A bird with a brown back and head, white stripe over its eye, and white breast and belly with brown streaks, crouches on a branch against a dark greenish background.
Louisiana waterthrush
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A small bird with a bright yellow head and breast, black eyes and bill, and darker yellow wings fading to gray at the tips, crouches facing the right of the frame on a dark gray branch, against a dark green background.
A prothonotary warbler showed up at one of the local ponds. This is a rare treat for us.
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1 grayish bird with a small head and peach colored breast mounts another, wings spread, against a grayish and dull yellow background.
Mourning doves prepare for spring.
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A small bird with yellow patches on the center of its forehead and sides of its breast, black patches around its eyes and on the inside of the yellow breast patches, a white throat and belly, and a bluish forehead and shoulders, perches on a thin branch facing the left of the frame, against a grayish brown background.
The butterbutt is back in the building. This bird is also known as the yellow-rumped warbler.
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A small bird with a white belly, black back with brown and white streaking, and a long, curved bill forages while crawling upside down on a brownish tree limb against a blue sky background.
Brown creeper
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A small, bright yellow bird with dark wings and white wingbars, perches on a black wire fence in front of a grayish brown background.
First pine warbler of the year for me: always a cause for celebration.
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The Carolina wren says spring is coming.
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I think it’s a female brown-headed cowbird.
Sure looks like a fox sparrow to me. Congrats on the find.
Eye-level view of long waterfowl with pointed bill, white belly, and gray back with white speckles, swimming on lake. Water looks gray, and upper background is brown.
A red-throated loon showed up at the local lake. I always hope loons will stick around long enough for me to get a look at their breeding plumage. But strangely, this doesn’t seem to be a priority for them.
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Purple sandpipers forage along the jetty.
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Tiny brown bird with short, upward pointing tail, perches on a rock.
A large bird with a brown back and a white breast with brown streaks, stands on top of a pigeon, whose entire body except for its tail and wingtips, is hidden by snow on the ground. The bird looks to the right of the frame, exposing its light yellow eye.
Cooper’s hawk
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Pigeon
A large bird with a brown back and a white breast with brown streaks, stands on top of a pigeon, whose entire body except for its tail and wingtips, is hidden by snow on the ground. The bird looks to the right of the frame, exposing its light yellow eye.
Cooper’s hawk
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Large, light brown bird with triangular, upright ears, dark barring on its chest and belly, and narrow, white streak in the center of its upper chest, perches in branch surrounded by green leaves and branches.
Here’s a great-horned owl in the glow of the sunset.
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A duck with an iridescent green and black tufted head, reddish bill and eye, and chestnut brown breast flies toward the right of the frame, with white belly exposed and tail feathers spread. The left wing is stretched downward while the right is stretched horizontally. Roughly the top quarter of the background is light brown, while the bottom three quarters are whitish due to ice and snow.
I like this photo because the little dangly thing on the wood duck’s head is flapping in the wind.
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Eye-level view of duck with red head, red eye, black bill, black breast, and light gray humped back, swimming in blue water toward the left side of the frame.
I very seldom see canvasbacks, and when I do, they’re typically far away. But this guy inexplicably decided to grant me a close look a few weeks back.
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Hawk with brown outer wings and reddish barring on white breast perches on a thick branch while clutching its starling prey. Its tail feathers are spread , revealing underside with white and brown stripes going left to right. Its body faces the left side of the frame, while its head looks toward the right.
Red-shouldered hawk
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Large, brown bird with white breast stands over what’s left of its ring-billed gull prey amidst brown, wilted brush on snow-covered ground, while looking into the camera.
Red-tailed hawk
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Eye-level view of duck with black breast, red head, yellow eyes, grayish body and bluish bill with black tip, facing camera with head turned to its right, while swimming in light blue water among out-of-focus coots, against golden background.
Redhead
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Yes, but it’s most likely an escapee.
A black bird with a yellow eye and rusty streaking on its head, breast and back, walks among mud and twigs, with blurry snow sloping upward from left to right on the bottom of the frame.
Here’s a look at the rusty blackbird, a rapidly declining species in North America.
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Wood duck drake with white breast, grayish crest and face, orange bill and red eyes, forages in leaf litter.
A silver wood duck ventures onto dry land to do some ground foraging.
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Eye-level view of duck with black, peaked head, yellow eye, silver bill with black tip and white ring toward the front, silver sides and black back, swimming on a pond.
Ring-necked duck
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Solid black corvid with spread wings and tail feathers, lands on beach with light-colored sand.
Not certain as I didn’t hear much vocalizing, but I think I got a fish crow here.
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Close view of a navy blue duck with short bill, white stripes running from its crown down to its bill, white stripe around the base of its neck, white ear spot, and reddish stripes on its flanks and the outer portion of its crown, swimming in blue water.
Harlequin duck
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A plump, grayish shorebird with an orange bill and white belly stands on a seaweed covered rock surrounded by the ocean.
The lifestyle of a purple sandpiper just lends itself to photography.
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Geese with black heads, necks and wings, and grayish bellies, fly toward the left side of the frame, with suburban homes in the background.
Here are some brants on the move. It’s easy to forget how narrow their range is, as they are a pretty common sight on the northeast coast.
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