Dauphne
@dauphne.bsky.social
Dork. Except when too busy being a doofus.
Also, sometimes I go outside and pay attention to things.
Also, sometimes I go outside and pay attention to things.
Yes to the head protection! I could hear him shouting his warnings at me from the trees while I was outside yesterday. As the threats came closer and closer, I realized how vulnerable my head was. 🤣
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes to the head protection! I could hear him shouting his warnings at me from the trees while I was outside yesterday. As the threats came closer and closer, I realized how vulnerable my head was. 🤣
Actually ... he started patrolling the feeders earlier this week. He kept showing up later in the day, though, after I'd posted the day's FBOMD news. 😆Yesterday was HIS day.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Actually ... he started patrolling the feeders earlier this week. He kept showing up later in the day, though, after I'd posted the day's FBOMD news. 😆Yesterday was HIS day.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Northern mockingbird; Generalissimus has returned to claim the bird feeders as his winter territory.
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Northern mockingbird; Generalissimus has returned to claim the bird feeders as his winter territory.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: A pair of vultures, coasting
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: A pair of vultures, coasting
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Male northern cardinal puffed up against this morning's breezy cold, waiting for the sunflower seeds.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Male northern cardinal puffed up against this morning's breezy cold, waiting for the sunflower seeds.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: American crow in cawing, low flight across backyard and front
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: American crow in cawing, low flight across backyard and front
An oldie, but a goodie! 😆
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An oldie, but a goodie! 😆
No chance of drying out today. Maybe tomorrow.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No chance of drying out today. Maybe tomorrow.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Very wet white-throated sparrows
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: Very wet white-throated sparrows
Ah! "Sound off: one-two, flap- flap!" 😄
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ah! "Sound off: one-two, flap- flap!" 😄
Dove for #FirstBirdOfMyDay here, too, of the mourning variety, doing the usual thing: waiting for me to hang the bird feeders, but flying away when I come outside to do so.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Dove for #FirstBirdOfMyDay here, too, of the mourning variety, doing the usual thing: waiting for me to hang the bird feeders, but flying away when I come outside to do so.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: White-throated sparrow foraging in the fallen leaves
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay: White-throated sparrow foraging in the fallen leaves
I can just picture it!
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I can just picture it!
Because an entire day's rain wasn't wet enough, #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a white-throated sparrow splashing in the birdbath.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Because an entire day's rain wasn't wet enough, #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a white-throated sparrow splashing in the birdbath.
👍The house sparrows crowd the feeders pretty much all day during the winter. But they are rarely first, and never last.
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
👍The house sparrows crowd the feeders pretty much all day during the winter. But they are rarely first, and never last.
I saw only one other bird the whole day -- a northern cardinal, always the last at the feeders, always eating sunflower seeds exclusively until about 20 minutes after sunset.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I saw only one other bird the whole day -- a northern cardinal, always the last at the feeders, always eating sunflower seeds exclusively until about 20 minutes after sunset.
The situation in the U.S. is like this century's second pandemic, it seems, infecting every other country that comes into contact with our "leadership."
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The situation in the U.S. is like this century's second pandemic, it seems, infecting every other country that comes into contact with our "leadership."
🧐 Yet it is not one I've had as a first bird since late summer/early fall ... hmm. A few year-round birds only visit my feeders during winter, so there's still hope! 😄
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🧐 Yet it is not one I've had as a first bird since late summer/early fall ... hmm. A few year-round birds only visit my feeders during winter, so there's still hope! 😄