Curious and fearless Boat-tailed Grackles entertained us throughout our birding trip in Florida. This handsome guy serenaded us on our anniversary.

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Side by side. Happy anniversary @CTGT.

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Morning foraging. #SilentSunday

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Looking forward to this year’s profusion of flowers. The cooler than normal temperatures in May have slightly delayed our blooms.

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Standing on its own. A fledgling American Oystercatcher stands on one leg on a pale, sandy beach. Its long bill is just starting to show the orange shade that is one of the species defining characteristics.

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Let’s #BeeKind and focus on choosing compassion and community this #WildflowerWednesday.

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Nest-building respite. A busy Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with fibers in its beak takes a break on a tiny upside down Y-shaped branch.

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“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” - Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

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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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