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Morning Open Thread. Pretty good birds for the month. [1]

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Date: 2023-04-29  

“Some people are very competitive in their birding. Maybe they'll die happy, having seen a thousand species before they die, but I'll die happy knowing I've spent all that quiet time being present.” ― Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Mother's Memoir

April was a productive month for my bird watching and photography; three new species observed and photographed. And the Bullock’s above and the Sora, below, albeit not new species for me, are real treats.

Indeed, as Lynn Thomson says, my greatest reward has been all the quiet time, just being out by myself, away from nearly all other people and often well-removed from the sounds of “civilization”.

I share that with you now, as best I can.

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Merlin, April 5

Ruddy Duck (foreground), April 9

Kildeer, April 9

Northern Shoveler, April 9

Northern Flicker, April 9

Bufflehead Duck, April 11

Downy Woodpecker, April 13

Wood Duck, April 13

New Species:

Bewick’s Wren, April 13

*****

Oregon Dark-eyed Junco, April 18

Purple Finch, April 18

Mountain Chickadee, April 18

Evening Grosbeak, April 18

New Species:

At far right, the Blue-winged Teal (male), never before photographed for me. The other two are female of yet another two different species. I’ve no idea if those two gals are just confused or what. April 18.

*****

Acorn Woodpecker, April 19

New Species:

Townsend’s Solitaire, April 19

*****

Red-breasted Nuthatch, April 19

Yellow-rumped Warber (Audubon’s), April 19

Not new, but rarely observed:

Sora, April 21

*****

Common Merganser female, April 22

Bullock’s Oriole, April 22

For a hobby, I could do worse.

Closing out the week and the month and this diary, all from April 28:

Spotted Towhee, not wanting to show itself.

That’s better.

Bullock’s Oriole, first-summer male

Black-headed Grosbeak

Thanks for being here with me.

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