Alex Sauerbrunn
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Birder & Photographer | SoCal Based
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Great Horned Owl family portrait
#birds
#bird
#owl
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
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The Garden Jungle
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#Portrait
so here is a side profile portrait of an Atlantic Puffin I photographed in The Farne Islands
#birds
#thegardenjungle
#wildlifephotography
#birdwatching
#shropshire
#UKwildlife
#birdphotography
#canon
#photography
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Floof peekin’ out 🪶
add a skeleton here at some point
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Owlet season is here!
#birds
#owl
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 days ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#Birds&Bugs
, featuring a Black Phoebe clutching a yummy moth.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
4 days ago
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Highlights from Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. If you’re ever in SoCal, check out this top-notch birding spot!
#birds
#WaterBirds
#BirdOfTheDay
5 days ago
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
6 days ago
BIRD QUIZ: Here is a bird photographed in Florida in early February 2023. Do you know what species it is? Leave your answer in Comments and we'll post ours at the end of the day. Thanks to Alex Sauerbrunn for sharing this photo with eBird and the Macaulay Library archive.
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Matt Ufford
7 days ago
excellent Budweiser commercial. would be a real shame if it took FOUR YEARS for a bald eagle to reach adult plumage
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A Mountain Bluebird bringing a splash of color to the desert.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
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10 days ago
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Just some really cool owls
#birds
#owl
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
12 days ago
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Mark Coupe Photography
13 days ago
Today's
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#Reflections
. I think this greater yellowlegs fits the bill.
#birds
#canada
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
#birding
#nikon
#yellowlegs
#greateryellowlegs
#shorebirds
#mcoupephotography
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#OpenBeak
— here’s an Atlantic Puffin with some Monday morning energy.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
14 days ago
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Can’t get enough of these colors
#sunset
#LA
#photography
#landscape
18 days ago
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The Loggerhead Shrike, aka “butcherbird,” is famous for impaling its prey on sharp objects to save for later.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
24 days ago
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End the Guga Hunt! Petition remains open — link in comments.
#birds
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END THE GUGA HUNT!
YouTube video by Protect the Wild
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I1fA174K2IM
25 days ago
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Glen Dunlap
27 days ago
🦅🪶#Raptors
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‘We thought they would ignore us’: how humans are changing the way raptors behave
Experts call for tighter regulation as GPS tracking reveals how people’s behaviour affects the lives of some of the world’s largest birds
https://share.google/lHE9BXjg0r6iLQsff
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Mark Coupe Photography
27 days ago
Me every time I read the news these days. Northern Pygmy Owl
#birds
#canada
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
#birding
#nikon
#owl
#mcoupephotography
#pygmyowl
#northernpygmyowl
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An Anna’s Hummingbird savors the blooms of a showy penstemon.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 1 month ago
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eBird Wrapped just dropped! Apparently I birded like a Clicking Shrike-Babbler. How did you bird this year?
#eBirdRecounted2025
#birds
about 1 month ago
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An Anna’s Hummingbird savors the blooms of a showy penstemon.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 1 month ago
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How cool is that electric-blue throat patch on this Brandt’s Cormorant! Unreal.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 1 month ago
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Where will the Yellow-headed Caracara show up next? 🪶
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This Roaming Raptor Has Been Surprising U.S. Birders—and More Could Be on the Way
Limited to Central and South America until a few short years ago, Yellow-headed Caracaras are turning heads from California to Delaware as their range expands northward.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/roaming-raptor-has-been-surprising-us-birders-and-more-could-be-way?ms=digital-eng-social-ig_bio-x-20251200-nas_eng&utm_source=ig_bio&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=20251200-nas_eng&fbclid=PAVERFWAPTXeVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacKC047KaPyy8sB9kAbY0CA_tHBj2M3_LP_SLnMFVp1diF3-fh1GYZ8pgYbtA_aem_nE1qKzgUFQiUl5MPWIBlHA
about 1 month ago
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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab
about 1 month ago
Finally - the glossary of ornithological terms you always needed! Brought to you by the science editors at Birds of the World. Pass it around to the students and profs in your world!
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/content/...
