A cheeky little red-capped sparrow pauses on a snow-covered feeder.
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American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea), 8th January 2024
es: Chingolo Arbóreo, fr: Bruant Hudsonien
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/500s, ISO 2500
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A round songbird with a gray-blue crest and a long tail looks down at us from a perch on a bare branch.
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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), 23rd December 2023
es: Herrerillo Bicolor, fr: Mésange Bicolore
Horn Pond Conservation Area, Woburn, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/640s, ISO 1000
#Birds #TuftedTitmouse #TUTI #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A blue-black crow stands proud on an old wooden post against a gray sky.
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Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus), 8th May 2024
es: Cuervo Pescador, fr: Corneille de Rivage
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 35% crop, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 250
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A very pale, fluffy young starling flaps frantically as it tries to maintain its balance on a feeder pole.
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 13th June 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 754mm, 60% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 2500
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A little woodpecker, mostly seen as a fluffy white breast, cranes its neck to look back at us as it perches on mossy ground.
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Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens), 23rd December 2023
es: Pico Pubescente, fr: Pic Mineur
Horn Pond Conservation Area, Woburn, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/640s, ISO 800
#Birds #DownyWoodpecker #DOWO #Woodpeckers #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Huge pointed beak open, a large, somewhat dinosaurian heron stalks through the lily leaves on large pond.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), 19th July 2024
es: Garza Azulada, fr: Grand Héron
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 941mm, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 640
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A yellow-billed gray waterbird, somewhere between a duck and goose in size, floats on a near-calm sea.
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), 1st January 2024
es: Somormujo Cuellirrojo, fr: Grèbe Jougris
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 5% crop, 1/500s, ISO 500
#Birds #RedNeckedGrebe #RNGR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A red-capped sparrow with a bold black eyeline stands by a low-level birdbath.
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), 5th June 2024
es: Chingolo Cejiblanco, fr: Bruant Familier
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/200s, f/14, ISO 2500
#Birds #ChippingSparrow #CHSP #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A little brown-headed sea-duck with a distinctive yellow eye swims in evening light on near-still water.
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Goldeneye, 1st January 2024
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 10% crop, 1/500s, ISO 400
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A gray songbird with a robust pale blue beak and yellow shoulders perches on a box feeder.
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Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), 23rd May 2023
fr: Gros-bec Errant
IUCN: Vulnerable
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/640s, ISO 500
#Birds #EveningGrosbeak #EVGR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Seen in profile, a gray-brown duck with a bold white patch below its eye gives powerful side-eye to the camera.
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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), 1st January 2024
es: Porrón Albeola, fr: Petit Garrot
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/640s, ISO 640
#Birds #Bufflehead #BUFF #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A little brown-backed wren with a strong white eyeline holds a seed in its curved beak as it sits at a snow-covered feeder.
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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), 8th January 2024
es: Cucarachero de Carolina, fr: Troglodyte de Caroline
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/500s, ISO 5000
#Birds #CarolinaWren #CARW #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A slightly disheveled - and disgruntled - yellow-eyed Osprey sits low in a nest made mostly of twigs and plant matter, though some plastic pollution is also present.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), 11th May 2024
es: Águila Pescadora, fr: Balbuzard Pêcheur
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 320
#Birds #Osprey #OSPR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A round, black-eyed gray songbird perches peacefully in a tree.
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Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), 3rd October 2024
es: Pájaro Gato Gris, fr: Moqueur Chat
Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 288mm, 45% crop, 1/200s, f/7.1, ISO 2500
#Birds #GrayCatbird #GRCA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Two multicolored birds stand on wintry branches; one with a purplish head puffs out chest, wings and tail as it squawks; the other, slim and with a greener head, looks on impassive. Both have gold-brown bodies.
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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), 24th March 2023
es: Zanate Común, fr: Quiscale Bronzé
IUCN: Near Threatened
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/640s, ISO 3200
#Birds #CommonGrackle #COGR #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A shiny blue-black grackle forages on a beach, beak full of small insects.
