Jumped from the usual 8 yard species to 21 today with the warm temps and migration underway. Including a Merlin, Snow Goose, Robins, Mallards, Red-winged blackbird and an early Killdeer! #BackyardBirding

First Canada geese and cackling to fly over the yard today! #Manitoba #CanadianBirding

A flock of about 40 #Redpolls showed up last week. They are still eating like it may be their last meal ever. Just loaded up on nyjer seed/sunflower chips. They need to calm down. 😂 #Birding

Taking a page from @seanhollowell.bsky.social ‘s book, I’m also posting something blue for my first Bluesky post.

Swallow-tailed Gulls in a Starlit Sky. Watercolor on cold-pressed paper.

Pretty much need snowshoes to get to my feeders through all the snow drifts right now! #CanadianBirding

Fascinating #FeederWatch morning. Just saw the Northern Shrike regurgitate a pellet! #Birding

The birds have me doing double takes this morning. Everything is so much smaller now that it's not -35C. #CanadianBirding

This female red-bellied woodpecker showed up in the yard in fall (a lifer for me) and to my delight, has stuck around so far! #WoodpeckerWednesday #Manitoba #BirdJoy

Red-breasted Nuthatch styled by the wind #birds

Suet and bark butter making day! The winter patio blast chiller means the birds don’t have to wait long to snack! #BackyardBirding #FeederWatch

When the (somewhat rare) red bellied woodpecker’s fave suet runs out in -30C windchill, you gotta make more asap! #FeederWatch