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  1. Redwing Blackbirds. An interesting, engaging and lengthy interaction between what I'm assuming is a fledged juvenile (f.) and its mother (r.). I'm also assuming the juvie was eliciting a feeding response from mom, who was essentially telling junior to go out and get a job!
    #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #MastodonNatureCommunity #wildlife #birding #aves #fotografia #passerines

  2. Let's dance! 🕺
    Finally got my first half decent photo of a Pied Flycatcher at the weekend! 😍
    Taken on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. 😊🐦
    #MastodonBirds #MastodonNatureCommunity #Birds #Wildlife

  3. Not a great shot, I had to denoise and crop the hell out of it, but at least you can kind of make out the tell-tale hot orange-pink feet on this Blackpoll Warbler, a first for me. But, these warblers' legs aren't the only cool thing about them. For one thing, its call is so high-pitched as to be barely audible to the human ear. For another, as tiny as it is, it migrates over 1,800 miles from northern Canada to its winter digs in South America. Not so cool is the fact that its population has declined by about 80% during the past 40 years, largely due to the fossil fuel and other extractive industries devastating its nesting habitat in the boreal north.

    #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #MastodonNatureCommunity #wildlife #birding #aves #fotografia #passerines #songbirds #warblers #biodiversity #extinction #fossilfuels

  4. I guess this has been my week for flycatchers. Another of the Tyrannidae, this one is a Great Crested Flycatcher, one of the more colorful members of the group. They inhabit open woods and edge habitats around woodlands. These flycatchers are not partial in terms of where they catch their insect prey, and they will also eat berries.

    #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #MastodonNatureCommunity #wildlife #birding #aves #fotografia #passerines

  5. It was an incredible year for American bald eagles along the #IowaRiver in #Coralville and #IowaCity, Iowa. But the beginning of March is typically the end of the migratory visit and the eagles move north to breed. Sorry to see them go but look forward to our encounters next year.
    (03/11/23)

    #eagle #eagles #raptor #raptors #birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureMastodon #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #AltText

  6. A remarkable number of eagles on the #IowaRiver between #IowaCity & #Coralville this past winter. A friend counted 48 along a 7 mile stretch of the river & the #IowaRiverTrail. On Monday I observed 10 in stand of 5-7 trees. I think this one👇, taken from the paved trail, may be the closest I've been to a bald eagle.
    (02/20/23)

    #eagle #eagles #raptor #raptors #birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #AltText

  7. Bald eagle scores a prize along the #IowaRiver just south of the #IowaRiverPowerDam in #Coralville, Iowa. Normally they pull shad out of the river but this one looks like a perch to me. Can any fishers out there ID the fish species from the pic?
    (01/25/22)

    #eagle #eagles #raptor #raptors #birds #birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #MastodonNatureCommunity #MastoArt #photography #AltText