Article on the Audubon website under their Ask Kenn column. This is about the differences of all the wading birds we see around. I’ve heard of most of them, but had no clue what a limpkin was or looked like so I highlighted the word in the article to search. The pic is a screenshot of the results where I chose the wiki article with a beautiful picture of a Limpkin on a tree.

More #peaktech imo is the ability to search what I’m reading in a separate tab because like, I want to know what this bird looks like but not leave the article. #Audobon #AskKenn #Wikipedia

Coyote sniffs the air

Coyote taking a look at me

Coyote staring me down

Coyote showing me his canines

Eastern coyote (Canis latrans x Canis lycaon)

Came across this big boy in a local cemetery this morning. I think he had just woken up as he was partially covered in snow.
#coyotes #nikon #audobon
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Nikon Z6 III, NIKKOR 500mm f/4 G

Brookline, MA
Formerly 🇺🇸

Thanks to the Bing homepage quiz today I learned about the #Audobon Christmas Bird Count

Which is siginificant to me, for an unrelated reason I recently mentioned on Reddit in the context of politics & population statistics: "gerrymandering" should not even be a thing

But it's worse than you think

My sister got me the Audobon birds of America book and it's so dang pretty I caaaaaant #birds #audobon

This male American Kestrel was definitely on rodent patrol in an area where an organic farmer put up nesting boxes near veggie fields…Harrah, WA
#birds #audobon #ornithology #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #falcons
#raptors #birdwatching

American Robin hanging out on the rocks at the edge of my garden 11/12/2024…most migrate out of the Yakima Valley but some overwinter…saw 2 yesterday…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #birdlife
#BirdoftheDay #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #wildlifephotography

Unusual solitary, brief visitors at the gravel pit pond near Harrah, WA—a Bonaparte Gull & a Double-crested Cormorant…likely blown inland by coastal storms during migration…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #gulls
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdphotography #birdwatching
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW

Great Egret in flight along the bank of the Snake River near Burbank, WA…it had been hunting from rocks like these but fled when a Bald Eagle flew into the area…
#birds #egrets #BirdsoftheWorld
#ornithology #audobon #photography
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography #birdwatching

Great Blue Heron hunting an irrigation canal that was draining at the end of irrigation season…flew at the sound of my truck on gravel…had camera ready for a change…Yakima Valley, Washington…
#birds #heron #ornithology #audobon
##BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography

Poor photo quality—this is California Quail behavior…covey of 25 came single file down the driveway…at the corner the leader climbed the fence post brace…they all followed up & down exiting to pasture…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #rural
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#photography #birdwatching

Eurasian Collared-Doves came into the U.S. via the Bahamas in the 1970s…they’re very loud, aggressive bullies at backyard feeders yet it’s hard not to appreciate their feather colors…
#birds #ornithology #audobon
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography

A Red-shafted Northern Flicker pair busy gorging themselves on Virginia Creeper berries…wasn’t planted by me…likely a gift from birds who perch on the fence there…
#birds #BirdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audobon #BirdoftheDay #birdlife
#fallcolors #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #BirdsoftheWorld

Male American Kestrel…see one daily in the neighborhood…is he part of the pair that have used our nesting box for 2 years…birds need name tags…
#BirdoftheDay #birds #ornithology
#audobon #BirdsofBlueSky #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #raptors
#naturephotography

Swainson’s Hawk…migrates between South America and the Western U.S…used to watch them near Harrah, WA where farming practices destroyed their nesting sites…
#birds #audobon #ornithology #raptors
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#westCoastPhotography #photography
#birdPhotography #PNW #birdlife

Canada Geese enjoy rest & grazing newly mowed park grass…Yakima, WA…residents or migrants? None are banded or collared, the bird version of papers…
#birds #geese #ornithology #audobon
#birdlife #BirdsoftheWorld #birding
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #wildlifephotography

Sharp-shinned Hawk made a House Sparrow kill in our backyard…the Hawk had been lurking/hiding in a tree for nearly an hour before the sparrow got careless…
#birds #birdlife #audobon #ornithology
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #photography
#raptors #nature #WestCoastPhotography

This Bald Eagle surprised me by remaining perched on a power pole as I very slowly drove my truck closer…usually the noise of tires on gravel makes them fly up…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#PhotographersofBlueSky #birding

Mallard hen cruising the pond at the Yakima Area Arboretum…
#birds #ducks #BirdsofBlueSky #nature
#BirdsoftheWorld #reflection #birdlife
#birdphotography #ornithology #audobon
#birdwatching #closeup

Sharp-shinned Hawk all puffed up to stay warm while hunting our eastern Washington backyard…songbirds have all fled the feeders…
#birds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#ornithology #audobon #birdlife
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#fall #fallcolors #birdphotography
#AutumnVibes #birdwatching

Immature Northern Shrike…often called Butcher Bird, because it impales its prey on thorns or barbs for eating later…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, Washington state…
#birds #BirdsoftheWorld #ornithology
#audobon #BirdsofBlueSky #photography
#birdlife #birdwatching #birding
#WestCoastPhotography

This is the same juvenile Red-tailed Hawk that’s in the B&W photo I posted today…it flew from the snag it was on to this nearby irrigation pipe…Yakima Valley
#birds #raptors #hawks #ornithology
#audobon #BirdsofBlueSky #birdlife
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#birdwatching #WestCoastPhotigraphy

The only photo I’ve gotten that shows the size comparison between a Cackling Goose and a Canadian Goose even though they often appear in flocks together…
#birds #birdsofBluesky #birdwatching
#BirdsoftheWorld #ornithology #audobon
#easternWashington #photography
#WestCoastPhotigraphy #birdlife

Spotted Towhee posed in a surprising location as they spend most of their time hunting insects on the ground…make noisy rustling sounds among fallen leaves…
#birds #BirdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audobon #birdphotography #fall
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#autumn #BirdsoftheWorld #birding

Juvenile American Robin perched in a fruit tree in the fruit orchard plantings at the Yakima Area Arboretum…age clue is the dark coloring of its bill that’s yellow on adults…
#birds #ornithology #audobon
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#wildlifephotography

Cinnamon Teal Drake in full breeding season finery…a western U.S. duck…winters in California and northern Mexico…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#birds #ducks #BirdsofBlueSky
#easternWashington #ornithology
#audobon #BirdsoftheWorld #birding
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#birdphotography

Great Blue Heron in flight over a newly plowed Yakima Valley wheat field…they do hunt mice, voles & other small rodents particularly when they overwinter here…
#birds #heron #greatblueheron #audobon
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#easternWashington #ornithology

Was shooting fall colors along the Yakima River when I was pleasantly surprised by this Great Blue Heron perched on a sunken log mid-river
#stunday #AutumnVibes #fallcolor
#birds #heron #WestCoastPhotography
#easternWashington #audobon #PNW
#naturephotography #photography
#ornithology #leaves #water

Drove a few yards out of the driveway…California Quail pair ran across the gravel road, flew up to the fence, gave me a photo op…Lower Yakima Valley
#birds #birdlife #birding #ornithology
#audobon #BirdsofBlueSky #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #easternWashington
#WestCoastPhotography #pictureoftheday

This lyric is permanently rooted in my brain

>The divine does not divide ⸎ she permeates

#birds #audobon #music #art #poetry #words #simple

music.youtube.com/watch?v=06mg...

A mighty hemlock. #trees #lookingup #audobon