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Numbatu (W.Poon)
@numbatu.bsky.social
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Artist, teacher, birder, nature lover, nature photographer - capturing the human side of animals.

#animalsdoinghumanthings

3Eyeballs studio. (All photos taken by me, Winnie Poon, unless otherwise stated).

Thank you for your likes and repostings ❤️💕
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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. These little birds move so fast that I almost never could get a good picture of it Ruby crown.
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Anna’s hummingBORB!
A small bird with metallic green back and black face. The chest is fluffy with granulating green to gray to white. It has a needle like long beak.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Smug looking little guy. (White breasted Nuthatch)
A half white, half gray bird with a sharp beak standing on a knot in a tree. His underside has some chestnut reddish brown colors. He is looking a little smug, or like he is scorning someone.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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A goth family (Brandt’s Cormorant with babies).
A mother Brandt’s Cormorant with babies around her in a nest. They are fairly large birds that are all black with a little bit of dark yellow on the mom’s throat. Baby birds’ eyes are closed and mother had blue eyes. There are three visible babies. The first is near the wing of the mother, the next one is in the middle with neck stretching taller than its siblings, and the last is facing the first at near equal height.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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A young Black Crowned Night Heron practicing his hunting skills. Alas, he needs more practice.
A close up of the profile of the head and neck of a young but large bird with gray and white feathers streaking in the chest area. His eye is bright orange with a light lime green on the eyelid and up to the big long beak. A young but large bird with gray and white feathers streaking in the chest area. His eye is bright orange with a light lime green on the eyelid and up to the big long beak. He has very large and awkward feet A frontal view of a young but large bird with gray and white feathers streaking in the chest area. His eye is bright orange with a light lime green on the eyelid and up to the big long beak.
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Caught a House Finch loving on a tree.
A house finch (red face and brownish gray feathers on his tail and back with streaks on his chest), with his claws around the branch with pine needles and his head leaned down, touching the thin branch.
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Fire in the sky. (OC-my own photo.)

#Clouds
September 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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A handsome Belted Kingfisher. [my own photo; Los Gatos, CA]

#birds #birding
September 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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NSFW:
[OC] The other morning I heard off and on gun shots for 20 minutes early in the morning. I looked out the window and couldn’t find anything, so I went back to sleep. See comments as I am exceeding the allowable text….
September 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Bald eagle with fish. (My own photo).

#birds
August 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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“Look sis! No head!”

Everyone has a weird sibling.

Great horned owlets - my own photos.

#birds
Two young Great Horned owls standing next to each other on a branch. One has its head bent backward and down and cannot be seen from the front view. The other looks a little annoyed as if it is rolling its eyeballs.
August 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Anna’s Hummingbird’s normal body temperature is about 42C (107F). In the winter time, they may go into a state of torpor - slowing down their heart rate and breathing, and lowering their body temperature to about 9C (48F).

#birds
A small bird sitting in the tip of a branch. It has a black face with a needle like beak. Its chest is proofed up a bit to form a roundish body. Iridescent green feathers cover its back, with some white / gray feathers underneath.
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Cormorants feathers are not 100% waterproof. Therefore, you can often find them with their wings spread, waiting for them to air dry.

#birds
A large black bird standing a a rock with its wings spread wide. It has a long orange beak and blue eyes. In front of it is a body of greenish water.
August 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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My husband’s cousin has a barn for her horses, and there are Barn Swallows who share the space. They recently had babies. I love their little faces 😍 (My own photos with taken with Sigma long lens - 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary DG OS HSM Lens).

#birds
Two baby birds with wide beaks and dark heads are in a nest made of mud and a few straws. One is looking at the camera and one is a little behind the other one.
August 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Snowy Egret. Caught it just at the right moment 🥰

#birds
A large-ish white bird is landing on wet sand and about to touch down. It has its large wings spread and raised. Its feet have a gold glint to them. There is a white backward crest on its head.
August 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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A French lemonade from 1651
August 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A very cute Black bird standing on top of a hedge like a statue. I came so close and it didn’t flinch at all. I think it was posing perfectly for me.
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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White Wagtail. I love the way they walk!
A mostly white small bird with a patch of black in its chest and black edgings in its wings and tail. It stands in front of a big boulder and on dry leaves. A mostly white small bird with a patch of black in its chest and black edgings in its wings and tail. It stands on a boulder and in front of a pile of dry leaves. A mostly white small bird with a patch of black in its chest and black edgings in its wings and tail. It stands next to a boulder and on a pile of dry leaves.
August 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Red kite in Denmark!
A large bird of prey with wide wingspan with an orange-pinkish tail soar in the sky. A large bird of prey with wide wingspan with an orange-pinkish tail soar in the sky. A large bird of prey with wide wingspan with an orange-pinkish tail soar in the sky.
July 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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#BrownPelicans seem to fly into each other a lot.

#birds
Two large brown birds with wide wing span and large beaks are flying very close to each other. The wing of the bird on the right seems to be touching the bird on the right.
July 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Waiting for my lunch at a cafe and this #WhiteStork flew overhead. Lucky I had my camera with me! ❤️❤️

#birds
July 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I love the Mohawk haircut of the #RingedTeals.

#birds #wildlifePhotography
July 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I caught a female #MandarinDuck sticking her tongue out at me!

#birds #wildlifePhotography
July 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Such a pretty duck! #RingedTeal #Birds #WildlifePhotography
July 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Don’t look into his eyes!! (Great Horned Owl on my antenna at dusk).
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM