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Catbirds are great, that rufous-reddish thing under their tail is really cool- for an otherwise drabish bird. Love their weird, variable calls....

Agreed tanagers can dunk on cardinals. Merlin is great, but if you learn their chick-burr call note, you can find them. Summers are pit-ti-tuck....

Very cool summer tanager, prospector. Yeah cool birds, song is neat too. They don’t really make it up to this part where I am, but are in South...

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That screech owl nest, the young fledged today. I try not to anthropomorphize, but that thing is really cute. [ATTACH] Crushed it this AM 63...

I think I’m slowly making this a one person thread. But this is my true passion, and former profession. First on may, and on cue it heated up...

Doves make crop milk, like they are cows or something. True story, I’ll shut up now. Later gents

I meant more of the death of one parent by a cat or something. But that too

Decent morning today. FOY(first of the year, keep up wannabe nerds). Scarlet tanager, black-throated blue. First big flight of wood thrush and...

Both male and female doves incubate nests. Actually it’s most often the male, especially during the day. so it’s also possible there is one...

So I will give my two cents here. And it’s just that. avian mortality can run near 90% in the first year. Your best course of action is just to...

Another decent morning. First year with new camera, no good warbler shots. But had 45 species. Blue-headed vireo, ovenbird, b+w, Nashville,...

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God dammit. Took my three tries. Garrett mountain best migrant trap on earth in a city area

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