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| An apple tree I planted 'ka-zillion' years ago, it seams, has finally decided to bloom this year! I'm in love at first sight... |
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| A woodpecker arrived for 'under bark' dinner... |
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| Up close and personal, thanks for a zoom lens... |
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| Dark-Headed Junco... |
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| Gold-Crowned Sparrow... |
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| Other Junco's also arrived today, just loving it... |
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| This Wilson's Snipe stood perfectly still for several minutes during the crazy-rainy downpour. Notice the water droplet at the end of its beak... |
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| A cute and petite Dark-Eyed Junco (Junko)... |
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| A very colorful Varied Thrush with 'an attitude'... |
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| Just love its different poses... |
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| One last pose before taking flight... |
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| Lifting it's wing for a final drying off prior to taking flight... |
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| The mature bald eagle that showed up 15 minutes after the juvenile took flight... |
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| A Dark-Eyed Junco or Junko (aka "Snowbird") This medium-sized sparrow has a pink beak, a crisp color pattern, and bright white tail feathers that flash when in flight... |
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| This particular Woodpecker relentlessly pecks on this hardy board holding a building permit sign across the street from our house; it's been at it off and on for months now! If it's not pecking on this sign - it's been doing so more often on a nearby neighbor's house, and it's rather loud (what NICE neighbors they are to have the PATIENCE to put up with its incessant pecking!) He pecks beginning in the wee hours of the morn and often does so into the afternoon on most days. |
