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Baltimore Oriole (the bird!). The orioles more or less complete the list of migrating birds to nest around the property.

In approximate order of arrival: Grackle, Redwing Blackbird, Purple Martin, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, House Wren, Barn Swallow, Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole.

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Keeping the new-ish blog active is tough. Suddenly, with the coming of spring, there seems to be a lot less time to work on it.

Yesterday, I monkeyed around a bit with captions on the photo galleries and added several photos to the very first post -- Birds in Flight. These two photos are in the new set. Both were taken in the front yard.
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Red-bellied #woodpecker launching.

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The Northern Flicker pair continues to excavate a nesting cavity. Just now, I quietly approached from behind the stump and made a little recording.

The low, wooden tunk-tunk-tunk is the flicker. Also in the recording: robins, blackbirds, another woodpecker, cardinal, and more.

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Northern Flicker. It's making a cavity in an old stump right by the street, just 100 feet (30m) from the house. Seems like an unlikely nesting spot...

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The barn swallows have been back for a few days. At first just 2 or 3 of them, but today there were 6 or more.

I think I can take a better in-flight shot. On the other hand, I might spend all summer trying and not do any better.

Our resident chaffinch came to show some appreciation for the water dish I refilled 😄

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Look at those fluffy pants! 🤍

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