@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.
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.
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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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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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.
We had a White Ringneck Dove live with us for 23+ years after finding him lost on the street. He had a mate for some of that time and the preferred nesting material was twisty ties. For today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme of #Nesting set by @robcrank68.bsky.social.
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.
The dictator doesn't want "60 Minutes" to report the truth
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.
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.
