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Ducklings!

A brownish duck in water, surrounded by sparse foliage, with a small yellow-and brown duck nearby just in the background.

In one of the cleaner ponds at the marsh preserve.

Possibly a Say’s Phoebe

A small bird with a narrow beak, yellowish-brownish front and black head, surrounded by bare twigs and branches with a hint of blue sky behind it.

Possibly a Say’s Phoebe. I had such a hard time getting the camera to focus on the bird and not all the branches around it!

#birds #nature #phoebe

Goldfinch

A small yellow and black bird perched on a stalk on purple flowers, surrounded by similar stalks, facing right and looking downward.

#goldfinch #birds

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A mockingbird I caught just after it took off. Or is it a mockingbirb?

A small gray bird against a lighter gray sky, its wings pointing downward so it looks like it's hovering.

A #mockingbird I caught just after it took off.

Or is it a mockingbirb?

#birds #nature #birb

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Stork’s bill in a finch’s beak.

A small bright red bird on the ground, with a long single-spiked seed in its mouth, next to a low plant with similar spikes on it.

Stork’s bill in a finch’s beak.

A bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body pointing left and its head pointing right.

A small blue bird with an orange belly perched on a bundle of cables running diagonally across the frame, its body and head pointing left.

A #bluebird spotted on a walk around the neighborhood. #birds #nature

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Birds of Madrona Marsh

#Birds of #MadronaMarsh. There were a zillion red-winged blackbirds, at least one group of goldfinches, some starlings, and of course the usual geese and ducks.

#nature #Blackbird #RedWingedBlackbird #Goldfinch #Starling #Goose #CanadaCoose #Sparrow

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I saw one of these birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it.

Close-up of a small light brown bird with black wings, a white head with black stripes on it, and a yellow beak, perched in a sparse, dry bush.

I saw one of these #birds fly out of a bush, across the trail, and into a tree. I stopped. I waited. I looked, but couldn’t spot it. I took another, slow, careful step. Another #sparrow flew out of the bush, across the path, and into the tree. I stopped again.

This went on for about FIVE MORE ROUNDS before a couple of them flew into another bush and stopped where I could SEE them!

Then one of them flew off while I was aiming. 🤦

#nature #persistence #WhiteCrownedSparrow

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Western Bluebird

A Western #Bluebird spotted last week.

#nature #birds

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Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh

Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh yesterday. (That almost sounds like a card hand with a weird deck.) #birds #nature #ducks #geese #mallards #canadageese

Two pairs of ducks and three geese seen at the marsh yesterday. (That almost sounds like a card hand with a weird deck.)

#birds #nature #ducks #geese #mallards #canadageese

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Short video of starlings flying in formation

#nature #birds #starlings

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Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette.

Two bright yellow birds in a tree with bare branches, next to a large cluster of dropped leaves.

Several small birds in a tree with bare branches, all in silhouette against a blue sky.

Goldfinches in sunlight, house finches in silhouette. And there were a bunch of each, just at opposite ends of the park. (I suspect the glob of leaves next to the goldfinches is hiding a nest.)

#birds #nature #finches

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