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Birding, photography, ethology, ecology, evolution, & ornithology enthusiast. Hiking, Nordic walking, ERG rowing, pool running. + stocks/Economy
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DawnSong @westernbirding.com · Sep 2
2026 is going to be a train wreck. Need to bird more. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature
Salton sea at sunrise with mountain in background and birds foraging in the shallows.
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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
Cover illustration for the board game Birdwatcher. A pair of Blue Birds-of-Paradise are here courting among tropical foliage. The male hangs upside down above the female, flaring out his breast and flank feathers and waving two long ribbon-like tail plumes while she assesses his display.
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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Digital illustration of a nosa' luta (Rota White-eye), a small yellow-green songbird with a white ring of feathers around the eye, and an orange beak and feet. This bird is drawn with its wings spread and feet held at the ready, about to land on an unseen branch. The background is a loose blur of colors similar to those in the canopy on Rota - bright yellows and greens, with hints of blue from the yoga berries abundant in this species' habitat. For personal use in my research with The Institute for Bird Populations. Illustration of an island (Bird Island, Saipan) set in a shallow tropical lagoon, fringed by Casuarina and coconut trees. The rocky island is covered in vegetation and tiny dots - lots and lots of birds! More birds are seen flying toward the island, and in the foreground some of these are identifiable as Brown Noddy and Red-tailed Tropicbird. For Nature (NorthStar Games) Illustration of an Indochinese Green-Magpie with its wings spread as it lands in a thicket of tropical foliage and flowers, all under a bright blue sky with a few soft clouds. This bird is brilliantly colored with a bright green crested head, black mask, red-orange wings, and fanned yellow tail with a black bar. For NorthStar Games' board game Nature. Commissioned portrait of a Phidippus californicus immature female on a stalk of Swiss chard. She is covered in fine tan hair as she peers inquisitively toward the viewer. She has long black hairs above the eyes at the corners of her head which look like eyelashes.
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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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
Bad pic of the rare (for here) Eurasian Teal.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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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
Crappy iphone pic of Cooper’s hawk perched on a dead branch in a sparsely leaved tree.
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
A young bald eagle is flying over river waters at a local dam. His wings are spread wide open. A young bald eagle is flying over river waters at a local dam. A young bald eagle is flying over river waters at a local dam. One wing is up and one wing is horizontal as he is turning. A young bald eagle is flying over river waters at a local dam. His wings are on the down-flap during flight.
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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White-throated Sparrow looking dapper as always

#birds 🌿
A gray and brown bird with white, yellow and black face markings stands on a bare branch.
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
A pine grosbeak on a snow bank, in profile view looking to the left, with a sunflower seed in his mouth. The lower half of his body is obscured by the snow.
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
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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.
5 leaf white flowers with a long burgundy(?) Stamen in a bunch
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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A Brittle bush flower with a small bug eating something that looks like an even smaller bug.
Large yellow flower with a small black bug standing on a petal eating something.
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Iphone photos identifies this as Scorpionweed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #iphone
Small lavender flowers with long stamens.
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Desert Dandelion. I’m getting better at iphone macro
Medium size yellow flower
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Lesser Goldfinch at 25x zoom on iphone. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature
Lesser Goldfinch perched on leafless branches
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 🪶🇨🇦
A chicken-like bird with a short crest and body with brown, white, grey and black barring is standing on top of snow with its head cocked to one side. Around the bird are assorted stems from small trees and shrubs.
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Everywhere you look, the Brittlebush are blooming
Crappy iphone pic of a whole lot of yellow flowers protruding from a sparse leaved bush
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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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).
Flower fields have been spreading around Anza-Borrego. Purple verbena field under puffy skies. Raven amidst Purple verbena field and brown-eyed primroses. Purple verbena , dune primroses and brown-eyed primroses field under puffy skies. Purple verbena field with two dry looking prairy sunflowers
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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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.
Yellow creosote flowers
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Seek says it’s a member of the genus Fiddlenecks. Still strugglung to get good macro with the iphone. I probably need a tripod.
Crappy pic of a small yellow flower
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Weird this morning that the sky to the west was pink 🤔
Looking west at sunrise, the sky above the mountains are pink, though not so much in the east.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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I love walking through the desert and finding seashells from 5 million years ago
A broken seashell laying in the desert sand among many shells. This one has rust colored stripes. A broken seashell laying in the desert sand among many shells. This one has light grey colored stripes.
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
Grackle perched on a dried branch staring into the camera. Grackles are in shades of iridescent blues and purples
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