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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), 1st January 2024
es: Porrón Osculado, fr: Garrot à Œil D’or
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 10% crop, 1/400s, ISO 500
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A black-and-white sea-duck turns to stare down its beak at us.
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), 5th June 2024
es: Camachuelo Mexicano, fr: Roselin Familier
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 50% crop, 1/200s, f/14, ISO 3200
#Birds #HouseFinch #HOFI #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A rather square-headed, stripy brown finch with one stray feather in its fringe peers at us from a feeder pole.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), 31st March 2024
es: Gavilán de Cooper, fr: Épervier de Cooper
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/640s, ISO 1600
#Birds #CoopersHawk #COHA #Raptors #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Looking peculiarly peeved, a tan-breasted, dark-backed hawk keeps watch from a tree.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Common Loon (Gavia immer), 2nd November 2024
es: Colimbo Grande, fr: Plongeon Huard
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 519mm, 20% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 320
#Birds #CommonLoon #COLO #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Dark in the spots and stripes of its striking winter plumage, a black-and-white seabird floats in the gentle waves of a wintry sea.
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Gannet, 11th May 2024
Cape May, New Jersey
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 15% crop, 1/2000s, f/14, ISO 1600
#Birds #Gannet #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A brown-winged, white-headed seabird with a large nosecone of a beak soars, wingtips dropped, over gray-green waves.
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), 1st January 2024
es: Éider Común, fr: Eider à Duvet
IUCN: Near Threatened
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/400s, ISO 1000
#Birds #CommonEider #COEI #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A loaf-like female sea-duck glows bronze as it swims towards us over a calm sea.
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), 8th May 2024
es: Zopilote Negro, fr: Urubu Noir
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 @ 800mm, 20% crop, 1/400s, f/10, ISO 320
#Birds #BlackVulture #BLVU #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Silhouetted against a gray sky in an atmospherically bare tree, a black, hunch-shouldered vulture perches with its back to us.
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Common Loon (Gavia immer), 11th February 2024
es: Colimbo Grande, fr: Plongeon Huard
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 10% crop, 1/640s, ISO 400
#Birds #CommonLoon #COLO #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A small yellow crab battles for its life in the open, scissorlike gray bill of a large gray-and-white seabird.
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Male Brown-headed Cowbird, 7th May 2022
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 50% crop, 1/800s, f/10, ISO 2000
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A larger songbird with a squat body of somewhat iridescent purply-blue feathers, dark wings and a fuzzy brown head with a robust beak perches in a conifer.
November 11, 2024 at 10:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), 17th December 2023
es: Chingolo Cantor, fr: Bruant Chanteur
Reading, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/320s, ISO 5000
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A small brown sparrow perches on a branch.
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), 17th November 2022
es: Zanate Mexicano, fr: Quiscale à Longue Queue
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 1/320s, ISO 12800
#Birds #GreatTailedGrackle #GTGR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A blue-black, vaguely crow-like bird that's about 50% tail struts along with a curious head-tilt.
March 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata), 1st January 2024
es: Colimbo Chico, fr: Plongeon Catmarin
Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 5% crop, 1/640s, ISO 500
#Birds #RedThroatedLoon #RTLO #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A spotty-backed, elegant seabird floats on small waves.
June 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Lesser Goldfinch, 14th November 2022
Tucson Mountain Park, Old Tucson, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/250s, ISO 5000
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A bright yellow bellied, black capped finch peers out from a tangle of twigs.
November 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata), 2nd January 2023
es: Colimbo Chico, fr: Plongeon Catmarin
Newbury, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11 + 1.4x teleconverter, 25% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 3200
#Birds #RedThroatedLoon #RTLO #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
Leaving a trail of raised spray, a large loon, wings raised, breaks free from the surface of the water.
January 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), 8th January 2023
es: Sinsonte Norteño, fr: Moqueur Polyglotte
Comeau Field, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 55% crop, 1/640s, ISO 640
#Birds #NorthernMockingbird #NOMO #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A tall, lanky gray songbird checks out the terrain.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), 26th October 2023
es: Cardenal Norteño, fr: Cardinal Rouge
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/640s, ISO 1600
#Birds #NorthernCardinal #NOCA #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A bold female Cardinal pauses in feeding from a seed feeder to gaze back at the camera.
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Field Sparrow, 18th October 2022
Danehy Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/250s, ISO 12800
#Birds #FieldSparrow #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A tiny, cheerful, round and very soft-looking pink-legged sparrow perches on an angled branch in front of blazing, unfocused fall foliage. The reflection in the eye *may* include the photographer.
November 11, 2024 at 11:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Arizona Woodpecker, 11th November 2022
Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon, Arizona
Canon EOS R5, Canon 800mm f/11, 60% crop, 1/320s, ISO 4000
#Birds #ArizonaWoodpecker #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A little brown-backed, white-spotted and with a bright red patch on the back of its head, perches on a wooden post with a fragment of food.
November 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), 21st August 2022
es: Águila Pescadora, fr: Balbuzard Pêcheur
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Revere, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 2x teleconverter @ 1115mm, 50% crop, 1/2000s, f/13, ISO 1250
#Birds #Osprey #OSPR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
Vast wings spread wide, an osprey soars through blue skies, bearing its catch.
March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), 1st October 2022
es: Pato Joyuyo, fr: Canard Branchu
Alewife Brook Reservation, Arlington, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/200s, ISO 12800
#Birds #WoodDuck #WODU #Ducks #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A multicolored, rotund duck stands on a branch. Its beak is tucked under a wing, but the head is facing us and seems to be looking our way.
April 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), 25th February 2024
es: Aura Gallipavo, fr: Urubu à Tête Rouge
Newton, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 35% crop, 1/2000s, ISO 1600
#Birds #TurkeyVulture #TUVU #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages
A tiny pink face peers out from broad, black soaring wings as a large vulture soars through a blue sky.
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), 21st June 2022
es: Cernícalo Americano, fr: Crécerelle D’Amérique
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 10% crop, 1/2000s, f/10, ISO 1600
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A small kestrel, frozen in flight with wings spread downwards, scans the ground below it as it hunts.
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), 25th November 2023
es: Reyezuelo Sátrapa, fr: Roitelet à Couronne Dorée
Pine Banks Park, Melrose, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 75% crop, 1/500s, ISO 12800
#Birds #GoldenCrownedKinglet #GCKI #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A tiny warbler-like bird with black and yellow stripes on head and wings hangs from an even tinier twig, backed by fall leaves.
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata), 3rd April 2024
es: Reinita Coroninaranja, fr: Paruline Verdâtre
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 40% crop, 1/640s, ISO 8000
#Birds #OrangeCrownedWarbler #OCWA #Warblers #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers
A yellow-breasted, gray headed little songbird perches upright on the side of a suet feeder.
July 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply
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