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Richard Lewis

Extropian sci/tech geek. Improving moderate #MEcfs, #non24-hour sleep. #ADHD-PI, #AuDHD, #dyslexic. "ZeroGravitas" in PC gaming. He/him. 42. Please correct me. https://linktr.ee/ZeroGravitas

1/2 Blackbirds: - At least I'm told this was a young female, but she looked so big with light plumage, I couldn't believe it! - Fledgling feeding, late April. - Yong male with wing tips still brown. #UKbirds #MEcfsEgress DailyNaturePics 326

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2/2 - Adult male, dishevelled from raising young, a month ago. - Adult female, they both have whiskers, interestingly. - Early March sensor noise; the light is much better now! - Goldfinch friend, my segue from yesterday's bird photos.

1/3 Baby blue tits are all over our garden, including this already charismatic chappie, mere weeks old! My favourite bird shot to date, in terms of charm, detail and fluky halo bokeh. But what effort went into raising them..? #UKbirds #MEcfsEgress DailyNaturePics 323

4/ Apologies: ALT image description 'fell off' the first photo when I changed the crop last minute (in Buffer)... What do you think, square crop (above) or portrait (here)?

1/2 Baby Coal tit, happily sat in the jaws of a beast! (Monkey puzzle tree.) #UKbirds #MEcfsEgress DailyNaturePics 324

2/2 I've not spotted any obviously juvenile Goldfinches, but a couple have been regular on the feeders again. - B-roll from February. - Young Long-tailed tits looking like roughed up, darker adults.

2/2 I've not seen as much of them being fed, as the resident blue tits... But have a bonus adult Coal tit from April.

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1/2 Red faces and pink eyes: - Goldfinch has no trouble with this puzzle, either. - Been in a shower... Or bath. - Baby Long-tailed tits naturally have more pink/red rimmed eyes, apparently. #UKbirds #MEcfsEgress DailyNaturePics 325

2/3 - May 9th: parent's frantic sorties to/from a box in our big evergreen. - May 24th: curious creatures emerged, lacking the distinctive eye stripe. - May 29th: beg... - ... and you shall receive nourishment!

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3/3 - This poor parent was so over-worked, and under-groomed, it looked like it had been chewed on! - Constantly outnumbered (what you looking at?!)... - All-day games of chase with a full brood (at least 3, here). - But what a pay-off!

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