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Paul Wallace
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Greetings from Georgia! Mostly birds and by mostly I mean all. Fan of Johnny Cash and the planet Saturn. Physics professor, dad, cat guy. Ex pastor but not angry about it.
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Paul Wallace @paulmwall.bsky.social · 18h
BIRD REPORT I’m not really a big lister but HEY I’ve recorded 105 species in the first 5 days of 2026. At this this pace I’ll be the global big year champion by a LOT

#100: sanderling

#105: great horned owl

This has been your Tuesday morning BIRD REPORT
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Never reposted one of my posts before but everyone I mean absolutely everyone needs to see this beautiful bird #birds
paulmwall.bsky.social Paul Wallace @paulmwall.bsky.social · 21h
Sometimes dark things shine #birds
Reddish egret standing on sand, facing left. A dark, tall, long-legged, long-necked, long-billed surly moody dinosaur. This handsome intense egret is photographed against light colored water on an overcast day and his colors are all very muted because of the low light. Although the bird is overall very dark, colors can be seen in his feathers: deep blues and purples mark his wings and his rump is somewhat lighter in color. But his shoulders and neck and head are unimaginably dark and deep red-purple, nearly black. But his eye! It is bright yellow-white and picks up the bright calm water surrounding the creature.
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
paulmwall.bsky.social
BIRD REPORT I’m not really a big lister but HEY I’ve recorded 105 species in the first 5 days of 2026. At this this pace I’ll be the global big year champion by a LOT

#100: sanderling

#105: great horned owl

This has been your Tuesday morning BIRD REPORT
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Sometimes dark things shine #birds
Reddish egret standing on sand, facing left. A dark, tall, long-legged, long-necked, long-billed surly moody dinosaur. This handsome intense egret is photographed against light colored water on an overcast day and his colors are all very muted because of the low light. Although the bird is overall very dark, colors can be seen in his feathers: deep blues and purples mark his wings and his rump is somewhat lighter in color. But his shoulders and neck and head are unimaginably dark and deep red-purple, nearly black. But his eye! It is bright yellow-white and picks up the bright calm water surrounding the creature.
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Migratory sandpipers dance along the bay ✨🖤✨ pure magic! Never gets old! Delta BC 🇨🇦

Daily videos on my YouTube channel and weekly stories on my blog - I’d love you to join me 🥰❤️🇨🇦

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January 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Yesterday was overcast but the birds didn’t seem to mind #birds
Front view of a Forster’s tern hovering while scanning the pond for lunch. The camera looks right down the bird’s long axis so all you can really see is (1) the head, which is turned to the left and down, and which features a nice dark eye spot and sharp black beak on a mostly white creature; (2) the wings, which are lifted in perfect symmetry to their maximum upward position and are edged in dark gray; (3) the tail, which is fanned out maximally in a neat white isosceles triangle behind the bird; and (4) the legs, which hang in a relaxed state, feet turned slightly inward, symmetric. Symmetry is the word for this photo. The background is steel blue cloudy sky.
January 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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My first photo subject of 2026! Happy new year everyone #birds
A juvenile reddish egret standing in shallow water, body facing right, looking straight down into the water, long daggerlike beak nearly perfectly vertical. This bird is very unusually colored; he has a pale chalky blue and tan back, steel blue undersides, a reddish neck, and dark green legs. His beak is light at the base but is mostly dark overall, and you can see a reflection of the tip of his beak. The water is calm and light blue.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Good morning! 🪶
Very young, messy baby burrowing owl.
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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BIRD REPORT first bird of 2026 is a Carolina chickadee singing that hilarious off key plaintive singy song

This has been your Thursday morning BIRD REPORT
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Posted this shot a couple months ago but it seems fitting for year’s end and it surely squares up with today’s theme of #reflections so here you go #birdoftheday #birds
Great blue heron wading in calm water at twilight, facing right. The shot is mostly a silhouette of the long-legged, snake-necked, dagger-billed bird, but details of the bird can be seen if you look closely: the dark crown, the light shoulder patch, the bright eye. The water is calm and a nice reflection ripples gently beneath the bird himself. The water is colored light gray-blue to orange.
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Steely eyed murder bird atop the neighbor’s feeder #mostrecent #birdoftheday #birds
Red shouldered hawk perched on a standalone bird feeder, facing right. Her back is to the camera but her head is turned 90 degrees and you can see her brown back flecked in white, her tail, and her keen light brown eye reflecting the sun. Her beak is sharply hooked. The soft late-day light is from the right and the background is sky with high wispy clouds.
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Seasonally appropriate color contrast #birdoftheday #birds
Male scarlet tanager perched on a mulberry branch, facing up and to the right. The bird has incandescent red feathers everywhere but on his wings and tail, which are jet black. He is leaning back a little and he has his head raised as if looking at something high in the tree. He has a heavy beak and the sun reflects in his eye. The light is from above and his belly is in shadow, but still obviously red. The background is bright green and mulberries hang on the tree throughout the frame.
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Chickadee peeks out of the birdhouse #sideprofiles #birdoftheday #photography #nature #birds
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Sunset at the local patch #grounded #birdoftheday #birds
Ruby crowned kinglet on the grassy ground, facing the camera. The light illuminates the left side of this mostly olive colored bird (borb) and his ruby crest can just be seen through his crown feathers.
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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One day junior heron will be (1) all grown up, and (2) blue

