camera
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #underrated — birds that don’t get the appreciation they deserve.
#RockPigeon
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A Rock Pigeon struts around the streets of Boston.
November 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Currently reading The Black Wolf by Louise Penny @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social 📚💙
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Cover of The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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We don’t have a patch, but we hope the Great Pumpkin will recognize the sincerity inherent in our lone pumpkin.
Pumpkin on table with Jack-o-lantern face drawn in sharpie
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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For the #Halloween edition of #BirdOfTheDay… Out of the mist, this Grackle comes to haunt your dreams…
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A Common Grackle stands on feeder rail and glares menacingly into the camera on a misty day
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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These penguins at the @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social are my entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #OddAngles
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Two penguins stand on a rock. Their necks are bent in opposite directions as each grooms itself.
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Today’s alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is “funny,” so here’s a Red-bellied Woodpecker playing peekaboo.
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Red-bellied Woodpecker leans in from side of feeder to peer into camera
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Tonight: A moment of zen
Deep red, orange, and yellow sunset behind evergreen trees in shadow overlooking a marsh, which reflects the colors of the sky
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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“It’s like looking in a mirror…”
My #BirdOfTheDay entry for #TwosDay
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#MourningDove
Two Mourning Doves stand on feeder facing each other, looking like mirror images
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Today’s alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ducks. Here are a bunch of them, though the picture doesn’t do them justice.
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Dozens of ducks on a pond on an autumn day
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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My girlfriend’s back!

Though the male Red-bellied Woodpeckers visit daily, she has been hard to find this summer. Hopefully, now that nesting season is over, she’ll be around a lot more. (Don’t tell the others she’s my favorite.)
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Female Red-bellied Woodpecker sits on feeder, taking a rest from filling her red belly.
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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This #sunlit Pine Warbler is today’s #BirdOfTheDay. They don’t come around here much, so it was a real treat to see this one.
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Close-up of Pine Warbler on feeder holding a seed in its bill
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Thank god it’s #FlyDay
#BirdOfTheDay
#ChippingSparrow
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Chipping Sparrow flies toward backyard feeder
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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This Blue Jay is my #BirdOfTheDay. I’m not sure what he’s #thinking, but I think I have some explaining to do.
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Blue Jay on feeder rail tilts head and looks questioningly at camera
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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My #BirdOfTheDay entry for the theme #raptors is a bit of a cheat. This summer, I watched WBU’s Barred Owl Cam obsessively, from the time the owlets hatched until they fledged. My phone is filled with screenshots of them through every stage of development. I still miss them. 🦉🪶
Screenshot from live cam of two owlets looking out of their owl box, starting to think about fledging.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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My contribution to the #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #SideEye. American Goldfinches have top-notch side-eye game.
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American Goldfinch stands on feeder and gives meaningful sideways glare to the camera.
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #singing. Here’s a lovely Eastern Bluebird. I can’t remember what song it was. Might have been Wonderwall.
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Eastern Bluebird on feeder with beak open
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Found this guy on my front step eating the decorative mums, so now I have to go to the clearance rack at the garden store and stock up on discount mums to help him bulk up before he hibernates.
Groundhog taking a pause from eating potted flowers on a house doorstep
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #colourful, so this Baltimore Oriole is stepping forward (though, of course, as an American, he spells it #colorful)
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Bright orange Baltimore Oriole on feeder
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Today’s theme is “black,” so this Red-winged Blackbird is my #BirdOfTheDay. And I know what you’re going to say, @john-in-chicago.bsky.social
Red-winged Blackbird on backyard feeder
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM