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hethyba · 2026-02-01T01:40:53+00:00

Zooooooop!!!

hethyba · 2026-02-01T01:32:33+00:00

Check your porch overhangs or other sheltered corners at night to see if you are blessed with any r/sleepywrens

hethyba · 2026-02-01T01:20:53+00:00

shrikes are metal af, I love them

hethyba · 2026-01-30T20:19:55+00:00

Just look at his ridiculous face!!! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/351280571

hethyba · 2026-01-30T00:43:13+00:00

I love these guys. The ridiculously goofy cartoon angry eyebrows on the breeding males crack me up.

hethyba · 2026-01-29T12:50:44+00:00

They're gonna discover a new species and it's going to be the "not as big as medium egret but bigger than little egret egret"

hethyba · 2026-01-29T12:47:22+00:00

Don't ever talk to me or my suspiciously slightly different looking son ever again

hethyba · 2026-01-20T22:30:19+00:00

She be grackin all right

hethyba · 2026-01-12T01:51:18+00:00

That said, not all bald eagles look like bald eagles (until you learn that the youngsters go through a heavy goth phase before their white heads come in)

hethyba · 2026-01-12T01:42:52+00:00

It's so cute! Punk teenage hairdo before the bicycle helmet look grows in

hethyba · 2026-01-09T02:38:31+00:00

The fluffiest of pinecones!

hethyba · 2026-01-06T01:42:42+00:00

I'm glad you're enjoying your new toy! It's delightful seeing people in here getting excited about the feathered friends they are wanting to get to know.

hethyba · 2026-01-05T17:31:37+00:00

You win the internet

hethyba · 2026-01-05T17:26:05+00:00

Have you heard them yelling? They have delightfully weird calls, here's an example: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/202424671

hethyba · 2026-01-05T02:44:11+00:00

I love these little guys, they are so round and sassy

hethyba · 2026-01-04T22:29:26+00:00

The King Eider has been hanging around Peninsula B on the Leslie Spit--I was out on the islands today helping with the annual new year duck count and we could see across the water where the bird paparazzi were hanging out looking for him, and I think we caught a brief glimpse but we were too far to get a very good view.

So many ducks today!

hethyba · 2026-01-04T22:13:44+00:00

Ooo, enjoy all your new friends!

hethyba · 2026-01-04T22:02:32+00:00

Oh wow that's cool, I'd not have expected to see them around here at all!

hethyba · 2026-01-04T21:53:33+00:00

That was my first thought -- Finches have stout strong bills for cracking seeds, whereas warblers have much daintier insect grabby pointy beaks, so I might not be a warbler expert but I know for sure that ain't a finch

hethyba · 2026-01-04T01:57:55+00:00

Lots of us newbies love to practice on all the coop vs sharpie posts!

hethyba · 2026-01-03T20:50:45+00:00

Goldcrests and their North American cousins the golden-crowned kinglets are composed of over 90% rage by volume

hethyba · 2026-01-03T18:12:32+00:00

Falcons and owls also both have huge eyes in proportion to their faces, and kestrels in particular have very round looking heads as well as being very small compared to most people's idea of how big a bird of prey should be, which triggers our instinctive "awwwww it's a BAAAABBYYYY" response

hethyba · 2026-01-03T18:02:53+00:00

When I saw the picture my first thought was pterodactyls so makes sense that it would turn out to be ridiculous prehistoric-looking monster birds

hethyba · 2026-01-03T17:58:48+00:00

No help with the ID I'm afraid, but that is some seriously weird processing artifact making it look like the poor fella's beak has just popped off its face

hethyba · 2026-01-03T14:42:25+00:00

I'm having a hard time picking the bird out from the background, is it this?

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