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Golden-crowned Borb is the best borb!

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photo of a golden-crowned sparrow on a small, arched branch that is arching over a mesh wire fence. the bird is facing the camera looking slightly to the left. they are almost perfectly round.
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic?

Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.

Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶

Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
Close up photo of a steller's jay facing the camera and leaning toward it a bit, their head is facing just a hair to left of camera and a beam of sunlight lights up their right eye.
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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First Four Birds 2026

Dark-eyed Junco
Ca. Scrub Jay
Steller's Jay
Canada Goose

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4 up collage of an oregon form junco, scrub jay, steler's jay and canada goose.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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American Wigeon thinks today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Reflections is X-ellent!

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photo of an american wigeon in a river. they are facing the camera wings up and out so with their reflection the form an X shape. the water reflects warm sunset colors.
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Stupid cute little birds!

Dark-eyed Junco

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Colorful oregon form junco standing on a blackberry branch. they are facing the camera with their head turned to the right in profile. they have a mixed light and dark gray hood with a dusting of cinnamon brown at the crown.
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Srsly?! Who deletes #birdbutts? I put "butt" in my photo search and...um...FAR too many photos came up 🤣(yeah...and that's just from May 2025 on b/c this is new laptop)

Avocet butt def one of the top 10 butts

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious🪶 And bringing back #ButtsOfBirds while I'm here
Photo of an avocet standing in shallow water. they are facing away from the camera with their head turned to the left in profile. their abdomen feathers are floofed.
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay is all #AboutTheKids any bird chicks or juveniles, and the Alternative is #Gulls.

To the surprise of no one...

Juvie Steller's Jay! #birds #becurious 🪶
photo of a fuzzy juvie steller's jay perched on the face of a wooden lattice fence. they are facing left with their tail pointed down and their head turned over their shoulder looking down.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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One-legged Chickasquee grabbing an easy meal on the porch railing!

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photograph of a floofed out chickadee on a porch railing. they are in profile facing left. there is a pile of chipped sunflower seeds in front of them. You can see the toes of their one remaining leg peeking out from their floof. their left wing is slightly out and back, helping them balance - compensating for the missing left leg.
December 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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🎶Tho’ rain may fall in the evening,
And rain may fall in the night
When the robin sings in the morning,
I know the sun is bright.
I keep still, hear him,
Singin’ up in a tree,
For the little angel of gladness,
Brings happiness to me.🎶

Red, Red, Robin - Harry Woods, 1926

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photo of an American robin on top of a false bamboo plant with vibrant red berries surrounding them. they are facing the camera looking to the left in profile.
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #WinterBirds

Going with "Classic Winter Bird + Surprise! Winter Bird"

(well, not a surprise in my yard, but often surprising to folks)

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photo of an oregon form dark eyed junco and a male anna's hummingbird sitting on the small, snow covered branches of a snowball bush. the junco is down left, in profile facing right. the anna's is upper right in 3/4 profile facing front slightly left.
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Mr. Oregon form Junco auditioning to be the official field guide model (he's got it locked up!)

(I really need to start tagging these bits of perfection "Not AI" don't I? 😂)

I literally renamed the shot "perfect junco" in my folder😂

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December 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I'm not saying Oregon form Juncos are perfect...

...but I'm not NOT saying that either.

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Photo of a male oregon form dark-eyed junco on a small diagonal branch with bits of vibrant green moss on it. the junco is in profile facing right.
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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PNW Weather Report: It was a bit floofy out this morning!

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photo of a steller's jay in a small maple, standing on a diagonal branch. they are facing the camera, body angled slightly to the right, head turned to the left in profile. their feathers are floofed out.
December 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#FromTheArchives

Another "came across this while looking for some other photo" photo.

Steller's Jays excel at that sweet/haughty expression.

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photo of a steller's jay on a thin oak branch. they are facing away from the camera with their head turned in profile to the left.
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Launching in 3...2...1...

Not surprisingly the next shot was all #Blurd 😂

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photo of a steller's jay on a thin, diagonal maple branch. they are facing the camera with their head angled up and to the right, their tail is fanned out, they are about to take off.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#WorstBirdPic

When the juvie Bald Eagle is waaaaay out of lens range and waaaay backlit...but it's a JUVIE BALD EAGLE so you just try anyway 😂

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photo of a distant juvie bald eagle at the top of a sparse conifer tree against a bright, gray overcast sky. the eagles back is to the camera and their head is turned to the left in profile so you can just make out it's a bald eagle.
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Apparently the Robins gather around the watering hole to decide which treetop to go sit in next.

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photo of eight robins around a long puddle. they are evenly distributed along either side.
December 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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One of the Big Leaf Maples in back - how do you even eBird this?

Is there a 100+ option!

Robinpalooza '25

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photo of a bare big leaf maple tree with at least 14 american robins in the high branches.
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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OOPS! Palooza delete/re-skeet!

THIS tree is a mix of Robins and Starlings!

So it's Robin-Starling-palooza - though more Robins by a LOT

EVERY tree ALL around the house...looks like this!

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December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Tom Turkey: Runway Ready!

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photo of a wild turkey standing tall just in front of the double yellow line on a rural highway. his back is to the camera and his head is turned to the left in profile. he looks quite elegant.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Grumpy, floofy and oh-so-rOund juvie Red-tailed Hawk Borb doing their best to try to dry off during a break in the rain today. (do not tell them about the 10 day forecast...which really is the like the 4 month forecast)

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photo of a very floofed out juvie red tailed hawk perched near the top of a dead conifer which has lichen covered branches. the hawk is facing the camera with their head looking to the right in profile.
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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...and relevé and berry!

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photo of a wild turkey standing in a patch of vines with some green leaves and some brown and red. she is standing up as tall as she can to reach some small dried berries. her back is to the camera.
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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If anyone is missing their American Robins I have them ALL apparently! (And a couple Jays)

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December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Mr. Oregon Junco - so perfect, so rOund!

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photo of a male oregon junco on a slightly diagonal, bare branch. he is facing the camera looking 1/4 to the right.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Juvie Mr. Anna's is quite proud of his patchy gorget!

He would like to lodge a complaint with management about this whole winter thing, however. No one warned him about this!

(heated feeder is out for the three Anna's!)

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close up photo of a first year male anna's hummingbird sitting on a tiny blackberry branch. he is 3/4 profile facing left, angled a bit back toward the camera. he has a nice patch of refractive adult feathers at the base of his gorget and a sprinkling of them on his cheek and a few on top of his head.
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM