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GA_Brownie
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Wandering the mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon.

I use #AltText.
Banner: A collection of colorful antique Christmas ornaments.
PFP: A black & white female stick figure wearing a red & white Santa hat.
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou. #Birds 🪶

Beware of the bluebird's stare!

📸:Eastern bluebird: Sialis sialia
An Eastern bluebird stares directly into the cam feeder's camera .
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Here finchy, finchy. What a cutie! #Birds🪶

📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus
A female House finch faced the camera with her head tipped up and shows off her beautiful brown chest stripes and barred wing tips.
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Meanwhile, in the deep South...

This male Eastern bluebird jealously guards a cup feeder that is full of mealworms on this cloudy balmy day. #Birds 🪶

📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis
A male bluebird faces the camera while looking to the left to show off its beautiful blue, rust colored chest, and white belly.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Pelicans were all lined up and swimming home. There were about 10-15 in total swimming towards us, but then a power boater came up the creek and scared them off. 🤬 #WinterVisitors #Birds 🪶

📸 American white pelican: Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
8 American white pelicans swimming in a line facing left except for the last one on the far right side who looks like he can't make up his mind which way to swim.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Poor little mole didn't make it. Most likely a victim of the feral cat that visits us at night for water from our bird bath. #mammals 🌿

📸 Eastern mole: Scalopus aquaticus
A deceased mole with its velvety gray fur, a pointed snout, and large, spade-like front feet for digging.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A bright shiny bauble in our holly tree. #BirdOfTheDay #MorningLight #Birds 🪶

📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis
A bright red male northern cardinal, bathed in the morning light, perched in a holly tree with Spanish moss.
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?

Ehhh....my pets will be in good hands, but not so sure about myself.
A picture of the main characters from PBS' All Creatures Great and Small.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The potted chrysanthemum I planted after the blooms died last year is blooming again. #Bloomscrolling 🌱🌿🏵️

📸 Florist mum: Chrysanthemum Point Pelee™
A darker red Chrysanthemum with yellow edged petals and centers blooming for Fall
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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One good Carolina wren deserves another! #Wrensday #Birds 🪶

📸 Carolina wren: Thryothorus ludovicianus
A perky Carolina wren perched on and facing away from the cam feeder with a piece of bark butter in its mouth.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Speaking of #inverts, we found this red and black mason wasp (suggested common name) in our bathroom. Not sure how he got there. 🤷

P.S. Find out more about this beneficial insect here: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/...

📸 Red and black mason wasp: Pachodynerus erynnis
A dark wasp with dark red stripes and dark yellowish black wings.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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An oldie goodie from the archives for #TuesJay.

This bluejay is exhibiting his very best posture! #Birds🪶 #Corvids

📸 Bluejay: Cyanocitta cristata
A bluejay is perched perfectly vertical on a peanut feeder.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Those eyes! 💛 #YellowEyes #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶

📸 Brown thrasher: Toxostoma rufum
A brown bird with a brown head, brown spots on a buff underbody, and bright yellow eyes, facing the camera with its head turned to the left, perches on a cup feeder filled with meal worms.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Sweet little Palm #warbler for #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds 🪶

📸 Palm warbler: Setophaga palmarum
An olive green/brownish bird with yellow on its under ellys d a buff stripe over its eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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It doesn't have to be #WoodpeckerWednesday, I love posting them every day. Here is my sweet female downy woodpecker. What I love about this picture is how it clearly shows her using her tail feathers as a strong & agile prop. #BendItLikeBeckham #Birds 🪶

📸 Downy woodpecker: Dryobates pubescens
A black and white bird perching on a suet feeder using her tail feathers as a prop.
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This juvie still hasn't figured out how to get into the bird bath and just hangs on the side to drink out of it. 🙄 I guess I should be glad he's not standing in the bird bath chewing up the fountain like one of his parents. 😂 #mammals
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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This guy landed on the cam feeder just in time for his #TitmouseTuesday pic. #Birds 🪶

📸 Tufted Titmouse: Baeolophus bicolor
A small gray and white bird perched on a red and white camfeeder.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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#Tuesday? More like #Bluesday. The "Blue(s) Brothers" are still flapping around the yard protecting their feeders. This coming spring when it's time to nest should be interesting. 🥊🪶 #Birds

📸 Eastern Bluebied: Sialia sialis
An Eastern bluebird standing on the mealworm cup feeder protecting his prize. His brother (out of the picture) was immediately above him on the shepherd's hook helping.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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"If only I could turn my head just a little more sideways and this bar weren't in my way, I could probably reach this specific seed in the suet feeder." - this woodpecker probably #ThruMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️#Birds 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A woodpecker facing left turns its head to the side and strains to reach a seed on the other side of a suet cage bar in the suet feeder.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Out at the docks getting ready to have a fresh lobster roll. Yummy.
The sun sets on a couple of shrimping/fishing boats at the docks.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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#FinchFriday is here to kick off your weekend. I love that red on his head and throat and those stripes on his side and underbelly. 🪶 #Birds

📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus
A male House finch chowing down on some black oil sunflower seeds at the feeder.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Honey bee getting the last food from the Japanese camellia blooms. Pic thru my #DirtyKitchenWindow™️

#Bloomscrolling #inverts
A honey bee is sitting in the middle of the yellow stamen of a bright reddish-pink camellia bloom.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Like a deer caught in the headlights. 😁 #mammals

#AltText: A video of an opossum standing frozen in front of the trail cam when the camera light comes on.
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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One chickasquee!! deserves another! #Birds 🪶

📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis
A gray bird with a white patch on its check, a black cap on its head and throat and a white underbody perches on an ant moat filled with water.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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This #woodpecker recently decided that they prefer mealworms over suet. He was so excited that he wouldn't stop moving his head. lol. #WoodpeckerWednesday #Birds 🪶

📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
A young red-bellied woodpecker excited to eat mealworms out of a feeder cup.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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"Mom...I can't quite get up here. I need a boost." #mammals

#AltText: A young raccoon tries to climb in the birdbath for a drink of water, but can't quite figure out how to get up there.
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM