Some #birds seen in Maryland last week, including a long-staying Purple Gallinule, an American Bittern, and an American Coot.

With a big, sloping bill that blends into an orange-ish face bedazzled with a fiery red eye, drake Canvasbacks can be rather striking when seen in good light.

Although Canvasbacks mainly breed in the Canadian prairies, huge numbers winter around Chesapeake Bay, like this bird. #birds

A Kirtland’s Warbler delighted many birders when it spent a few days at a scummy Baltimore, Maryland park back in October 2021. #birds

A Willet winging it down the shore in North Carolina a few years ago. #birds

Shortly after I took this photo, my wife had to hit the deck when a Bald Eagle dive-bombed this Red-necked Grebe in Homer, Alaska. #birds

A couple years ago, Limpkins exploded out of the southeast and showed up all over North America.

This bird appeared in central Missouri in late summer and stayed past Thanksgiving, which allowed me to see it when I went home for the holiday. #birds

A Sandhill Crane and its colt feeding near a Florida lake. #birds

It’s amazing that a bird as tiny as a Dovekie can survive winters on the open sea.

This particular bird was about 40 miles off the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. #birds

I encountered this Laughing Gull loafing in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina last summer after a rough day at sea. #birds

It’s tough out there.

A Pied Butcherbird dispatched a Noisy Miner and eventually flew off with it in eastern Australia last August. #birds

Masked Lapwing in Sydney, Australia last August. #addBirder #birds #ausbirds