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Ready for her closeup.

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Neck stretched and looking to the right, a female anhinga (long-necked bird with a long, sharp yellow bill, light brown neck, black wings, large, yellow webbed feet with sharp talons) perches on a low-lying dead scrag in a coastal marsh pond tinged green by the reflection of the surrounding foliage (August 2022).

A Green Heron peruses the afternoon snack options in a coastal pond.

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An adult Green Heron (small, dark heron with a bluish-green back, bright rust neck, dark cap, greenish-yellow lores, and long, pointed beak) perches on a diagonal scrag as it looks down at the water of a coastal marsh pond tinged green by the reflection of the surrounding foliage (August 2022).

Getting a jump on the best spots in the night roost.

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Long distance shot of a Great Egret (large, lanky, long-necked all-white heron) landing in a large tree where nine other Great and Snowy Egrets and one Great Blue Heron have already chosen their night roost spots. The large, bare tree overlooks marsh grasses with trees kissed by autumn in the background.

Marsh serenade. Perched and singing away, an Eastern Kingbird entertained us as we traversed the driving loop at Blackwater NWR.

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An Eastern Kingbird (large flycatcher, black head, dark gray above, white below, white-tipped tail) sings as it perches atop a skinny stem of dried reeds foliage against a backdrop of marsh water reflecting the late spring green and gold foliage (June 2023).

I like the way the dark plumage of this Red-wing Blackbird pops against the golden and green hues of autumn foliage.

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A nonbreeding male Red-winged Blackbird (black plumage with rusty edges, small golden shoulder patch just barely visible, pointy bill) perches atop a large Eastern baccharis bush (tiny cream florets) at the edge of a marsh in Bombay Hook (October 2024).

Same video, #Spectra #Peertube
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Surveying its domain … a Great Egret strikes a regal pose in the late afternoon sun.

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A Great Egret (large, lanky, and long-necked all-white heron with a long, pointy yellow bill and black legs) on a bare branch overlooking a marsh in Bombay Hook shortly before dusk against a blue sky bordered by autumn-kissed treetops (October 2024).

An American Avocet forages in the morning light. Such a lovely, elegant creature.

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A nonbreeding American Avocet feeds in a shallow gray-blue marsh pond with dark tree shadows on the left. Its left leg is lifted and the tip of its bill is in the water. This distinctive large shorebird has a very long, thin, slightly upturned bill, is white underneath, has long blue-gray legs, and bold dark and white wings, black when breeding and brown in nonbreeding and immature plumage.

Saturday is going swimmingly well so far.

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A female Mallard (mottled brown plumage, dark eye-line) and her six ducklings (downy plumage, brown above and pale underneath, cream and gold face with dark eye-line) swim in a marsh pond tinted blue by the sky’s reflection (Cape May, June 2024).

A glossy Red-winged Blackbird shows off his dapper epaulets.

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A glossy male Red-winged Blackbird perches atop a slender bare stem looking left over its red shoulder patch that fades to pale gold and cream (Bombay Hook 2025).

Flight practice underway. Watching this duckling flap its tiny wings is one of my favorite late spring birding memories.

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Six mallard ducklings on a marsh dirt and grass shoreline: five sitting in a cluster, the sixth standing just in front with its wings outstretched. The ducklings have downy plumage, brown on top, cream underneath, gold and cream faces with dark eye-lines (Cape May 2024).

#Bloomscrolling flashback from Cape May. Oh spring, where art thou? (Yes, I’m whining about another cold, gray, misty March day.)

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A wild morning glory bloom pops amidst green leaves in a beach marsh. The bloom is trumpet shaped with purplish-pink petals that have white stripes in the center that meet and encircle the stamen.

A #MarshMadness wing flair from more than year ago in Bombay Hook when an immature Peregrine Falcon landed on a bare tree.

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An immature Peregrine Falcon shows off its heavily streaked brown plumage, small sharp beak, and wicked sharp talons as it grasps a tiny bare twig with its right foot, its wings flared upward while landing in a skinny bare tree at the edge of a marsh.

Mondays frequently feel like just hanging on kind of days.

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A female Red-winged Blackbird (streaky brown and cream plumage, light brow, gold to orangish face and chin) hangs on to skinny branches in the grasses of a tidal marsh.

“And, wheresoe’er we went, like Juno’s swans / Still we went coupled and inseparable.” - William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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A pair of Mute Swans (huge white swan, black face, reddish orange bill that has a black knob on its top) with their cygnet (downy gray with a black bill) swimming in a shallow marsh pond tinted blue by the sky.

Few things are cuter than a scampering Piping Plover chick on a sandy footpath.

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A Piping Plover chick scampers over wet pale sand with very shallow tide pools. This super tiny downy chick is sandy-gray on top, white underneath, had a short, solid black bill, and golden-brown legs with very big feet.

Snow Goose migration season is upon us.

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All-white medium-sized goose with black wingtips and pink bill and legs standing in winter grass (February 2023).

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Missing this lovely winter visitor who was at our feeders almost every day from December 26th through February 11th. Hope it has found a cozy, warmer spot to ride out the season.

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An adult orange-crowned warbler faces the camera as it perches on a bare ornamental cherry branch in a snow flurry. between visiting. It is olive-colored with a deeper hued back, has a short darkish line through its eye, and thin pale eye arcs.

One of a plethora of Cedar Waxwings @CTGT and I watched scarfing down - and occasionally dropping - dark red berries on a chilly walk earlier this week.

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A Cedar Waxwing (plump and smooth-plumaged, sleek crest, black mask, pale yellow wash on the belly, and yellow-tipped tail) holds a dark red berry in its bill perches on a skinny branch in a bare tree against a bright blue sky.

Squirrel loaf.

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