Upending the duck, duck, goose cadence, this uncommonly pretty common female Mallard pauses for her closeup in front of two goslings.

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Happy Mother’s Day to those celebrating in the States.

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“The finch, the sparrow and the lark, The plain-song cuckoo gray, Whose note full many a man doth mark, And dared not answer nay” - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Saturday siesta.

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Ready for her closeup.

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Mondays frequently feel like just hanging on kind of days.

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"some say i am the best bird
those 'some' are correct!" -- modest & unassuming female blue-throated starfrontlet

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Thank you, Santa.

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High winds have been curtailing our birding activities so I went back to the archives from two December ago when @CTGT enjoyed our first sighting of a Black-throated Gray Warbler.

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A Snow Bunting from the archives in honor of midwinter’s eve. Such pretty little birds. One of my favorites.

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