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Ann Walters
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Aspiring Bird Nerd. New Orleans. Book lover. Costume Consultant.
Costume Designer/Stylist for film, tv commercials. Searching and dreaming for next steps.
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Curious and handsome Lincoln’s Sparrow in pre/beginning borb state. 🪶 #lifer
A bird (called Lincoln’s Sparrow) has perched on a branch seen behind thin viney branches. The bird is looking forward with just the left eye visible (the right is behind a thin branch!). The bird has a grey face, chestnut brown, black and grey stripes running over the top of its head, streaky buffy breast with a pale belly. An adorable bird perched on viney twiggy branches - it has a grey face, chestnut brown, black and grey stripes running over the top of its head, faint white eye ring, streaky buffy breast with a pale belly. bird has a grey face, chestnut brown, black and grey stripes running over the top of its head, streaky buffy breast with a pale belly. A bird looking straight ahead while on a branch surrounded by thin viney branches. The bird has a grey face, chestnut brown, black and grey stripes running over the top of its head, streaky buffy breast with a pale belly. Both legs and feet are visible. It is so stinking cute.
January 16, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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and here it is 🪶🧡
Beautiful rusty orange, yellow and olive, grey medium sized bird with a chunky bill perched on a bare branch in the sunlight. Hepatic Tanager on a tallow branch. A bird sits on a thick fallen branch amidst dried out straw looking material. Set against bare tree trunks, with some grass in the foreground. The bird is a hepatic tanager, showing its full profile down to the tip of its tail.
January 10, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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A few end of the year birds spotted on 12/31/23. This Barred Owl was just out on this branch that was arched over the path. What a treat! And I’m not sure how I managed that extreme focus on the Hermit Thrush- but I like the outcome.
A Barred Owl, brown and ivory feathered, perched on a bare branch, head turned toward the side basking/resting in the sun. A grey and yellow Western Kingbird bird perched high up on a thin branch against a bright blue sky Sweet wided eyed brown bird (Hermit thrush) seen from the back with head turned to the left. On a bare branch with rest of photo blurred. Savannah sparrows perched on stacked logs.
January 9, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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I participated in my first Christmas Bird Counts (highly recommended!) this year and actually spotted a Chuck’s Will Widow! Such a thrilling lifer and amazing bird. I was so excited when I saw it that I barely could get the words out to tell the group. 🥹🪶
Side view of a sleeping bird on a branch set against greenery. The bird is brown, tan, dark brown and highly camouflaged. It has the cutest little beak. I am not doing it justice with this description!
December 28, 2023 at 3:06 AM
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Technically not a great photo but I’m pretty smitten with this shot I took of a Ruby throated hummingbird today during a CBC. There was also a Rufous/Allen’s present and they seemed to be having a little territorial beef over the gorgeous Turks cap🪶
December 21, 2023 at 3:42 AM
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Loving these vintage holiday greetings that are popping up on the interwebs. This is a gathering I’d 100% like to be part of. Crescent moon, owls, wine- count me in. 🦉🥂🪶
December 18, 2023 at 3:54 AM
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A story in 2 acts 🐈🎄
Adorable white and orange cat longingly and schemingly eyeing a round fabric ornament on a fake Christmas tree. Adorable orange and white cat under a fake Christmas tree with clear lights looks guilty and pleased with the round ornament he longed for now successfully off the tree and on the floor on top of the deep red velvet tree skirt
December 5, 2023 at 4:00 AM
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Birds always seem a little bigger way up in the trees, seeing them down on the ground foraging really shows their tiny but mighty size. Pine Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Orange/Crowned Warbler 🪶
Yellow bird with yellow/olive back standing in the green grass amongst leaves and pine needles. It has a treat in its beak! Plump brown, tan and white sparrow, with yellow between the eyes and bill- looking out from the green grass. Tiny olivey green songbird with a large white ring around its eye, perched on branches Muted olive-y warbler bird amongst foliage with tiny white blossoms
November 21, 2023 at 8:53 PM
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Sweet Sedge Wren from this morning 🪶
Small brown, tan and buff bird with perky tail in brown and green grasses. The bird is in profile.
November 16, 2023 at 4:48 PM
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Sunday afternoon went birding with a friend in South Louisiana. As the sun was setting we noticed a large amount of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. A careful 1x1 count and got us 53! As we were leaving they started to roost in the Oak trees. Quite a sight just an hour south of New Orleans!
A collage of 3 pictures of scissor-tailed flycatchers. 5 birds with long tails in silhouette perched on a wire against a pinky sunset cloud Numerous birds perched on a wire against the sky at dusk. A few birds are flying in. Background of blue sky, pinky sunset clouds at dusk with barely visible oak trees to the left. Birds flying away from the wire towards oak trees to roost.
November 2, 2023 at 1:14 PM
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Some faves from last weekend when I did my first attempt at a big day. 🪶It was fun but chill. Saw 64 species. Juvenile Black-crowned night heron, downy woodpecker in eclipse light, common yellowthroat, immature white ibis 🪶
October 21, 2023 at 12:08 PM
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Beautiful early morning at Audubon Park today. I am so excited about the cooler weather coming our way!
Early morning sky reflected in water with oak, cypress and other trees bordering the water
October 6, 2023 at 11:03 PM
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It’s been a nice bird-y week and I wanted to share the beauty. Descriptions in alt text. Photos all taken with zoom at a respectful distance. 🐦‍⬛
Bird on an oak branch. Bird is an Eastern-wood Pewee, medium sized flycatcher, appears grey ish brown (dusky) with pale breast. And is adorable. 3 birds in an oak tree set against blue sky. On the left a blue-gray gnatcatcher, small grey bird, it is looking below at a female (or immature male) American redstart with its tail spread showing yellow markings. Above to the right barely visible is another female American redstart (small brownish birds with yellow markings) A large black bird with a pointy bill, wings are spread as it sits on an oak branch. The bird is an anhinga, aka snake bird. A medium light brown/dusky and white bird on a rock by the water. The bird is a solitary sandpiper.
October 4, 2023 at 8:34 PM