#birdsof2024 — Public Fediverse posts

Approximately a zillion #CacklingGeese coming in to land at the Tualatin River #NationalWildlifeRefuge this afternoon. Sound on for the full effect! Other birds today included a #NorthernHarrier lass cruising past at eye level, a distant flock of #WesternMeadowlark flushing up from the field, groups of #TundraSwan and #SnowGoose, faraway #GreaterYellowlegs and #Killdeer, a #GoldenCrownedKinglet practically in my pocket, and a white-belly second year #BaldEagle piccoloing overhead.
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Physicists have determined that our January woods exist in two fundamental quantum states:
#Bushtit Negative. All very quiet. Okay to yawn, meander in circles. Somewhere in the distance a crow caws.
Bushtit Positive. Tsip tsip tsip.... Bushtits one two three seven! twenty-two? Many? Chickadees and kinglets along for the ride because why not?!? Don't forget the yellowrump! Bushtit on a twig three feet away looking you in the eye. You can never have just one!
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Finch Corner - a yard with a seed feeder and tall trees, affording perches that are conveniently situated for scanning the horizon as well as casual conversation. Flocks of #HouseFinch, #LesserGoldfinch, and the occasional #AmericanGoldfinch assemble and chat about the state of the world. Wandering #PineSiskin flocks have also recently arrived. In dark conifers down the road, an Inkcrest (nee #StellersJay) swoops down and gives his opinion of me ("Shackshackshackshack!!)
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Visiting Koll Center Wetlands in Beaverton today, the full aquatic contingent was out on the lake: #Mallard #Gadwall #GreenWingedTeal #NorthernShoveler #RingNeckedDuck #RuddyDuck #Bufflehead #PiedBilledGrebe #AmericanCoot. Stalking the shallow margins, #GreatEgret in pure white and #GreatBlueHeron in shaggy gray. #BeltedKingfisher rattling from a snag, and #BlackPhoebe flitting from perch to perch with high sweet little cries. A mob of crows seeing off a #RedTailedHawk.
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First birds of 2024 heard while lying in bed with window cracked. A #SongSparrow singing like it's spring! Then calls of #AmericanCrow #SpottedTowhee #DownyWoodpecker #HouseFinch and the droning song of a #VariedThrush shifting through his repertoire of pitches.
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