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Grackle, 11th May 2024
Lewes Public Beach, Lewes, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 45% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 500
#Birds #Grackle #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A little sparrow perches on a stone wall, looking back at the camera.
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 26th April 2024
es: Gorrión Común, fr: Moineau Domestique
Saugus, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/320s, f/13, ISO 500
#Birds #HouseSparrow #HOSP #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A large gray-brown hawk stares sceptically down from a high bare tree.
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), 26th August 2024
es: Busardo Aliancho, fr: Petite Buse
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 35% crop, 1/400s, f/9, ISO 200
#Birds #BroadWingedHawk #BWHA #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Banking away from the viewer, a prehistoric-looking bird with an enormous bill soars towards the shore.
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), 11th May 2024
es: Pelícano Pardo, fr: Pélican Brun
Lewes, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 20% crop, 1/2000s, f/14, ISO 3200
#Birds #BrownPelican #BRPE #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A classic Weird Duck, a black-bodied sea duck with a large yellow, red and white bill flies in low evening sun over cold-looking water.
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Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), 1st January 2024
es: Negrón Careto, fr: Macreuse à Front Blanc
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 5% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 6400
#Birds #SurfScoter #SUSC #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A fluffy young Blue Jay, gray crest erect, perches in a tree.
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), 19th July 2024
es: Chara Azul, fr: Geai Bleu
Horn Pond Conservation Area, Woburn, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 50% crop, 1/400s, f/9, ISO 4000
#Birds #BlueJay #BLJA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A gull with a grey-flecked head and a black band around its yellow bill sits on a rock in front of the sea.
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), 1st January 2024
es: Gaviota de Delaware, fr: Goéland à Bec Cerclé
Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/640s, ISO 320
#Birds #RingBilledGull #RBGU #Gulls #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A young, very pale swan floats in ripples on a pond, head dipped.
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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), 19th July 2024
es: Cisne Vulgar, fr: Cygne Tuberculé
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 495mm, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 400
#Birds #MuteSwan #MUSW #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A deep blue songbird with heavily texture feathers accented in black perches on a metal structure, gazing intently ahead.
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Purple Martin (Progne subis), 8th May 2024
es: Golondrina Purpúrea, fr: Hirondelle Noire
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 20% crop, 1/400s, f/9, ISO 320
#Birds #PurpleMartin #PUMA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A Starling makes a stunning rainbow from its blazing yellow beak through black, purple, green and blue feathers to a star-specked tail.
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 5th April 2024
es: Estornino Pinto, fr: Étourneau Sansonnet
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 637mm, 25% crop, 1/640s, f/10, ISO 800
#Birds #EuropeanStarling #EUST #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A little finch in various brown tones looks back from the shelter of a seed feeder, beak garnished with seed.
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Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus), 10th October 2024
es: Camachuelo Purpúreo, fr: Roselin Pourpré
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 1/200s, f/10, ISO 6400
#Birds #PurpleFinch #PUFI #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A row of three birds; two real, all cold. At front, a dark-backed Junco, behind him a metal hummingbird tops the feeder pole, and further back, a blurred Goldfinch flaps its wings
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), 8th January 2024
es: Junco Pizarroso, fr: Junco Ardoisé
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/500s, ISO 5000
#Birds #DarkEyedJunco #DEJU #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A dark gray sparrow seems to window-shop as it perches on the edge of a hopper feeder with clear sides, peering intently at the seeds within. The platform and roof of the feeder are deep in snow.
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), 8th January 2024
es: Junco Pizarroso, fr: Junco Ardoisé
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 75% crop, 1/640s, ISO 4000
#Birds #DarkEyedJunco #DEJU #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A deep blue finch and its youngster sit together at the entrance of a plastic, pear-shaped nest box, part of a large communal cluster.
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Purple Martin (Progne subis), 8th May 2024
es: Golondrina Purpúrea, fr: Hirondelle Noire
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 320
#Birds #PurpleMartin #PUMA #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Fray Check has been applied to the back edges and is drying. Tomorrow, we cut it out with fingers crossed.
#wips #embroidery #feathers #hopeisthethingwithfeathers #corvid