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Ken Marsh
about 1 month ago
I ONLY HAVE GOLDENEYES FOR YOU ... A Barrow's goldeneye pair courts in an Interior Alaska pond in May. In North America, these handsome diving ducks are frequently seen in the northwestern United States, Canada, and Alaska.
#birds
#BirdPhotography
#nature
#wildlife
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Brian JK Miller
about 1 month ago
NOHA#13.
#northernharrier
(Circus hudsonius), Pymatuning Lake Area, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
#birds
#birdphotography
#birdsinflight
#birdportrait
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Charlie Ludwig
about 1 month ago
A Barred Owl's feather texture is my example of
#Feathers&Form
for today's
#BirdOfTheDay
. This Barred Owl showed up this evening for its glamour shot.
#Birds
#Birding
#Wildlife
#Nature
#Photography
#Animals
#PhotographersUnited
#Photo
#EastCoastKin
#Owls
#Raptors
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Alex Nelson
about 1 month ago
A snowy egret wading through the surf just after sunrise.
#birds
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
The pine grosbeaks decided to pose for me this morning. They are a welcome flash of colour on a grey day.
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Jeope!
about 1 month ago
My first
#BirdOfTheDay
entry, for today’s theme of
#ShortBeaks
: this redpoll, sporting a short-but-mighty beak. I never hesitate to dole out props for these tough little birds, who come to Manitoba to spend the winter.
#birds
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Happy
#NationalBirdDay
! Go outside and check out some birds today!
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 1 month ago
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BIRD QUIZ: It’s the PEAK of duck season! Name this duck.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 2 months ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#groups
, featuring a flamboyance of American Flamingos.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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A Lincoln’s Sparrow catching the soft morning light.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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Who could resist a cruise to Spain? Hope they enjoyed some wine and tapas! 🪶
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Cruise-ship stowaway owls set for US return after living it up at Spanish resort
Burrowing owls, who boarded cruise ship in Miami, to be returned to US next month after long spell in quarantine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/13/burrowing-owls-cruise?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2 months ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#splashes
, featuring a Black Oystercatcher chilling in the splash zone.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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Nicolas Gonzalez
2 months ago
Audubon's Christmas Bird Count starts this Sunday and runs through January 5th. This is a 126-year tradition that has built a critically important, long-term dataset on bird populations across the US and much of the western hemisphere. It's also fun and wholesome.
www.christmasbirdcount.org
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Audubon Christmas Bird Count
A hemispheric community science program with a century of history behind it.
https://www.christmasbirdcount.org
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A quiet moment with a pint-sized Northern Saw-whet Owl. Such a mesmerizing little gremlin!
#birds
#owl
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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Feather Report Illustrated
2 months ago
Black-capped Chickadee, based on a picture by
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Morning flurries fall gently around an adorable Black-capped Chickadee.
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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Morning flurries fall gently around an adorable Black-capped Chickadee.
#BirdOfTheDay
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
2 months ago
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography
2 months ago
A close-up of a Tufted Titmouse with his/her tuft blowing in the wind. I love their black eyelashes. The thin black feathers around the break are rictal bristles, which are common in many birds but their size and placement differs between species.
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A Short-eared Owl sweeps over a golden meadow with focus and precision.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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A Short-eared Owl sweeps over a golden meadow with focus and precision.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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Cat Luniscia Commissions Open
3 months ago
Speed Paint
https://youtube.com/shorts/XrkTzyrL2cs
Art used as reference by
@birdsbyalex.bsky.social
look at the little guy happy to get a berry!
#art
#catart
#bird
#cederwaxwing
#natureart
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Hummingbirds visit between 1,000 and 2,000 flowers per day to fuel their high metabolism — a busy day for this Allen’s Hummingbird.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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Hummingbirds visit between 1,000 and 2,000 flowers per day to fuel their high metabolism — a busy day for this Allen’s Hummingbird.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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I can hear the Wood Thrushes singing!
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
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3 months ago
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The aptly named Scarlet-rumped Tanager, a striking bird found in the lowland forests of Central America.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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The aptly named Scarlet-rumped Tanager, a striking bird found in the lowland forests of Central America.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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I’ve always loved Winter Wrens — tiny birds with fearless personalities!
#wrensday
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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An American Barn Owl floats silently through the golden sunlight.
#birds
#owl
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
3 months ago
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