#borbcore

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Cedar Waxwing. (Bombycilla cedrorum)  

They don’t usually stop by the yard until the Mulberry tree is in full swing in mid-May.  The birds today included juveniles that were still requesting assistance from their parents to drink and feed.  

photos by me.  2023-04-03 Nashville, TN (my backyard)

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Indigo Bunting.  (Passerina cyanea, juvenile)  taken at Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, Texas, April 2015.  

photo by frank schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 via wikimedia commons.

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A Barred Owl (Strix varia) just kinda lookin’ around, maybe asking itself existential questions.  

photos by me.  2023-03-28 Nashville, TN (Shelby Bottoms)  

[Image ID: Four photos of a Barred Owl sitting on a branch in a thicket of trees, with green leaves behind it.  In the first photo, the owl is staring at the camera.  In the other photos, it is looking around.]

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Indigo Bunting in song. (Passerina cyanea)  

photo by me.  2022-07-11 Nashville, TN (Shelby Bottoms)

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Red-Footed Booby (can we call it that? is that safe for tumblr?) aka Sula sula in taxonomic nomenclature  

Typically found in the Southern hemisphere (common in the Galápagos Islands), “They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings.” (wiki)   

photo one by Charles J. Sharp [CC BY 3.0]; two by Bill McFadden/Audubon Photography Awards; three by Gregg Yan [CC BY 3.0]; four by Drew Avery [CC BY 2.0]  

Images are captioned.

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Red-Shouldered Hawk. (Buteo lineatus)  

photos by me.  2023-03-25 Nashville, TN (Shelby Park - Sevier Lake).

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anyway, here’s a killdeer thinking about hula hoops.  taken at dusk, so the colours are terrible, but you take what you can get sometimes.  photos by me.

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A Black-Billed Magpie leaves its perch, and comes to stare at me judgmentally.  

photos by me.  North Glenmore Park, Calgary, AB, Canada.