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Q is for Quiscalus sp., the Grackles!

I don’t care what anyone says. Grackles are very pretty. Plus they are the original WDW Tweeters.

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2021-11-29

For K: Killdeer.

This is in honor of one ridiculous Killdeer chick I attempted to photograph years ago. I'd say it was a failure but it's a memorable one. They're such goofy cotton balls with legs that NEVER STOP GOING.

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2021-11-29

P is for _Poecile atricapillus_, the Black-Capped Chickadee! 😍😍😍

What more needs to be said? These birds are The Cutest Thing Ever.

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2021-11-28

Another J is for the ever-adorable Java Sparrow. This is the first bird in this series that I've only seen outside its native range, as they've been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. They're an endangered species in their home islands in Indonesia.

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2021-11-28

O is for Oriole! 🐤🍊

I really know it’s summer when these beautiful sunny fellows arrive.

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2021-11-27

Happy Friday! Today's is I for 'I'iwi!

We're back in the Pacific islands for this charismatic little Hawaiian bird, seen here foraging on ʻōhiʻa lehua.

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2021-11-27

N is for Nuthatch! 🥜🐦

I’ve said “This bird is the best” a lot but — Nuthatches are the best! They might even be the Cutest Birds in the Whole Forest!

They have a very close competitor for that title, who we shall see in a few days…

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2021-11-26

M is for Meleagris gallopavo, the Wild Turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Wild Turkeys are awesome! They are hand-shaped! Their babies are friend-shaped! The Toms are huge and scary and make great misunderstood antagonists in short lived comics!

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2021-11-26

Leaving North America behind for tonight!

G: this is the Golden White-Eye (Chamoru: canario), found only on Saipan and Aguijan in the Northern Mariana Islands. I'm fortunate to have banded many individuals of this critically-endangered species.

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2021-11-25

L is for Larus smithsonianus, the Herring Gull!

The quintessential seagull of the Gulf of Maine. They can be surly and fierce or very chill and graceful. Often within the same moment.

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2021-11-24

But seriously folks. K is for KING CONDOR!

Very beautiful. Very powerful. Very large, as it turns out, whenever I meet one in person at a zoo.

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2021-11-24

Seriously though, J is for JAY!!!

And how could it not be? I LOVE Blue Jays! They are beautiful and wonderful and anyone who says they don’t like them is probably a narc.

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2021-11-23

Today's is D! A little bit of Dunlin simplicity and elegance for your twitter feeds today.

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2021-11-22

Today's is C.

And I just need you all to know that Cooper's Hawks are not always the fierce predators you might imagine, because they have a whole lot of derp lurking in that little murderbrain too.

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2021-11-21

H is for Hummingbird! 🧚🏻‍♂️🌺
We had Dinosaur Mermaids yesterday so today we have Dinosaur Fairies. Seriously, these little guys are miracles.

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2021-11-21

For B, is it bark? Is it lichen? Well, yes, but it's also a Brown Creeper.

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2021-11-20

G is for Gavia immer, the Common Loon or Great Northern Diver

How could it not be? I love them so much!

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2021-11-20

Okay, I'm going to keep these to really, really quick little 30min sketches or I'll never finish them all, but I'm excited to start on ! Beginning with American Robin. Flocks numbering in the thousands of these have flooded town here lately.

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2021-11-19

F is for Finch! 🐥🧚🏻‍♂️

They’re sweet, they tweet, and they are said to be trusted Fairy friends! They’re so tiny and colorful and just seeing them makes me happy! May our holiday season be filled with wonderful winter finches!

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2021-11-19

E is for Eastern Kingbird! 🐦

It is a sure sign of summer when we start to see these brave little flycatchers at the lake.

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2021-11-18