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Mostly the birds and the bees if you know what I mean 😉 I mean the animals...

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ardea herodias

Despite being huge, great blue herons weigh about 5 or 6 pounds.

On of my local favourite birds.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature

Great blue heron standing at the edge of A pond

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 13m

Turdus migratorius

During the spring and summer I have frequent, nearly constant visits from robins. The fall is here and the robins aren't. Too bad, they're my fave

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #cute #birdwatching

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 2h

Dumetella carolinensis

Jason: c'mon catbird.. Look at me
Catbird: like this?
Jason: can you turn and face me?
Catbird: *flies away*

Birds are uncooperative models

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #tommythompson

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3h

That's awesome!

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3h

Nycticorax nycticorax

It's not night time! Night heron sighted during the day. Absurd!

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #lake #lakeOntario #torontoIslands #heron #waterfowl

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 21h

Astur cooperii

I love the expression of this coopers hawk. He seems affronted by a nearby squirrel.

The squirrel survived

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #wildlife #nativespecies #birdwatching #raptor #hawk

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 23h

Spinus tristis

One bug improvement for me lately is walking around frequent perches to get a more dramatic backdrop. I didn't nail the lighting, but I love this composition.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #finch #cute #birdwatching

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Totally! They are adorable but they were hard to spot because of their size

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Setophaga palmarum

Another jailbird! This time a palm warbler. Tropical in name only, only one other warbler breeds further to the north.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #torontoIslands #warbler #airport

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous!

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Rob!

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 1d

Dryobates pubescens

I finally have a decent photo for #woodpeckerWednesday and all I see is "pube" in the Latin name. I may be 37, but I'm also 12

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #forest #tree #woodpecker #birdwatching #torontoIslands

A downy woodpecker climbing a small tree

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 2d

Tyrannus tyrannus

With a Latin name like that, I'm not surprised it's a jailbird!

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #torontoIslands #airport #fence #birdwatching #perch #jailbird

An eastern kingbird perched on barbed wire at the Toronto island airport

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 2d

Agelaius phoeniceus

The shortening days are really hampering my bird watching time... Do I really need a day job?

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #marsh #wetlands #blackbird

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 2d

Ardea alba

This is one of the great egrets of my life.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #marsh #waterfowl #wetlands #heron #torontoIslands #lake #lakeOntario #noegrets #noragrets

A great egret eating a small fish at the edge of lake Ontario

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3d

It was probably raised by nuthatches 😜

I see woodpeckers move upside every once in a while too. I'm sure there are other exceptions as well

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3d

Ardea herodias

Merlin tells me that great blue herons are present year round. Where are they in the winter? They migrate right? Am I crazy? They don't like snow?

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #marsh #wetlands #heron #winter #merlin #birdwatching

A great blue heron stands at attention, wading through the still water at the edge of lake Ontario

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3d

Passer domesticus

A house sparrow on a sparrow house.

They're cute, but invasive here.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #meadow #birdwatching

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3d

Sitta carolinensis

Just a nuthatch doing nuthatch things... The only birds that climb trees face down.

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #wildlife #nativespecies #forest #trees #birdwatching #cute

A white breasted nuthatch climbing down a tree

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 3d

For me, the other socials have become more addicting but less substantial... Bluesky isn't getting its hooks in me the same way, which as a user I LOVE! But the flip side is businesses and other accounts trying to make conversions from eyeballs may prefer to addict me to their content.

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 8d

Dolichovespula maculata

The bald faced hornet is actually a yellow jacket wasp and not a true hornet.

Does this count as stolen valour?

#bugs #bees #wasps #insect #flower #pollinator #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #torontoIslands

A bald faced hornet, white and black, crawling on some white berries

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 11d

The habitat pile is doing its job well!

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 11d

Nannopterum auritum

Animals adapt to specific niches, cormorants are an example of a specialized predator.

Which is why they look so goofy in other contexts! What a derp

#birds #ontario #photography #nature #outdoors #toronto #wildlife #nativespecies #wetlands #lakeOntario #torontoIslands #lake

The head of a double crested cormorant on a snake-like neck sticking out of the water as it swims along the lake's surface.

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Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 13d

Amazing photo. Many things came together in this shot, not just the perfect timing of the wave. Great work!

Jason's Living Room @jasonslivingroom.bsky.social · 13d

Is that a splashing wave I the background? Really adds to the beautiful composition