My favorite thing in life these days is watching birds, at home in the backyard or elsewhere out and about. They are the perfect antidote to the greed, hatred and delusion current in the world.
Michael Babcock
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme, set by the inimitable @alan678.bsky.social (who along with @robcrank68.bsky.social deserves our unending gratitude for hosting) is #TheGathering. These Bushtits are having a confab in our Oakland, California backyard birdbath.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FirstWingbeat — capturing the instant of take-off – here's a Song Sparrow taking flight at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in California.
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in California is a great place to see Snow Geese & Ross's Geese in season. It's so awesome when a flock takes off. Here's two pictures 40 minutes apart in a past November. For today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme of #Geese set by @robcrank68.bsky.social
This is well worth a read. It’s a complete interview of Scott Pelley, recently fired from “60 Minutes” for daring to stand up for the truth. Perfect illustration of how democracy dies, if we let it.
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@alan678.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BorrowedPlaces. Here's a Dark-eyed Junco on a sign on the Moore Creek Trail at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. I'm just back from a 3-day trip there: lots of good spots for birding.
We have two birdbaths at our home in Oakland, California: the lower spa and the upper spa. This California Towhee is in the lower spa for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BadFeatherDay, set by @alan6789.bsky.social.
I never thought I'd think of a seagull as cute until I saw this Bonaparte's Gull at the Moore Creek Trail at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of celebrating #WorldOceansDay set by @alan678.bsky.social.
One more for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BadFeatherDay, set by @alan678.bsky.social. This young Wood Duck just growing into his adult feathers is from Neary Wildlife Refuge in Santa Cruz. Taken on Tuesday, I just now loaded it onto the computer.
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For today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme – #BranchingOut set by @robcrank68.bsky.social – here's a Great Hornbill at the Bang Krang campsite in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand this February. The campsite is 30 km up a twisty, bumpy 4-wheel drive road. I got over 2,000 steps on my iPhone from the drive.
This female Mallard at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California is not amused. For today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme of #LookingAtYou, any bird staring at you, courtesy of @robcrank68.bsky.social.
Michael Babcock
Michael Babcock
Michael Babcock
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Michael Babcock
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Michael Babcock
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Michael Babcock
The dictator doesn't want "60 Minutes" to report the truth
