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DawnSong
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Birding, photography, ethology, ecology, evolution, & ornithology enthusiast. Hiking, Nordic walking, ERG rowing, pool running. + stocks/Economy
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2026 is going to be a train wreck. Need to bird more. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature
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Looking for new and creative ways to impress your valentine? Try hanging upside down by your toenails and making yourself look extra-wide!

🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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All right all right time for a new #PortfolioDay. Hello! I'm Lauren, a biologist by day and scientific illustrator by... other times. I illustrate for publications, outreach materials, & sometimes board games! 🎨🪶🐡🧪🌎

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January 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Took a quick trip to a local hotspot to see the rare Eurasian Teal. I need to go back tomorrow or Saturday with a real camera. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Cooper’s hawk. I would not have noticed her if she hadn’t started yipping. A minute later she flew off and a Kestrel bonked her good. I need to find the nests for the kestrel, cooper’s, and GHOW. They all nest here every year. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature #iphone
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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A set of a junior Bald Eagle looking like a boss. From January this year.
#BaldEagle #birds
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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White-throated Sparrow looking dapper as always

#birds 🌿
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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This is the very first photo I got of a Kingfisher. I can still remember my heart racing. #BirdOfTheDay #Blue #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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A gorgeous Pine Grosbeak finding seeds in the snow. #birds #birding #pinegrosbeak #Algoma #ElliottLake
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, any bird that lives in or gets their food from water. This is a Northern Jacana taken in Costa Rica. Just look at those feet😁
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Neither iphone photis or Seek could Id, but I wrnt through the wildflower website

borregowildflowers.org?type=flowers...

And I think it might be Wright’s Thimblehead.
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
A Brittle bush flower with a small bug eating something that looks like an even smaller bug.
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Iphone photos identifies this as Scorpionweed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #iphone
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Desert Dandelion. I’m getting better at iphone macro
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Lesser Goldfinch at 25x zoom on iphone. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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A ruffed grouse paused mid-step and trying to decide if I am actually a threat or not.
#Alberta #birding #birds #grouse 🪶🇨🇦
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Everywhere you look, the Brittlebush are blooming
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
So hunting season is finally done? I don’t gave to worry about being shot looking for birds
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Flower fields have been spreading around Anza-Borrego. After 38 days without precipitation and 80F+ weather, these plants will welcome the rain which we will hopefully get next week (Photos: Sicco Rood).
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
A little better Creosote pic but the bush kept moving ☹️ one of the days ill rake a tripod out. Rain next week so flower may get an extra burst.
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Seek says it’s a member of the genus Fiddlenecks. Still strugglung to get good macro with the iphone. I probably need a tripod.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Weird this morning that the sky to the west was pink 🤔
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I love walking through the desert and finding seashells from 5 million years ago
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme for today from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #StareDown, and the alt theme is #Gulls. Here's a disgruntled Grackle who was a clear winner in the stare down contest #Birds #Grackle #WetlandBirds
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Life is the cage is all he ever knew. Hard to believe but look at him now

We fund 14 organizations around Asia now and this is one of our partners called Bali Paws.
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM