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Sandhill Cranes at Reifel are very used to people. This one let me get quite close as it quietly got on with a bit of preening. I love the bright yellow eye, and the sinuous composition of its neck and beak -- July 22, 2022

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Little downy cutie -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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This is a sweat bee. They're a very diverse family with various colours, environments and degrees of eusociality. And often attracted to sweat, hence their name -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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This pretty little bird got up in a tree and gave me a show. Sometimes you get lucky! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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A Least Sandpiper, in breeding colours! One of two that we could see -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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The Marsh Wrens were as loud as ever, but a good number of them deigned to show themselves to my camera! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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A Song Sparrow doing what they do best -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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Now where were we? Oh yeah. The important thing was that I had some elm seeds on my bill, which was the style at the time." -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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Mullet power, activate! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 2

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"Honey, I'm home!" -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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A pretty little chickadee surrounded by green -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Behold, a Marsh Wren that decided to sort of show itself! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Tree Swallow in flight -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Speaking of tiny elusive birbs, here's a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Male, as you can see from the red crest -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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A rare glimpse of a Marsh Wren, here gathering down from cattails -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Bandy's looking a little ragged, but it's just going though a moult. Probably the last moult before getting its full adult plumage -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Male Mallard emerging from the water, like Daniel Craig in that movie -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13
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Preening crane and... what's that with the photobombing? I'm going to guess it's a male Anna's, patrolling around the feeders. At the speed they go that is seriously a one in a million shot -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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Scream and display. Very sexy! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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Chickadee -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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Marsh Wrens prefer to be heard and not seen. With spring approaching it seems every one of these teeny little birds was belting out their hecking loud buzzy clicky calls, though I despaired of actually seeing one.

But hey, sometimes you get lucky. These photos won't win any awards but with wrens one takes what one can get. Besides, there's a certain artsy quality to them, I think -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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Merlin ID identified the cute unfamiliar peeping as a killdeer call. I couldn't quite see where a killdeer would hang out around this part of the trail but heeeeey what's that flying over the marshes? -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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A fine catch! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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A jewel -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 15
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Now this is special! What we're looking at is a Mallard / Pintail hybrid. I didn't even know that was a thing, but there you go.

It's got the soft blue bill of a Pintail, and a mostly Mallardy head and body, though note the wash of brown on top of the head, the softer brown of the chest, smaller eyes, a curl to his white neck ring, and somewhat longer and straighter tail. Neat!

-- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, March 2
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Hovering in place. Exposure time of 1/2000s and I still get motion blur on the wings! -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Sandhill Cranes -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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A model -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Out for a stroll -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Chickadee -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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A Golden-crowned Sparrow -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Towhee -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Lesser Scaup, male -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Two immature male Northern Shovelers on thin ice. Literally, I mean: the temp still dipped below 0 at night in Delta, and some ponds were at least partially frozen with a super thin layer of ice. So thin that ducks would occasionally fall through and then struggle-flap to get out, all embarrassed -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Portraits of Reifel ducks -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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One of several Bald Eagles soaring high up, occasionally dipping down to give the bird nerds a thrill. From its wing markings, this one looks like a first-year juvie -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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The sweet song of the blackbird -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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Shiny lady
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Fox Sparrow -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 3
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Omnomnom -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 3
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A beautiful Barred Owl by the trail, doing a bit of grooming, showing off its feetsies, then going back to sleep -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 13
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Decisions, decisions... -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 13
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A very round Song Sparrow
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A fierce little Anna's Hummingbird -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 13
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Three Sandhill Cranes near the entrance. Napping standing up, sitting down, and limbering up while scarfing down feed. There was a fourth one there but it wasn't doing anything particularly interesting

Reifel Bird Sanctuary, August 19
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This Wood Duck is starting to change back into his regular and fabulous outfit. Reifel Bird Sanctuary, August 19
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