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The blackbirds are still chumming around in large groups.
Wood Sprite PhotoI keep coming back to small birds 🪶 The way they pause, look straight at me, and hold that moment before moving on—I feel like we’re noticing each other at the same time. #Birds #Songbirds #BackyardBirds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography
TrilobyterOur resident red-bellied #woodpecker
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"Iridescence occurs not from pigments but from microscopic structures that bend light in different directions, creating a dazzling array of colors."
https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/news-and-media/blog/iridescence-natures-beautiful-trick-light
Nevar23Looks like the grackles have settled in for the Spring. 
I heard the cacophony earlier and they've already found my feeders.
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It was time to put up the Purple Martin nesting gourds, but I’m glad I waited until after the weekend’s wild weather.
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Snow flurries this afternoon (but sunshine and 63 F / 17 C tomorrow...)
Red-bellied Woodpecker on the redbud tree -- with a few snowflakes in the air.
MozKookaburra does not seem bothered by noisy minors. There were about five of them for a while and she just sat there. Then moved closer to me, still with miners in attendance. Then they left.
Couple of tough guys, er, gals.
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