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.... nothings in her ear. Isn't that cute now? I've not often caught them 'billing and cooing' LOL TTTW

I was travelling on a narrow road up the hill at the back of town when two birds in flight grabbed my attention. Sadly, by the time I'd safely pulled the car over and got out they were very much higher and I only ended with silhouettes. I'd thought Hen Harriers (as they'd historically bred in...

This pair of Mallards were in our backyard. The picture is not as good quality because I needed to downsize it a bit.

A breeding pair of Little Grebes in the plantation pond.

The eagle on the right is clearly the female of the pair.

Raptors love dead perches-- improves visibility. The female in a pair of raptors is bigger. Can you tell which one is a female?

When I hear their call I am assured it is spring. I was lucky to see these two together in a scrubby field.

A cold, windy, dark morning but the reflections on the snowy bank and the ducks will inspire a painting.

A pair of golden-crowned take a break from nest building, but are ever vigilant.

Merry Christmas, my Birding Buddies! While I was watching him, she flew in, and with her was another immature eagle flying over. Great to see three at once close by.

This is the pair of Bluebirds who took over the nest box from the original pair of Tree Swallows who had been building a nest inside. The female Bluebird (you can see her here with straw in her bill) ended up building a nest over the Tree Swallow nest.

From May 1st, the day that Tree Swallows arrived and claimed the nest box we put up on April 24th. The female began building the nest the same day. Sadly these birds were kicked out of the box by Eastern Bluebirds, who arrived on May 9th. We mounted an additional nest box on May 19th, and now...

From May 10th, the day that a pair of Eastern Bluebirds hijacked the nest box from the Tree Swallows. During the early morning, the female Tree Swallow had been in the process of building the nest as she had for the last nine days, but around 9:30 a.m., the Bluebirds arrived. I won't go into...

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From February 6th - The Mockers were being overrun by Starlings at the two suet feeders on the Mockers' tree! So I put one of my homemade peanut butter cakes in a spare suet cage feeder, stepped out on my porch, showed it to one of the Mockers who was perched on the tree, and hung the feeder...

From yesterday afternoon, this is the pair of Mockingbirds who has been guarding not only this feeder, but also the feeders on three other trees. Once in while, other birds are able to eat at the three other trees, but rarely at this tree. Among the birds the Mockingbirds chase are Starlings...

Windy, cold, and bleak this morning. 1/30, F4.0, ISO 100, handheld, taken from my porch. Rare to capture this pair together. These are the male and female Mockingbirds who have been guarding the two trees near my porch, chasing all the other birds from the feeders hanging there. I recently...

Barn Swallows, North American subspecies, male on upper left, female on lower right. It might be my imagination, but it looks like she is worshipping him!

From this morning. This is the pair who is apparently planning to raise a family in the nest on the front building because they have started guarding it like crazy. That nest, built and used by Barn Swallows last year, is in a more secluded location than is the nest on my porch. I posted a...