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At Cottontail Acres: lovey dovey shenanigans #birds #doves

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At Cottontail Acres: this morning's interesting and uncommon visitor was a female phainopepla, hunting for bugs #birds #phainopepla

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At Cottontail Acres: we've had a pair of quail on the property for 10 days now, so I guess they plan to stay. This dude was looking for seed under the bird feeder this morning. Yesterday afternoon there was a second pair, too; will they stay? #birds #quail #californiaquail

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A reminder that eBird is not infallible. This morning it ID'd the song of this bird as that of a Hutton's vireo. You and I can see that it's a warbling vireo. доверяй, но проверяй, as the Russian proverb goes (trust, but verify). #birds #vireo

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At Cottontail Acres: rain was imminent when I shot this mourning dove #birds #dove

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I. Magnin, Union Square, San Francisco, 1988 #WindowWednesday #windowsonwednesday #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography

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It's #twosday with a twist: a female kestrel photobombed by a raven #birds

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At Cottontail Acres: the early bird catches the, uh, light. The sun was barely above the horizon when this young black phoebe landed nearby. #birds #phoebe #flycatcher

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At Cottontail Acres: one for the life list - a yellow-breasted chat, which winters as far south as Panama, skulking in our mulberry bush early this morning #birds #chat

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At Cottontail Acres: the Western tanagers abide #birds #tanagers

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It's day four of the quail occupation here at Cottontail Acres. Are they planning to nest? Have they not seen the four feral cats that patrol the property!? (Shot through a window so a little fuzzy.) #birds #quail

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At Cottontail Acres: the Western tanagers started arriving today. It looks like they're finding plenty to eat. #birds #tanager #westerntanager

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At Cottontail Acres: the black-headed grosbeaks started to appear about a week ago #birds #grosbeak

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At Cottontail Acres: I've seen a black-throated gray warbler a couple of times this week #birds #warbler

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At Cottontail Acres: an immature male (I think) black-chinned hummingbird was making the most of these blossoms early this morning. #birds #hummingbird

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"STOP SHOUTING, IT'S #twosday!" #birds #ravens

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At Cottontail Acres: it was cold here in the high desert yesterday. This male kestrel was all floofed up against the chill wind. #birds #kestrel #raptors #falcon

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Let's set the dial to 2009 and remember little Millie and her mellotron in today's #caturday wayback machine #Cats0fBluesky

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At Cottontail Acres: These blossoms don't last long so the hummingbirds are working overtime #birds #hummingbirds

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At Cottontail Acres: a quick wander around the yard before breakfast today: hooded oriole; (never mind the) Bullock's oriole; Hammond's flycatcher; black-chinned hummingbird #birdsm #hummingbird #oriole #flycatcher

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At Cottontail Acres: a warbling vireo and all the lurid colors of spring #birds #vireo #spring

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At Cottontail Acres: an orange-crowned warbler greets the morning sun. Or vice versa, I suppose. #birds #warbler

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At Cottontail Acres: I had assumed the Bullock's orioles were interested in the blossoms on our trees. But it's all about the bees. And they had a feast yesterday. #birds #orioles #yellowbird

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At Cottontail Acres: it's not every day (this was yesterday afternoon) that a merlin lands in our yard clutching a late lunch in its talons. I think it may have been a mourning dove. It quickly flew away again. #birds #raptor #merlin #falcon

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Shhh... Butch is sleeping #caturday #cats #catsofbluesky

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DON'T WORRY ONE DAY THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD WILL GO AWAY #BlueskyArtShow #Dreams

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Friends: If anyone cares to vote for my entries in the 2025 National Wildlife Photo Contest People’s Choice Award, here's a link: shorturl.at/dpDF7 You'll need to register to vote. I submitted 15 photos, birds and animals - pick your faves! Voting closes May 1. Thanks! #birds #wildlife #nature

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At Cottontail Acres: a couple of hooded orioles were enjoying our pink flowering tree (a crepe myrtle?) this morning. This is the male. #birds

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I nearly forgot: it's #twosday So here's a pair of mourning doves #birds #doves

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At Cottontail Acres: a couple of years ago we positioned a couple of tomato cages for the hummingbirds to perch on. There's often one that stands guard and chases away the others. Today it's a male Anna's. #birds #hummingbirds #annashummingbird

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At Cottontail Acres: an orange-crowned warbler at sunrise this morning in that one tree with the pink flowery bits. They are very tiny birbs. #birds #warbler

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At Cottontail Acres: we have five species of hummingbirds here currently but I really miss the Costa's who visited us for months at a time for several years. We haven't seen him (I'm assuming it was the same one...) or any other Costa's since January 2024. #birds #hummingbirds

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Carol takes her job as Chief Rodent Control Officer very seriously. A cat's gotta cat. #caturday #catandmouse

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At Cottontail Acres: Yay! Three black-chinned hummingbirds (two males pictured) arrived late yesterday, along with a calliope hummingbird (a lifer for me). We now have five species hanging out, with numerous Allen's, Anna's and rufous already here. #birds #hummingbirds

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For today's #UrbanGaze theme, a Manhattan street scene. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #streetphotography

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At Cottontail Acres: happy hummingbird hump day. It looks like several rufous hummies are going to hang out here at the Acres rather than continue north, as they did last year. #birds #hummingbirds #rufoushummingbird

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Two for #Twosday: two Swainson's hawks in one of our trees during migration a few months ago. They were here with about a dozen of their friends early one morning. It was quite a sight. #birds #hawks #raptors #swainsonshawk

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At Cottontail Acres: Whatever type of tree this is, it's blooming, and one of our resident Northern mockingbirds is enjoying the treats. #birds #mockingbird

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We have so many Anna's hummingbirds at the moment #birds #hummingbirds

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Anna's hummingbird vs. desert willow #birds #hummingbirds

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Joshua tree, setting sun, Antelope Valley, Calif. #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette #landscapephotography #JoshuaTree #AntelopeValley

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Ricky, fearless leader of the feral cat quartet on our property #caturday #cats #feralcats #CatsofBluesky

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Three California quail and Ricky, an avid birdwatcher. #birds #caturday #birdwatching #quail

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At Cottontail ACres: I have sooo many hummingbird photos. This is one of them. #birds #hummmingbirds

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