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Had pretty sweet looks at a Western Screech-Owl right out my front door this evening. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479846131

A very cooperative Northern Parula from last May

I'm pretty happy with how this Buller's Shearwater turned out! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479470951 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479470921

A Venezuelan Troupial, I always love to see and hear these birds https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/485825051

Crazy Migration the last few days,this blackburnian was nice to see.

Curlew in Flight https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/482312131

Osprey fledgling with what might be its first catch, it had been in the nest the day before waiting on Dad to bring dinner..

The best of my Ruddy Turnstone photos from my NY trip! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479477811 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479477801

So, I now have a Western Screech-Owl that calls a cavity not 10-12 feet from my front door, home. This is from last Saturday morning as it was returning to its roost. I have posted this bird once before, but I think this picture is better. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/487897981

White-tailed Kite https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/485186011

Carolina Wren

Some hummingbird shots I really like: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/ https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/481122501

Photo lifer for my home county/yard, and a rare bird! Wilson's Warbler! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/480303191

Great Horned Owl https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479241731 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479241761

I saw this sign the other day.

Snowy Owl from the first week of September! Apparently he's been hanging out in the area all summer.

I doubt anyone else has a photo like this!

Probably this one. By the way, your bluebird photos are stunning!

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Western Sandpiper https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/481776171

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/480651021

Tufted Puffin! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/478890621 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/478890631

Been falling way behind on my photos recently, but I recently got a new lens and it feels like it's already delivering. :) Here's a Least Flycatcher to kick off silent Empid season. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/478605661

Ratings appreciated. From NY https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486994941

Bluebirds! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/485033161 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/485033151

Couldn’t decide which I liked better https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/484608621 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/484608851

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/483064301

In the last few weeks I got lifers: Purple Martin, Connecticut warbler (rare), White-tailed ptarmigan (!), rose-breasted grosbeak, and Mourning Warbler. And county lifers: black-and-white warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, green heron (rare), black-throated green warbler (rare), blue-headed vireo, bay-breasted warbler, townsends warbler, rufous hummingbird, calliope hummingbird, olive-sideded flycatcher, and palm warbler. First time I’ve been home for peak migration, I’m usually in BC for the last few weeks of August into September so I always miss it by a few days. Though, the lifers and excitement have definitely stalled out the last few days 😪.

This one had me cry-laughing my head off 🤣

Hoping this is a lesser, I am so bad at them...

Hopefully an irruption year.

Magnolia Warbler today https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/479681341

And then there's THIS... The most helpful of all!!