But it is not this day #birds #aboutthekids #birdoftheday
All-white juvenile little blue heron standing on a rock with dark water in the background. The bird faces right and every feather is white. She has pale green-yellow legs, a faint yellow patch between her eye and beak, a light beak with a dark tip, and a yellow eye. She contrasts strongly with the dark water behind.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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When I took this shot this bird was called a Cordilleran flycatcher, which is an excellent name. Two weeks later this bird was called a western flycatcher, which is a boring name #quietmoments #birdoftheday #birds
Western flycatcher perched on a diagonal branch, seen from the back, with head turned to the left. The small greenish bird isn’t the shade except for a small patch of soft sunlight that illuminates his eye. He has a greenish back, head, and raised crest. He has faint wing bars, a straight brownish tail, and a long beak with a small hook at the end. The background is uniform bright yellow green.
December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Spent about 20 minutes today trying to get a clear full body shot of my first-of-season orange crowned warbler and this picture neatly summarizes how things went #birds
Orange crowed warbler standing erect on a branch, stretching up and peering over the top of a leaf that looks like a water oak leaf but that can’t be right this time of year. Anyway, the point is that you can only see the bird’s head, turned slightly to the left of the frame, a bit of his belly,and his feet. He is nearly completely hidden but his little head poking up gives the scene a humorous, peekaboo effect.
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Great Egret 2025. #ArtAdventCalendar
#birds
A large white bird, a great egret is hunting in a marsh at a local conservancy. There is a reflection in the murky waters of the scene ofthe bird and a small pile of reeds.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Today’s #birdoftheday alt is #birdsonfeeders so here you go. Look at that back toe in action #birds
White breasted nuthatch clinging to the side of a feeder, head down, sunflower seed in her beak. She is white below and blue-gray above, with a neat blue-black crown and a squat lil tail. Under her tail is a small rufous patch. The background is featureless white-gray
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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When I saw that the #birdoftheday theme is #quietobservers my mind immediately went to this tiny solitary plover gazing out over the Atlantic #birds
Semipalmated plover, wading alone in the quiet surf, looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. The bird is small, short-tailed, long-legged, and short-necked. He is white below and brown above but wears a neat white necklace and neat white eyebrow. His legs are yellow and his beak is short and black. The surf is blue with thin lines of white frothy bubbles running horizontally across the frame.
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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There weren't too many Eagles yesterday by the dam, but maybe 8 or 10 because it was warm. But it was sure good to see them. This is perhaps a 4yr old bird, with still some dark color on his whites.
#BaldEagle #birds
A bald eagle is maneuvering the skies above a local dam fishing. The background is light blue sky.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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BIG NON BIRD NEWS I just unlocked a Major Dad Achievement: I have now successfully taught three (3) kids how to drive. In Atlanta.

A chilling job of work now complete

Thing 3 got her license today and just completed her first solo drive. To her best friend’s house

I am in a v celebratory mood!
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Flying through a shady spot on a sunny day #groups #birdoftheday #birds
About 20 white ibis flying to the right against a blue sky spotted with cotton clouds. They are flying through a shady region of space and so you see mainly their silhouettes. But some detail is evident: every bird is mostly white except for the dark tips of their outstretched wings. Their feet are straight out in back; their necks are straight out in front; their long downcurved bills lead the way.
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#birds #nature #photography
A tan mourning dove bends down to have a better look while standing in the snow.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Our friendly neighborhood murderbird chillin in the sideyard sweetgum #birds
Headshot of a juvenile red shouldered hawk, facing right. Only the top of the bird’s body and her head are seen in the shot. She has a brown head and brown back, flecked in white, and a white breast with brown streaks. Her eye is light brown and her sharply hooked beak is yellow and black. The background is composed of unfocused bright green and yellow leaves.
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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King of the local patch #birdoftheday #birds
Great blue heron wading in shallow water, neck contracted into a tight S shape, facing right. The bird’s legs are in the water up to the knees (which are really ankles). Largely gray in color, he is draped in long plumes down the front. Her crown is dark blue and his eye is yellow and his beak is long and daggerlike. Overall the colors are muted, as the shot was taken at dusk.
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM