“Blur” of Sanderlings. 😎🪶 #NationalBirdDay

My first birds of the day were American Crows. Actually they were some of the only birds I saw today. They're intelligent, creative and community minded. I'm going to take that as a good sign for 2025

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Friendly reminder for this new year: if you want to draw you only need one thing: DRAW
It's okay if you don't have art studies, if you're bad at anatomy or color, if you draw on a napkin or if it looks “ugly” to you...
You don’t need to be “good” at something to have fun!

There are so many to choose from but this has always been my favorite Steinlen cat. 1909. emuseum.mfah.org/objects/4936...

GANG GANG COCKATOOS - impossibly silly gorgeous and hideous I’m obsessed with their thick faces and chubby noses and wide heads 🤣🤩😭😭😭🥰

Her Highness, the Great Frigatebird Chick

Great Frigatebirds are aerial acrobats and will often steal meals from other seabirds. Great Frigatebird chicks take a long time to develop, fledging in 4-6 months, depending on food supply.

Isla Seymour Norte, Galapagos Islands

"Count Grackula" Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
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A recently-fledged Great Horned Owl learning how to hunt.
Washington state

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I took advantage of the warm day to head outside for a sit on the deck and I noticed spruce cones falling all around me.
I hadn’t seen them for a few years, but here they were … Crossbills!
This juvenile male White-winged Crossbill came down to eat his prized cone in the late afternoon light!