A preening Green-winged Teal shows off his emerald patches of plumage.

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Winter Morning at Lake Carnegie Dam

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This morning I heard a familiar but raspy cheer cheer cheer but without the expected pirdy pirdy pirdy. After another minute, though, there it was: a cardinal’s birdsong

I had only recently read how birds might lose their voice in winter, so this was kind of cool to hear the warm-up….

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"Winter Song" is my new #painting about those bright winter days of lemon and pink skies, when the air is clear and cold, and the #birdsong rings louder than ever.

As well as the little robin belting out his sweet song, I've included other winter birds: fieldfare, waxwing, redwing, and (my favourites) starlings.

Thanks for looking. 🙏

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As we finish a successful and fun #Christmas tour we reflect on how we also made time to admire some of the commoner but no less amazing wintering and resident species in #Extremadura with our guests!

Common Chiff-chaffs literally everywhere ! Crag Martins downtown and Griffon Vultures in the face !

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