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Janet Hill
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Welcome to the prairies! In my day job I'm a microbiology prof in Saskatoon @hilllabsask.bsky.social. Weekends are for the birds (literally).

🇨🇦 Citizen scientist. Volunteer for birds. Photos by me.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · May 23
The Best Duck. I will not be taking questions at this time #birds
The best looking duck with rust coloured body, white cheek, black cap and an oversized bright blue bill. It is the best duck. It is the ruddy duck.
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#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon Where you can see the moon if you check the replies
Arched concrete bridge over a prairie river with city skyline beyond.
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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“I am penguin"
#birds
Small grey sparrow with white belly and pink beak is standing on one foot on a little mound of snow. It is not a penguin; it is a Slate-coloured Junco.
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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USFWS says Wisdom did not lay an egg this year. She continues to visit Midway Atoll, even last week. Laysan albatrosses pause breeding every 2–3 years, a normal part of life, not a sign that Wisdom’s parenting days are over. And grandson N333 is incubating an egg now! #Birds

Photo Dan Rapp Nov 2025
January 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon Interesting glow this morning
Arched concrete bridge over a prairie river with city skyline beyond.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Sandpiper murmuration 😍
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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 3:42 AM
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Tonight’s movie selection is “Trade Winds” (1938). "Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship”. There are HATS. Also, the press at the time reported that Joan Bennett "started a new craze with her jet-black hair”
Screen shot of black and white movie - a bunch of men in hats surround a pair of men who appear to be exchanging a cheque (also wearing hats).
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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This is how you pose when you know you’re the only “fancy” junco in the flock 😎 #birds
Bird with black head, grey back and peach coloured sides is standing in the snow in profile with beak pointed straight up. It’s a dramatic pose.
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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A bonus #GoodEveningFromSaskatoon for you. Didn’t get much vitamin D today 😂
Arched concrete bridge over a prairie river with city skyline beyond.
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where today’s photo was taken by Dave because I messed up 😂
Arched concrete bridge over a prairie river with city skyline beyond.
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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We’re in the darkest time of the year now but this smiling squirrel is giving me life 🐿️🥜🌿
American red squirrel is holding a peanut and smiling.
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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I saw some cousins.

Female Black-backed Woodpecker and male American Three-toed Woodpecker, both more or less near 108 Mile Ranch, BC.
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Female black-backed woodpecker, mostly dark above and on the back, whitish and streaky below. On burned tree. Photo of male American Three-toed Woodpecker on bark-flaked spruce tree. Woodpecker is blackish and streaky gray, with yellow patch on the crown.
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Winter Learnings: What owls are found in #Canada?
The State of Canada's Birds reports on 15 species.
You can use the search page at naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc... with "owl" to learn more on each species. Much of the data on these species is collected by #Volunteers monitoring #Birds for #Science
Screen capture of the State of Canada's Birds search engine showing all species with "owl" in the name. Screen capture of the State of Canada's Birds page for the Spotted Owl Screen capture of the State of Canada's Birds page for the Western Screech Owl Screen capture of the State of Canada's Birds page for the Snowy Owl
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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One of my favourite #FeederWatch visitors, the Northern Flicker. Dig those polkadots #birds 🌿
Bird with polkadot belly, black bib, moustache, red nape patch and long pointy beak is sitting on a wooden deck railing while looking up and to its right. There is a bit of snow on its face.
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Pileated portrait #birds
headshot of a Pileated Woodpecker on a tree. There are out of focus branches in the foreground and background. The bird has a red cap and a red bar on his cheek. The face and chin are white and there is a black bar over the eye.
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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A family of crested caracara, two adults and a juvenile.
Southeast Texas, December 2025.
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#Birds #Raptors #Photography #Portraits #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfPrey #BirdPhotography #Caracaras
Three crested caracara (Mexican eagles) sitting on top of a sand dune. The two adults are on the left and the juvenile is on the right, talking to the adults. One adult is at the foot of the sand dune, looking up. One adult is walking up the sand dune towards the other adult and the juvenile. The two adults are together on top of the sand dune and the juvenile a few feet away.
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Two bird species can be heard in this video. Can you tell me what they are?
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Turns out Bohemian Waxwings also dig the grit #birds 🌿
Group of four silky grey birds on a snowy road.
January 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Betelgeuse sometimes retreats to the #Caturday cocoon. He’s not wrong
Silky grey cat peeking out from his very comfy spot in a heap of comforter.
January 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Itty bitty gritty committee

Redpolls gathering grit from the road to help with digesting their food #birds 🌿
Six small birds foraging for sand on a snowy road.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Pileated Woodpecker #birds
A Pileated Woodpecker on a tree surrounded by snow covered branches and red berries. He is black with a red cap and a black and white face. A Pileated Woodpecker on a thick tree branch. There are thick snow covered branches and thin branches in the background
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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South end of a northbound White-breasted Nuthatch for #PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic #PlacesWhereBirdsWereJustASecondAgo
A lichen covered tree trunk and branch. The feet and butt of a bird are visible at the upper edge of the frame.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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So happy to have the Bohemian Waxwings back for the winter. Here’s one eyeing the fruit of a Russian Olive tree #birds 🌿
Silky grey bird with crest and black mask is perched in a tree looking down at a cluster of white berries.
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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lovely lady along Sand Creek this morning #birds
belted kingfisher with dark blue head, breasst, and back, white throat and belly, with dark rusty orange flanks and belly band
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Went out to greet 2026 this morning - snow shoeing to a spot where the Bohemian Waxwings and American Robins were getting pretty excited about buffalo berries. Let’s go #birds
January 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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House rules: if you draw this card you just win #Wingspan #birds
Playing card from the Wingspan board game showing a Ruddy Duck.
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM