Sun-tipped wingstem.

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A Savannah sparrow soaks up the sun.

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#ThursdayThrowback to two years ago when @CTGT and I got our first and only sighting of an Ash-throated Flycatcher on the opposite side of the country, quite far from its western U.S. and Mexican home region.

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Mountain mint wildflower blooms show off their stark November beauty.

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“For now I stand as one upon a rock / Environed with a wilderness of sea” ~ William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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Berry good. A hermit thrush enjoys its snack from a climbing bittersweet vine.

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A missing summer days kind of #FootpathFriday.

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Soaking up the sun’s warmth on a chilly day.

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A year after coming oh-so-close to finally seeing a Clay-colored Sparrow, I finally clapped eyes and bins on one. Last November one was repeatedly sighted at a nearby location so @CTGT and I headed out to find this rare-in-our-area small sparrow. After four hours with no success, I had to leave to attend a workshop. My husband and a friend stayed to continue the search and, of course, found it. One returned to our neck of the woods about two weeks ago and after three visits, I was finally rewarded with adding this skulky little creature to my lifer list.

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“But soft! methinks I scent the morning air.” ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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