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Thank you Yvonne - once again I was lucky. 🍀 🙏🏼

Oh thank you Amy - the “blown out” exposure of everything but the subject does rather highlight her.
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A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird perches on the stalk of a wilting Day Lily flower in mid July. She looks composed and has a grey throat despite her name, leaving that vivid colouration to her mate.

The Hummingbird perches on green Day Lilies in July.
#Hummingbird #Green #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

Once more I really appreciate your encouragement Alan. 🙏🏼

Four Canada Geese contemplate their next move while standing in the soya stubble in the early evening light of early April.

Geese in the stubble.
#Geese #WhatTheFlock #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

It’s great to see beautifully presented flowers this morning Rosemarie, thank you. 🫶🏼🙏🏼

A grand display of Thrushes Tori - the one on the pine branch I find to be particularly fetching. 🫶🏼👍🏻

Another wonderful series Rob - great birds - fine captures - super tales in the ALT commentary.
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You’re right about that Peter - you’ll have to excuse my anthropomorphization - I just can’t stop myself inventing charming tales about interacting with my wild neighbours. 😊

An American Robin catches a sizeable earthworm for supper amongst the soya bean stubble at the field edge, on a bright, fair spring evening.

The Robin invites us for supper.
#Robins #Turdidae #ComeEatWithMe #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

Thanks Alan - glad that you weren’t offended by that Robin’s colourful language. 😊🙏🏼

Thank you - I was reluctant to quote his strong language so am much relieved to hear that you don’t find it objectionable. 😊🙏🏼

An American Robin is captured in the split second (the exposure here is 1/1000 of a second and we clearly see the motion blur of the Robins beak) when he’s lost his grip on a slippery well entrenched worm. Those of us who’ve tried to “pull” worms can readily empathize. 🙂

“Dam - I dropped my worm again!”
#Worms #Robins #CaptionThis #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶🌿

Thank you Fright - here’s hoping you are also in a great setting today.
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I love to see a series of action shots that reveal the amazing abilities and behaviours of creatures.
Bravo Amy. 🫶🏼👍🏻👍🏼

Thank you Michael - your Killdeers must be much “tamer” than those here about as ours generally take flight if approached closer than 40 meters (130 ft.) or so. 🙂🙏🏼

A very impressive set of handsome birds and images Mark.
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A Redwing Blackbird perches on the very highest twig of a budding Boxelder tree on a particularly fair early spring evening. His perch is not only the apex of his tree, but highest point in the vicinity and he surveys all he sees with a masterful air.

At the apex.
#Blackbird #ABCD #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

Very handsome image and creature.
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Thank you Fright - he does have attractive colouring. 🙂🙏🏼

Your images 🫶🏼 - Your skills 👍🏻👍👍🏼👍🏽

Beautiful 🫶🏼

That’s a great series Jeff - interesting light, angles, and actions. 👌🏼👍🏻👍🏼

A Purple Finch perches in a White Oak tree in a very mild light. He’s been eating and we see evidence if of that on his ample beak. (I like the palette of his plumage, extending from many tints of purple to warm tints of brown.)

Another look at the Purple Finch.
#Finches #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

Lovely Mallard images - the delicate light casts them beautifully. 👍🏻👍🏼

Thank you Linda - I do find the spring migration to be a wondrous event. 🙏🏼

Thanks for the affirmation Alan and for not letting the Ban get the better of me. 🙃🙏🏼

#1 of a series of 2 - where a Purple Finch, perched on a bird feeder in a very mild light makes shelling Sunflower seeds quick and easy. (These two photos were taken about a second apart.)

#2 of a series of 2 - where a Purple Finch, perched on a bird feeder in a very mild light makes shelling Sunflower seeds quick and easy. (These two photos were taken about a second apart.)

The Purple Finch shows us how to shell sunflower seeds at the feeder.
#Finch #FeederFriends #BirdOfTheDay #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

A great capture Erin - Deep blacks are tough to depict as well as you have here. 👌🏼👍🏻👍🏼