Good morning to all, but most especially to this pair of northern flickers doing a courtship dance in my neighbor’s tree, and the mockingbird who came over to see what all the fuss was about.
#pittsbirds — Public Fediverse posts
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Today's small friend is this juvenile male house finch with a sweet tooth—er, beak.
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Good morning! Today's small friend is… a hummingbird again!
Look: if I get a good picture of a hummingbird, I post a good picture of a hummingbird. That's just how it is.
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Today's small friends are a male house finch drooping his wings to show off the goods, and a young or female ruby-throated hummingbird caught at the feeder.
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Good morning! Today's small friend is this female or juvenile ruby-throated hummingbird. (I suspect a juvenile because I had the feeder down for cleaning when it first arrived, and it just kept flying around the pole looking for it.)
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TFW when you are very young and the world is shiny and new and exciting but also a pigeon just tried to land on you.
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Today's small friends are this female house finch checking out the newly cleaned and refilled hummingbird feeder, and the blue jay on the suet feeder in the background absolutely horfing a chunk of suet. 😂
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Today's small friend is a new visitor to the yard: a juvenile red-bellied woodpecker. Unfortunately, these shots are super washed-out because the camera was in direct sun and the woodpecker was in the shade. But look at this absolute goober of a dinosaur!
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Yesterday I noticed that one of the heads of a sunflower out on my front stoop was getting raided before the petals had even fallen off. Based on my keen knowledge of the sunflower's natural predators, I developed a theory and I staked out the front door with a camera.
Today's small friend is this yellow bandit, caught orange-beaked after returning to the scene of the crime. 💛 🖤 🤍🧡
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Bonus small friend: this newly fledged blue jay, still wearing the grey feathers of its childhood. A delightful advertisement for youthful stupidity. 😂
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Today's small friend is this even babier downy woodpecker. Either there are two families in the neighborhood or one female laid two eggs that developed at WILDLY different speeds, because there's a fully fledged juvenile around and then there's this helpless little yelling bird. 🖤 🤍❤️
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Good morning! Today's small friends are the young blue jays who have been absolutely screaming around the yard the last few days as they learn how to be birds.
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Good morning! Today's small friend is this juvenile downy woodpecker. It's on its own now, which means it's probably been out of the nest for at least three weeks, but it's still learning that it's unwise to try and horn in on starling time at the suet. It's very cute, though. 🖤 🤍❤️
(I use "it" here because both male and female juveniles have the reddish cap, so it's pretty much impossible to distinguish.)
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Today's small friend is this unrepentant sinner. She doesn't just eat the buds, she eats the flowers—which makes me suspect that she's actually here for the nectar.
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Today's small friend is this extremely cooperative blue jay. 💙
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Today's small friend is this -suet thief- blue jay. A bit blurry in the crest and tail regions because he just wouldn't stop moving. 💙
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Today's small friends are a juvenile downy woodpecker and a juvenile grackle, both waiting for parents to return with food. Not shown here, but the flying skills of both young animals leave something to be desired. 😅
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Today's small friend is this newly fledged juvenile common grackle. Soon enough, it will be bronzed. But today is not that day.
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Good morning! Today's small friend is once again this male red-bellied woodpecker.
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Today's small friend is an eastern wood-peewee! Spotted at Frick Park, and by "spotted", I mean it sang nonstop for two minutes and then flew down onto a bare branch directly in my line of sight, where it continued singing.
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Today's small friend is this baby robin, seen here waiting for its parent to return with more food.
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Today's small friend is from up the hill rather than my back yard, a seasonal visitor to this town: a gray catbird.
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I may doubt the common sense of this red-bellied woodpecker, but I can't doubt its commitment to Sparkle Motion.
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Today's small friends are a female red-bellied woodpecker and a male northern cardinal. The camera loves them both and so do I. ❤️
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A number of warblers and other neotropicals at the green space up the Hill today. They're tricky little buggers, so not many photos, but it was still well worth being up there. 💚
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Today's small friend is a new species for the yard: a white-crowned sparrow, seen here presenting said crown for inspection.
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Bonus bird: this adorable female house finch.
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Today's small friend is the American goldfinch, brought to you by the letters "Y", "E", "L", "O", and "W".