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ChrisH
@chrishews.bsky.social
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Married empty-nester & retired educator enjoying reading, birding, native plants/food gardening, and all things crafty. Photos are often screen captures of Pixel 7A or Nikon D3100 AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm lens photos.
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A grayish, cloudy, autumn sky and lake edged by a brilliant yellow leafed tree.
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Good morning, everyone. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, a bird associated with water, with an alt theme of #Blue.

A squadron of American White Pelicans

#birds 🪶 #photography #NaturePhotography #CarlyleLake
A couple of dozen American White Pelicans twirl in a vivid, blue, cloudless sky
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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BREAKING: FBI releases surveillance photos of a potential subject in the Nancy Guthrie case.
Authorities to release surveillance photo of potential subject in Nancy Guthrie case
“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother was reported missing Feb 1, setting off a desperate search.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples two different birds in one capture, the alt is #Urban

Great Blue Heron and Great Egret

#birds #photography #CarlyleLake 🪶
A lanky dark Great Blue Heron and a light Great Egret fly up out of the riprap shallows edging the lake.
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown — birds looking right at you. The Alt theme is #Gulls

"Look. It's a bird feeder...I'm a bird"

#Birds 🪶
A Cooper's Hawk with brown & white striped head, stripe to speckled chest, and dark brown wings perches on porch railing and stares at the camera.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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A Laughing Gull from warmer days #posted for today’s primary #BirdOfTheDay theme of a bird on a fence or post.

#birds #photography 🪶

Thanks to @alan678.bsky.social and best wishes to @robcrank68.bsky.social for a speedy recovery.
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social‬ is #Serenity serene bird captures. The alt is #blurred blurry captures of birds in movement.

American White Pelicans at dusk.

#birdphotography #birds #CarlyleLake 🪶
Groups of compact American White Pelicans float in pink and icy, blue tinged winter water at dusk.
February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves, the Alt theme is #Black&White. The Mourning Doves don't come up on the deck often, but visited for a better selection of fallen seed.

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#birds 🪶
A peachy brown mourning dove walks through snow looking for fallen seed.
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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@alan678.bsky.social theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BackyardBirds, birds seen close to home, the Alt theme is #LongNecks. The Carolina Wren is one of our year-round visitors.

#birds #photography 🪶
Always present in our backyard- the Carolina Wren.
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Great Blue Heron for the #Reflections theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social

#birds #photography #nature #CarlyleLake 🪶
A day when sky and water became one and a flying great blue heron seems to have an upside down friend flying parallel with him.
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #openbeak (birds with beak open) and the alt is #openwings (birds with wings out). An older photo of a fledgling American Robin waiting for a food delivery.

#birds #photography 🪶
A scruffy fledgling Robin stands on a deck. It's mouth is open awaiting food
February 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Too cold to be in the water right now 😉❄️ #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GullsInWater, any Gull in Water, the Alt theme is #ShortLeggedBirds.
Two ring billed gulls standing on iced water
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Common Grackle

#BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact #photography #bird 🪶
Common Grackle scooping a frozen bit of food off a snowy deck ... Or an icy bit to lob at the squirrel.
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Two Northern Flickers have started coming up to the deck feeders during this week's cold and snow. The squirrels are not happy. #WoodpeckerWednesday 🪶#BackyardBirding
A Northern ficker is on a tree close to a deck feeder being guarded by a squirrel. Blurry Northern Flicker on deck railing.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme #TwoOfAKind American Pelicans
Two American Pelicans sitting on iced rocks as river water flows around them.
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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#TenMinuteMerlin 🪶 11/6/25 A beautiful autumn day with no house or road construction. Not many birds were chatty again but it's busy out there.
Golden-crowned Kinglet, N Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Am Robin, Purple Finch
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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5/18/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Beautiful morning with warblers still surprising me...
Am Robin, N Cardinal, Acadian Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Carolina Wren, E Wood-Pewee, Carolina Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Magnolia Warbler, House Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Hooded Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Wild Turkey, Killdeer
May 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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5/17/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A spectacularly beautiful day after another tornadic storm system. Not visually confirmed: Veery & Prairie Warbler
N Cardinal, E Wood-Pewee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, N Parula, Summer Tanager, White-eyed Vireo, Great Crested Flycatcher, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Veery, Prairie Warbler
May 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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5/16/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A few days have passed with poor recording options due to another neighbor getting a new roof and weather. I did get visited by a unique local- an Eurasian Tree Sparrow 😆.
White-eyed Vireo, N Cardinal, E Wood-Pewee, Am Redstart, Great Crested Flycatcher, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, N Parula, Fish Crow, Common Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Am Robin, E Towhee, Acadian Flycatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Eurasian Tree Sparrow
May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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5/13/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Light rain and fog with fewer birds active this morning.
Carolina Wren, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, N Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Downy Woodpecker, Summer Tanager, Ovenbird
May 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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5/12/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Light rain with lots of chatter.
E Wood-Pewee, Am Redstart, N Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo (not confirmed), Acadian Flycatcher, E Towhee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, N Parula, Am Goldfinch, Carolina Chickadee
May 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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5/9/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Absolutely gorgeous day! Still have lots of visitors.
Warbling Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Vireo, Downy Woodpecker, Swainson's Thrush, E Towhee, Blackpoll Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, Veery, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Acadian Flycatcher, E Wood-Pewee, Am Robin, Red-shouldered Hawk, N Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren
May 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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5/8/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Rain again for most of the day Turkey Vulture, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Am Robin, Great Blue Heron present but quiet.
Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Wood Thrush, N Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Wilson's Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, Great Crested Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Am Goldfinch
May 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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5/7/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶
Red-eyed Vireo, Am Goldfinch, N Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Downy Woodpecker, Ovenbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Mourning Dove, Swainson's Thrush, Red-winged Blackbird, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow Warbler
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM