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Parsingphase
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Polyglot endy Anglo-American geek with a European backstory, now in NE MA.

Posts may contain wildlife photos, native gardening, 3D printing, coding, backyard trailcams, and democratic ideals. Alt-text absolutist.

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#DailyBird 🤖
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), 8th November 2024
fr: Pic Chevelu
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 637mm, 70% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 3200
#Birds #HairyWoodpecker #HAWO #Woodpeckers
Among the somewhat abstract forms of blurred branches, a woodpecker pulls a small insect from the gaps in the bark of a tree.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

#Birdse#BirdsongDetectioneyed Junco
3 Black-capped Chickadee
4 American Goldfinch
5 House Finch
6 House Sparrow
7 Carolina Wren
8 Northern Cardinal
9 Hairy Woodpecker
10 Downy Woodpecker

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: Tufted Titmouse: 288 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 243 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 233 calls American Goldfinch: 181 calls House Finch: 165 calls House Sparrow: 153 calls Carolina Wren: 146 calls Northern Cardinal: 142 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 109 calls Downy Woodpecker: 93 calls
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 19th July 2024
es: Tirano Oriental, fr: Tyran Tritri
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 40% crop, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 1600
#Birds #EasternKingbird #EAKI #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Against a blurred yellow background, a gray-backed perching bird looks back over its shoulder towards the camera.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Sp#Birds2#BirdsongDetectionkadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
4 Dark-eyed Junco
5 House Finch
6 White-breasted Nuthatch
7 Northern Cardinal
8 American Goldfinch
9 Downy Woodpecker
10 Hairy Woodpecker

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 643 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 183 calls Tufted Titmouse: 165 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 140 calls House Finch: 111 calls White-breasted Nuthatch: 108 calls Northern Cardinal: 100 calls American Goldfinch: 57 calls Downy Woodpecker: 41 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 37 calls
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi), 1st January 2024
es: Negrón Aliblanco, fr: Macreuse à Ailes Blanches
Winthrop Beach, Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 10% crop, 1/320s, ISO 400
#Birds #WhiteWingedScoter #WWSC #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay
Black except for a distinctive white eyeline and an oddly-shaped bill, a small duck floats lazily on the sea.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Sparrow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Finch
4 Northern Cardinal
5 American Goldfinch
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Downy Woodpecker
8 Hairy Woodpecker
9 Dark-eyed Junco
10 Common Redpoll ^

^ See #Birds:#BirdsongDetection/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">caveat

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 189 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 183 calls House Finch: 175 calls Northern Cardinal: 162 calls American Goldfinch: 102 calls Tufted Titmouse: 88 calls Downy Woodpecker: 53 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 50 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 28 calls Common Redpoll: 20 calls
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Sparrow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Finch
4 Northern Cardinal
5 American Goldfinch
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Downy Woodpecker
8 Hairy Woodpecker
9 Dark-eyed Junco
10 Common Redpoll ^

^ See #Birds:#BirdsongDetection/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">caveat

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 189 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 183 calls House Finch: 175 calls Northern Cardinal: 162 calls American Goldfinch: 102 calls Tufted Titmouse: 88 calls Downy Woodpecker: 53 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 50 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 28 calls Common Redpoll: 20 calls
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
parsingphase.dev
#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Sparrow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Finch
4 Northern Cardinal
5 American Goldfinch
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Downy Woodpecker
8 Hairy Woodpecker
9 Dark-eyed Junco
10 Common Redpoll ^

^ See #Birds:#BirdsongDetection/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">caveat

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 189 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 183 calls House Finch: 175 calls Northern Cardinal: 162 calls American Goldfinch: 102 calls Tufted Titmouse: 88 calls Downy Woodpecker: 53 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 50 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 28 calls Common Redpoll: 20 calls
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), 1st January 2024
es: Porrón Osculado, fr: Garrot à Œil D’or
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/500s, ISO 200
#Birds #CommonGoldeneye #COGO #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A white sea-duck with black wings and head rears up and splashes its way across a rippled sea.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
parsingphase.dev
#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Sparrow
2#Birds #BirdsongDetectioned Chickadee
4 Northern Cardinal
5 American Goldfinch
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 White-breasted Nuthatch
10 White-throated Sparrow

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 345 calls House Finch: 313 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 180 calls Northern Cardinal: 153 calls American Goldfinch: 137 calls Tufted Titmouse: 95 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 67 calls Downy Woodpecker: 64 calls White-breasted Nuthatch: 54 calls White-throated Sparrow: 36 calls
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), 3rd October 2024
es: Barnacla Canadiense Grande, fr: Bernache du Canada
Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 455mm, 1/400s, f/8, ISO 500
#Birds #CanadaGoose #CANG #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A large goose stands one-legged on a floating log in the middle of a broad pond.
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
parsingphase.dev
#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1 House Fi#BirdsH#BirdsongDetectionthern Cardinal
4 American Goldfinch
5 Tufted Titmouse
6 Black-capped Chickadee
7 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 White-breasted Nuthatch
10 Dark-eyed Junco

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Finch: 315 calls House Sparrow: 290 calls Northern Cardinal: 212 calls American Goldfinch: 171 calls Tufted Titmouse: 168 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 103 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 72 calls Downy Woodpecker: 61 calls White-breasted Nuthatch: 58 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 55 calls
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens), 6th July 2024
es: Pico Pubescente, fr: Pic Mineur
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 15% crop, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 3200
#Birds #DownyWoodpecker #DOWO #Woodpeckers #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A very young woodpecker, black and white with a red patch atop its head, is seen through the empty hole in a wooden suet plug feeder, peering back at us.
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE#Birds
#BirdsongDetection2 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Finch
4 Northern Cardinal
5 American Goldfinch
6 Common Grackle
7 Dark-eyed Junco
8 House Sparrow
9 Blue Jay
10 Downy Woodpecker

