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Dad, husband, educator, resistor. I also really like birds, which probably means I'm getting old.
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Show me a grumpier looking bird. Common pauraque. Sarapique, Costa Rica. #birds 🪶

Silver-throated tanager. I could watch these guys all day long. #birds #costarica 🪶

Red-legged Honeycreeper! #birds #costarica 🪶

Another tanager... this time an Emerald. Love photographing these guys! #birds #costarica #tanagers 🪶

A beautiful summer tanager. #birds #costarica #tanagers 🪶

Boat-billed Heron. These guys have so much personality! #costarica #birds 🪶

I'm down for #woodpeckerwednesday! Black-cheeked Woodpecker, San Ramon Costa Rica. #birds 🪶

Lesson's Mot Mot! #costarica #birds 🪶

A few of my favorite tanagers. #birds #costarica 🪶

I love Trogons so much! I saw this Collared Trogon on the last day of my trip. #costarica #birds 🪶

Some hummingbirds of Costa Rica! I haven't quite nailed the action shot yet. #birds 🪶

I found this Mottled Owl among the bamboo at Hotel Bougainvillea, right outside San Jose, Costa Rica. 🪶 #birds #owls

I loved photographing these red-legged and green honeycreepers. Amazing colors! Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. 🪶 #birds

It's easy to take great bird photos when you've got a subject like this. Keel-billed Toucan in Boca Tapada Costa Rica. #birds 🪶🪶

In 2 weeks I'll be wearing shorts, sipping delicious coffee, and taking pictures of birds in beautiful Costa Rica. It'll be hard to come back to the sh!tstorm here. #birds 🪶🪶

Part 2: In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶

In less than 3 weeks, I'll be back in Costa Rica trying to check some lifers off my list. Here are a few from my last trip in July of last year. #birds 🪶

This cute little Northern Mockingbird let me get really close! #birds 🪶🪶

House Finch and American Goldfinch in Harrisonburg, VA. #birds 🪶

More house finches!

House finches!

We may hold the record for most RBG ornaments on a Christmas tree.

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