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Apr 30 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Spring has sprung and the boids are back in town.

A few of the birds I’ve seen and captured this week…

Yellow-rumped warbler

#birdwatching
#birdphotography

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Downy woodpeckers

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Red-bellied woodpecker

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Blue-gray gnatcatcher

A first for me!

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Yellow warbler

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Eastern towhee

Another first for me!

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Northern flicker

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Red-winged blackbird

First pic: Male

Second pic: Female

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Palm warbler

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Northern harrier

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Song sparrows

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Eastern bluebird

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American goldfinch

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House wren

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Osprey

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Great egret

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Wood ducks

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Common merganser

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And last but not least…

Bald eagle

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So nice to be able to get out and see some spring color.

Next up… I am on a mission to find a barred owl.

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Saw a ranger yesterday who said there were already 15 photographers lined up near these little ones’ den at 7 am.

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As for the two missing ones, if they don’t appear today, they are likely dead or won’t survive.

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