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February 9, 2024
08:57 AM EST
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February 23, 2024
05:53 PM EST
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February 9, 2024
12:51 PM EST
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February 5, 2024
02:27 PM EST
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June 15, 2023
10:56 AM EDT
Description
For my first-ever sighting of a Prothonotary Warbler, (not so common around here), I'd have preferred a more-natural setting than him perched on the windshield of my truck, apparently attracted to Vermont's yellow inspection sticker, but sometimes one doesn't get a choice.
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May 13, 2023
08:28 AM EDT
Description
Sitting on a favorite rock with a nest somewhere nearby and just yards from the house.
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May 8, 2023
08:36 AM EDT
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May 5, 2023
08:10 AM EDT
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May 2, 2023
04:19 PM EDT
Description
Hunting in the yard. Giving chase daily to Red-winged Blackbirds. Perched here in a Magnolia tree.
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May 18, 2023
08:43 AM EDT
Description
In a field where the Canada Geese are nesting and probably harvesting eggs.
A curiosity for me in these images is that foxes seem to be able to turn their ears from concave to convex.
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April 8, 2023
08:15 AM EDT
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April 22, 2023
10:06 AM EDT
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April 16, 2023
05:55 PM EDT
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March 29, 2023
03:27 PM EDT
Description
Mating. Female was identified in previous observation.
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February 28, 2023
10:34 AM EST
Description
Morning visitor. February 28th. Someone from my past with expectations and reassurances, both.
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January 18, 2023
12:54 PM EST
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January 18, 2023
11:14 AM EST
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January 18, 2023
11:03 AM EST
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January 9, 2023
09:03 AM EST
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January 20, 2023
02:25 PM EST
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December 11, 2022
10:33 AM EST
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December 26, 2022
10:34 AM EST
Description
Black-tipped tail (photo 3) that's about 1/3 its overall body length and small, rounded ears.
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October 14, 2022
08:40 AM EDT
Description
Watching and waiting for its mate - arriving in the my observation.
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October 13, 2022
01:52 PM EDT
Description
Observation #5900 Preening female seemed completely unconcerned with having her photo taken. A tagged bird, I couldn't read the numbers on her right leg.
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September 27, 2022
05:22 PM EDT
Description
Hopping between branches low in the orchard.
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September 28, 2022
02:31 PM EDT
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September 7, 2022
11:11 PM EDT
Description
I initially thought it was Cooper's but it's almost the size of a Crow. A Blue Jay wasn't afraid to swoop in and try to drive it away. Another Red-shouldered was squawking, nearby. I believe this bird to be a juvenile and sibling in a local pair. Two days of rain and fog and limited hunting opportunities for predators, this hawk was just trying to dry out as the temperature rose before his day began.
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September 2, 2022
04:13 PM EDT
Description
Sitting in the morning sun, she suddenly turned and flew - disappearing into the woods giving chase to a Blue Jay.
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July 2, 2022
12:43 PM EDT
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May 26, 2022
10:29 AM EDT
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March 28, 2022
10:44 PM EDT
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March 1, 2022
10:08 AM EST
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March 2, 2022
11:38 AM EST
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March 20, 2022
12:44 PM EDT
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March 24, 2022
12:14 PM EDT
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March 26, 2022
11:48 AM EDT
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February 22, 2022
12:53 PM EST
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February 23, 2022
05:05 PM EST
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February 22, 2022
01:05 PM EST
Description
4200
Fast. Short-legged. Weasel-sized. Hunting along the banks of the brook among the boulders and fallen trees.
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February 23, 2022
05:05 PM EST
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February 19, 2022
12:55 PM EST
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February 13, 2022
05:01 PM EST
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February 11, 2022
05:33 PM EST
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February 5, 2022
01:17 PM EST
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February 1, 2022
12:38 PM EST
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February 3, 2022
11:45 AM EST
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February 5, 2022
09:31 AM EST
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February 5, 2022
01:17 PM EST
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January 16, 2022
09:17 AM EST
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January 24, 2022
09:45 PM EST
Description
In a flock of about 20 birds.
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December 27, 2021
09:25 AM EST
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December 19, 2021
08:19 PM EST
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December 17, 2021
05:07 PM EST
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December 19, 2021
08:21 PM EST
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December 15, 2021
10:01 AM EST
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December 19, 2021
08:24 PM EST
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December 19, 2021
08:29 PM EST
Description
Left foot tucked into breast feathers
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December 19, 2021
08:35 PM EST
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December 17, 2021
05:21 PM EST
Description
When I put feed out, maybe seven dozen birds come right in. None came this morning - just a lone Dove sitting in the tree. It took me almost 10 minutes to realize it wasn't a Dove.
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March 1, 2021
02:26 PM EST
Description
This Sharp-shinned Hawk swooped in and grabbed a Blue Jay, but couldn't keep it. It then flew to a branch and tucked its right leg into its breast feathers. I thought it may have injured the leg, or a talon, but after a few moments of spreading its tail and wings and aligning its feathers, it seemed recovered and flew away.
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November 28, 2021
05:28 PM EST
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November 28, 2021
05:26 PM EST
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October 7, 2021
06:04 PM EDT
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October 18, 2021
09:55 AM EDT
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October 18, 2021
10:03 AM EDT
Description
It doesn't appear that it's some kind of injury damage as much as a deformity and, I understand, from A.K.D., (Avian Keratin Disorder). It's hard to believe she, a woodpecker, has survived to adulthood with this bill.
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November 12, 2021
05:15 PM EST
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October 31, 2021
05:46 PM EDT
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October 30, 2021
12:37 PM EDT
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October 31, 2021
05:42 PM EDT
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October 18, 2021
11:57 PM EDT
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October 20, 2021
12:07 AM EDT
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October 22, 2021
08:30 AM EDT
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October 22, 2021
08:26 AM EDT
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October 23, 2021
08:37 AM EDT
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October 23, 2021
10:17 AM EDT
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October 28, 2021
08:52 AM EDT
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October 28, 2021
08:57 AM EDT
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October 25, 2021
08:10 AM EDT
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September 21, 2021
11:47 PM EDT
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September 16, 2021
01:48 PM EDT
Description
This hawk was chasing a Raven.
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August 30, 2021
02:46 PM EDT
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August 25, 2021
05:41 PM EDT
Description
Nature is perfectly simple and, at the same time, utterly complex - easy to overlook and almost impossible to comprehend.
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May 27, 2020
11:51 PM EDT
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May 20, 2020
02:05 PM EDT
Description
Red-tailed Hawk and a pair of territorial Ravens.