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Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle I know, I know; *horrible picture*, but... After chasing them all year and getting skunked, I look up while getting the mail and - right over my house!- Barbie Heid
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- bald eagle birds of prey birds of prey north america eagles eagles of north america north american
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- Category: North America
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River otter popping up to eat
I followed a family of 3 otters goofing off, rolling in the sand, then swimming along the bank diving down for crawfish...which they'd pop up like this to chew on their meal and watch me watching them- Zackiedawg
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- lontra canadensis north american otter river otter
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Barn Swallows are back!
Hooray! The Barn Swallows returned today -- exactly one year from the date they returned last year, April 22nd! I've been going out with binoculars every morning and evening in hopes of sighting them. For the past few evenings I'd thought I'd since a solitary Barn Swallow flying high in the...- wvbirdwatcher
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- north american swallow
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- Category: North America
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Feeding time
I didn't know there were any Barn Swallows around still being fed because this is the time of year they usually leave the area for their southward migration. But this morning, I noticed two of them seeming to "kiss" each other in the air. Silly me, I later realized that a juvenile...- wvbirdwatcher
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- north american swallow
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- Category: North America
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Male Barn Swallow, North American
Was perching next to female. I always specify "North American" because our erythrogaster subspecies lacks the solid breast band displayed by subspecies on other continents. There is still a chance they might use the porch nest now that the Cliff Swallows are finished using it. This...- wvbirdwatcher
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- male north american swallow
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- Category: North America
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On guard duty
This is the male Barn Swallow guarding the porch nest from the nearby wire around 5:15 p.m. this afternoon. I haven't seen the female in about a week, but I think she has been inside the nest incubating eggs. This pair is very cautious and timid. The porch entrance is our only entrance/exit...- wvbirdwatcher
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- north american swallow
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- Category: North America
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I.D. Please- Northern Mockingbird Juvenile?
I've been trying to identify this bird... Today is the first I've seen this one. S/he keeps chasing everyone away from a hot pepper suet cake I put in a feeder out front. S/he's rather large-ish--at least 2-2.5x the size of the nuthatch that keeps trying to get at the feeder... Is this a...- gckinglet72
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- north american
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- Category: North America
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Beauty in homeliness
A superb glider and fisherman, the brown pelican reflects graceful beauty in flight.- gildco
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- bird north american pelican
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- Category: North America
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Male Spotted Towhee
Male, spotted Towhee.- ohthatgirl2001
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- north american pipilo maculatus spotted spotted towhee towhee
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- Category: North America
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Black Eyed Junco
Black Eyed Junco- ohthatgirl2001
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- junco north american oregon
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- Category: North America
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White Crowned Sparrow
Black and white streaked crown- ohthatgirl2001
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- Category: North America