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Ahh, surveying birds in the Montana Mountains of northern NV, hiking thru rolling sage (at least until you reach the massive escarpment plummeting down to the valley floor), a symphony of Brewer's & Vesper Sparrows, including this Vesper greeting the morning ... in today's entry for #worstbirdpic :)

Alternate theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Worst. If you're doing #Bird #Photography, you know the pain of missing the shot by a fraction of a second. Or the auto-focus finds something else more exciting. 🪶 🌿🖌️ #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #JunglesOfIndia #Blurd #WorstBirdPic

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I finally managed to see (and photograph, although a bit out of focus - #WorstBirdPic ) a yellow-eyed babbler before it flew into denser parts... I've no clue why they are called so, since I don't see a yellow eye. XD #Birds #Nature #BackyardWIldlife

Woodpecker! In the Tree In the Garden #BirdCallOut

Like I've seen them before and even on adjoining properties but never actually in one of the trees in the yard!! It scooted up and down the trunk a bunch and fed particularly from one crevice before taking off.

#WorstBirdPic #birdeing

sometimes you click a bit too late and get these beautiful shots.... #WorstBirdPic 🪶

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Oh the auto focus chronicles are something of a mystery. #PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic #birds #blurd

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I also got the best chickadee pic of my life (second, inferior one is for comparison)

#WorstBirdPic #birdeing

going through photos from the ol' Canon SD 1000 again. enjoy my stellar bird photography

#birdeing #WorstBirdPic

I did get some #worstbirdpic worthy photos! #birding

In honour of #WorldGothDay, here's a goth squirrel in Trinity-Bellwoods pondering the darkness of life (fig. 1) after watching a hawk just fucking murder a bird, and not a small one, in that very tree (fig. 2) and fly off with it after being mobbed by the bird's angry friends.

#birdeing #birding #WorstBirdPic

#WorstBirdPic but that is in fact an owl. In our back yard.

Owl in our back yard! #WorstBirdPic

If life were a movie, there would have been redemption and I would have seen the American Tree Sparrows on my last trip to Sully Woodlands until winter comes again, but life isn't. There were lots of predators about, and most little birds lay low, so they don't suffer the same fate as this American Kestrel's brunch #birding #worstbirdpic

Some great #birdeing (and terrible bird pics) at Trinity-Bellwoods today.

1. Sparrow-sized light-brown bird in the low mess of grapevine and Virginia creeper. It had yellow on its belly, though you can't see it in the picture.

2. Speckly-breasted brown and white bird somewhat larger than a sparrow, I think I've seen it before but the name escapes me.

3. A very fat squirrel who I found staring at me when I zoomed out from the bird.

#WorstBirdPic

Some great #birdeing at Osgoode Hall today. A kinglet of some kind I don't really know the different kinds; a whole bunch of unusually stripy sparrows that I think were white-throated sparrows; a woodpecker!

Look, I'm not a bird photographer ok

#WorstBirdPic

Red-tailed Hawk! At King & Dufferin

#BirdCallOut #WorstBirdPic #birdeing #toronto #parkdale

Some of our staff were delighted to spot a male Indigo Bunting at the Arb this week. Gaze upon him in all his blurry blue glory!

#WorstBirdPic #AutofocusFail #Birds #Birding #TorontoWildlife

I wanted to share these two shots to illustrate the differences between male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. #WorstBirdPic

I had to write comments for a couple of Common Yellowthroats...the unmistakable song, plus another #worstbirdpic #birding

The place was full of Field Sparrows...alas I only have #worstbirdpic to show #birding

Alas the Inept Birder would have been so proud of me for these photos of the American Coot. #worstbirdpic #birding

I also saw some Fancy Ducks the other day at Ontario Place. They were black with white markings on their heads. Yes, these were the best photos.

#WorstBirdPic #birdeing #birds #birding

The Inept Birder would have been so proud (???) of me & my pictures of the Bald Eagle #worstbirdpic #huntleymeadows #birding

Did @TheIneptBirder ever come to Mastodon?

#WorstBirdPic #HeadlessYellowRumpedWarbler #TwigHappened #BranchHappened #Warblers #Birds #BirdsOfTexas #Birding #Photography #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #SongBirds

Time for another #worstbirdpic...damn dead leaves! Spring cannot come quickly enough #huntleymeadows #birding

My entire camera roll is made of these bad shots! Like this one...I reported it as a juvenile Bald Eagle, but who knows 🤷‍♀️ #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

When that Black-bellied Plover (another lifer & rare visitor) showed up, it was a party on that boardwalk. Here the Black-bellied plover (rear, flapping its wings) can be (barely) seen chasing away a Killdeer (smaller bird in the front) #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

This was a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird when they first arrived earlier this year. This one was obviously male lol #worstbirdpic #birding #huntleymeadows

Why aren't we doing #worstbirdpic here? This is a Summer Tanager, a lifer and a rare visitor. Photo taken last May. It might as well have been heard not seen. #birding #huntleymeadows