Morning hello.

#EastCoastKin #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Horse

The male Common Goldeneye keeps moving while the female surges forward behind him, wings up and water breaking around her takeoff. Urgency in every splash. 97%

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Three American White Pelicans drift shoulder to shoulder, bills low in the current, each watching the same moment pass by. Quiet teamwork in open water.

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A Hooded Merganser skims the river, wingtip brushing the surface like it’s testing the cold before committing. Fast, low, and gone in a blink.

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An American White Pelican passes overhead, wide wings holding firm while the air does most of the work.

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The American White Pelican trails its bill along the river’s surface, body slightly tipped, tail sitting low in the water. It feels more like listening than hunting.

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The American White Pelican drifts past on calm water, white feathers soft against the grey, but the deep blue eye cuts through everything.

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It picks the highest point it can find and waits. A Rough-legged Hawk holding still against the sky, watching everything that moves below.

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He keeps pace just off her wing, close enough to matter, far enough to not crowd. Two Mallards cutting low over the water, quiet understanding in motion.

#WildlifePhotography #Manitoba #BirdPhotography #Mallard #DuckInFlight #SpringMovement #WetlandLife #PairBond #Wingbeat #PrairieWildlife

A striped skunk leans into a small hole, focused and unhurried, pulling something unseen from beneath the surface.

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Table for 3 only. Two female Purple Finches and a Common Redpoll hold their ground as an inbound Common Redpoll tests the occupancy limit.

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#BackyardBirding #WinterBirds #FinchFlock #ColdMorning #BirdsOfTheDay #FeederFriends

A male Purple Finch rests in the tangle, soft red against muted woods, looking like a small ember that refused to go out.

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Great photo. I love the pileated's call. You know when they're coming. And goofiest looking bird in flight.

A Common Redpoll settles into the feeder’s edge, dusted with seed and winter wear, pausing just long enough to take it all in before the next flutter.

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Pied-billed grebes always look like they are perpetually happy.

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Wet fur clings tight as the muskrat works the edge, sorting through sticks and stems with quiet focus in the shallows.

#WildlifePhotography #Manitoba #Muskrat #Wetlands #NatureBehavior #SpringWildlife #ShorelineLife #AnimalInstincts

A trio of Red-breasted Mergansers fly side by side, not quite aligned, each wingbeat telling its own timing.

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #RedBreastedMerganser #Merganser #Waterfowl #BirdInFlight #SpringMigration #OpenSky #AvianFlight #Birds #Birding

Wings flare and slow the fall as the American White Pelican meets the water, feet touching down with a light splash.

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #AmericanWhitePelican #PelicanLanding #ShallowWater #SpringMovement #BirdBehavior #Birds #Birding #Pelicans

American White Pelicans move in a tight line, wings brushing cold air, stepping past the last stubborn ice like spring finally has the upper hand.

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #AmericanWhitePelican #PelicanFlight #SpringThaw #TakeoffMoment #BirdBehavior #Birds #Birding

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A pair of Bald Eagles ride out the last grip of winter, balanced on broken ice, waiting for the river to open.

#WildlifePhotography #Manitoba #BaldEagle #BirdPhotography #SpringMelt #IceEdge #RiverLife #EagleWatching #SeasonChange #birds #Birding #EastCoastKin

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A Hooded Merganser drifts through still water, crest held high like it knows it’s being watched. The reflection trails behind, just a half-second slower.

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Two tundra swans, one's reflection seems...off.

#EastCoastKin #Manitoba #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #TundraSwans #WildlifePhotography

Perched high, a Bald Eagle watches over open space, already settled into a place most others haven’t reached yet.

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An American Robin pauses on a low branch, the woods still muted around it, but its timing already set on something ahead.

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #AmericanRobin #EarlySpring #PerchedBird #BackyardBirds #NatureMoments #Birds #Birding #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin

Canada geese don’t hesitate here, they run the flooded field in sync, lifting off as one and leaving the cold behind them

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Manitoba #CanadaGeese #Takeoff #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #LongNecks #Birds #Birding

An American White Pelican drifts low, bill just under the surface, feeling more than seeing as it works the shallow water.

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A Tundra Swan bathing in a flooded agricultural field. A feather trails behind it on the surface as it continues feeding and cleaning.

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Two Trumpeter Swans bathing in shallow spring meltwater, lifting and settling as they clean their feathers. Flooded fields like this give them space to rest, feed, and maintain plumage during early season movement.

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