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: Tufted Titmouse: 251 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 228 calls House Finch: 219 calls Northern Cardinal: 216 calls American Goldfinch: 156 calls Common Grackle: 142 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 137 calls House Sparrow: 93 calls Blue Jay: 93 calls Downy Woodpecker: 54 calls
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), 8th November 2024
es: Carpintero Escapulario Dorado, fr: Pic Flamboyant
Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 35% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 2500
#Birds
Slightly occluded by yellow fall foliage, a dapper woodpecker looks back from the trunk of a tree.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA)#Birdso#BirdsongDetectionouse Finch
3 House Sparrow
4 American Goldfinch
5 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Common Grackle
7 American Crow
8 Dark-eyed Junco
9 White-breasted Nuthatch
10 Blue Jay

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: Downy Woodpecker: 224 calls House Finch: 209 calls House Sparrow: 203 calls American Goldfinch: 197 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 188 calls Common Grackle: 144 calls American Crow: 117 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 109 calls White-breasted Nuthatch: 80 calls Blue Jay: 46 calls
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 30th April 2024
es: Colibrí Gorjirrubí, fr: Colibri à Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 637mm, 30% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 1000
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU
Wings spread wide & back, a little hummingbird leans back from a feeder.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
parsingphase.dev
#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1#Birds #BirdsongDetectionpped Chickadee
3 Common Grackle
4 House Finch
5 American Goldfinch
6 Dark-eyed Junco
7 Tufted Titmouse
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 Northern Cardinal
10 Hairy Woodpecker

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 292 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 274 calls Common Grackle: 246 calls House Finch: 229 calls American Goldfinch: 144 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 136 calls Tufted Titmouse: 122 calls Downy Woodpecker: 116 calls Northern Cardinal: 109 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 96 calls
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This mug has been part of my healthy smirk-free breakfast for years, if you'll pardon the grubby, off-colour humour.
A hand holds a heavily-faded, battered charity mug from the RNLI. The last few flags of the International Code of Signals are visible: VICTOR: I Require Assistance WHISKEY: I Need Medical Assistance X-RAY: Stop Your Intention YANKEE: I Am Dragging My Anchor ZULU: I Require A Tug
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), 31st March 2024
es: Agateador Americano, fr: Grimpereau Brun
Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/500s, ISO 800
#Birds #BrownCreeper #BRCR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
In an image of strange angles and colors, a little brown-backed bird hangs upside-down from a broken branch. Behind, a purplish blur of fall leaves and blue skies.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE#Birds
#BirdsongDetectionNorthern Cardinal
3 House Finch
4 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Tufted Titmouse
6 Dark-eyed Junco
7 Common Grackle
8 American Goldfinch
9 Blue Jay
10 Hairy Woodpecker

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: House Sparrow: 334 calls Northern Cardinal: 212 calls House Finch: 195 calls Black-capped Chickadee: 195 calls Tufted Titmouse: 122 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 93 calls Common Grackle: 88 calls American Goldfinch: 43 calls Blue Jay: 43 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 27 calls
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), 22nd June 2024
es: Sargento Alirrojo, fr: Carouge à Épaulettes
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, New Scotland, New York
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 2000
#RWBL
A small blackbird with red-and-yellow epualettes perches, facing us, on the bare top of a cattail. The green leaves of the reeds are seen behind and around it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
parsingphase.dev
#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (NE MA):

1#Birds-#BirdsongDetection Tufted Titmouse
3 Northern Cardinal
4 Common Grackle
5 House Sparrow
6 House Finch
7 Dark-eyed Junco
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 Hairy Woodpecker
10 American Goldfinch

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: Black-capped Chickadee: 586 calls Tufted Titmouse: 349 calls Northern Cardinal: 268 calls Common Grackle: 237 calls House Sparrow: 140 calls House Finch: 106 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 87 calls Downy Woodpecker: 81 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 70 calls American Goldfinch: 44 calls
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#DailyBird 🤖
Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), 18th June 2024
es: Chochín Criollo, fr: Troglodyte Familier
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 892mm, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 1600
#Birds #NorthernHouseWren #BirdOfTheDay #DescribeYourImages
A slender brown wren raises its yellow beak in song.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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#YesterdaysYardBirdsy.app/profile/parsingphase.dev/post/3ljfn54m4ls23" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#YesterdaysYardBirds top 10 🤖 (#Birds:#BirdsongDetectionhickadee
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Tufted Titmouse
4 Northern Cardinal
5 House Finch
6 Hairy Woodpecker
7 Common Grackle
8 House Sparrow
9 Dark-eyed Junco
10 Blue Jay

#Birds #BirdsongDetection <a href="/hashtag/HaikuBox" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HaikuBox
Bar chart of the above data: Black-capped Chickadee: 379 calls Downy Woodpecker: 308 calls Tufted Titmouse: 303 calls Northern Cardinal: 303 calls House Finch: 176 calls Hairy Woodpecker: 148 calls Common Grackle: 139 calls House Sparrow: 123 calls Dark-eyed Junco: 109 calls Blue Jay: 105 calls
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM