Alex Sauerbrunn
@birdsbyalex.bsky.social
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Bird photographer based in Southern California
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Great Horned Owl family portrait
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I’ve always loved Winter Wrens — tiny birds with fearless personalities!
#wrensday
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about 15 hours ago
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An American Barn Owl floats silently through the golden sunlight.
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6 days ago
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An American Barn Owl floats silently through the golden sunlight.
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6 days ago
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Pat Lillich
7 days ago
@alan678.bsky.social
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#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#LunchTime
this one is kind of traditional - but still a favorite. really love Puffins.
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#EastCoastKin
#Puffin
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#lunchtime
, featuring a Cedar Waxwing in pure berry bliss.
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7 days ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#rock
. A Rock Wren on a rock seems fitting.
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8 days ago
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Defector
12 days ago
The owl code tearing apart New York's birders:
defector.com/the-owl-code...
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The Owl Code Tearing Apart New York's Birders | Defector
We followed the Owl Whisperer around the gun battery toward a grove of pitch pines, where he had seen the saw-whet owl. Then I heard someone ask behind me, “Where are they going?” I turned around and…
https://defector.com/the-owl-code-tearing-apart-new-yorks-birders
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Happy Halloween! Hope it’s a hoot!
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#halloween
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13 days ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#gulls
. A Herring Gull shows off its catch of the day.
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15 days ago
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A neat side-by-side comparison of a Clark’s Grebe and a Western Grebe for
#Twosday
#BirdOfTheDay
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15 days ago
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With its rosy-pink belly and glossy green wings, the Lewis’s Woodpecker has to be the coolest-looking woodpecker I’ve ever seen — a great bird to mark my 500th species in the U.S.
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17 days ago
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#thinking
. A pensive moment for this Rufous-tailed Hummingbird.
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21 days ago
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Nicolas Gonzalez
22 days ago
The finches are coming...
www.audubon.org/magazine/buc...
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Buckle Up, Birders—This Winter Is Looking Finchy
Good numbers of siskins, grosbeaks, and other favorites could be headed your way, according to the latest edition of the annual Winter Finch Forecast.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/buckle-birders-winter-looking-finchy
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Today’s
#BirdOfTheDay
theme is
#raptors
— here’s my favorite type of hawk, the Northern Harrier.
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22 days ago
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Bronsky Rotko
23 days ago
ǝuıɟ sı sıɥ⊥
add a skeleton here at some point
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#TitmouseTuesday
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23 days ago
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Osprey vs. Pufferfish
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23 days ago
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Finally! A California Quail that didn’t launch itself into chaos at the mere sight of my camera. Miracles do happen!
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24 days ago
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Cooler weather means duck season is back! Featured here, an elegant Northern Pintail.
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27 days ago
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SoCal’s latest celebrity — a vagrant Golden-winged Warbler!
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28 days ago
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A Varied Thrush stands stoically amid the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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about 1 month ago
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Pygmy Nuthatches are the cutest!
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about 1 month ago
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An American Kestrel with a yummy snack!
#BirdOfTheDay
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about 1 month ago
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A rare leucistic California Towhee stealing the spotlight at Griffith Park in Los Angeles — big thanks for the tip,
@banditelli.org
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#photography
about 1 month ago
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Bathed in morning light, a Common Yellowthroat plots his next heist.
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about 1 month ago
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Alex Nelson
about 1 month ago
Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot.
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Fun video! Can you spot the cameo bird? 🪶
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about 1 month ago
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Point Blue Conservation Science
about 1 month ago
A
#BlackpollWarbler
banded on the Farallones surprises birders 400 miles away in Los Angeles! Farallones vagrants are seldom resighted and some scientists think they are misorienting towards the Pacific with fatal consequences. This
#bird
defied the odds by making it safely back to the mainland! 🦉🌎🧪
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A Dark-eyed Junco taking in the gentle snowfall. 🪶
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about 1 month ago
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As revitalization of the LA River continues, species like this elegant Black-necked Stilt are finding new life in this urban habitat.
#birds
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#photography
about 1 month ago
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As revitalization of the LA River continues, species like this elegant Black-necked Stilt are finding new life in this urban habitat.
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
about 1 month ago
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Specializing in tree-tapping, the Williamson’s Sapsucker drills neat rows of holes in bark to sip sap and catch insects trapped in the sticky residue.
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about 1 month ago
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The Barred Owl — with quiet wisdom in its eyes, a presence that nourishes the soul.
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#owl
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#photography
about 2 months ago
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A Blackburnian Warbler shines like a flame in the dim conifer forest.
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#photography
about 2 months ago
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Close encounter with a Virginia Rail — one of my favorite birding experiences. What’s a birding moment you’ll never forget?
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about 2 months ago
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Eurasian Hoopoe — the punk-rock zebra of the skies.
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about 2 months ago
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Daryll Marie
about 2 months ago
It’s been real raptor-y lately! 🪶🌿 A composite of a few of my recent shots.
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Double-crested Cormorant takes the win!
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about 2 months ago
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A flamboyance of Greater Flamingos feeds in the shallows of the Aegean Sea.
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about 2 months ago
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ATTENTION BIRDERS AND NON-BIRDERS ALIKE: Check out “Listers,” the story of two brothers competing in a ‘Big Year’ while learning the basics of birding along the way. Brilliant and hilarious!
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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&pp=ygUXbGlzdGVycyBleHRyZW1lIGJpcmRpbmc%3D
3 months ago
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ATTENTION BIRDERS AND NON-BIRDERS ALIKE: Check out “Listers,” the story of two brothers competing in a ‘Big Year’ while learning the basics of birding along the way. Brilliant and hilarious!
#birds
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LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&pp=ygUXbGlzdGVycyBleHRyZW1lIGJpcmRpbmc%3D
3 months ago
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A Black-throated Sparrow balances delicately atop a cholla cactus.
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3 months ago
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A Red-breasted Merganser enjoying a nice stretch before starting its day.
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3 months ago
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An Atlantic Puffin poses at Látrabjarg, Europe’s largest seabird cliff.
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#photography
3 months ago
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Time to start interrogating Warbling Vireos
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Checklist Redux 2025 - American Birding Association
It’s that time of year! North American Birds Editor Michael Retter fills us in on AOS splits of Warbling Vireo, White Tern, Nutting’s Flycatcher, Squirrel Cuckoo, and more.
https://www.aba.org/check-list-redux-2025/
3 months ago
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Ken Marsh
3 months ago
A SPECTACLED EIDER drake gives me the eye in Alaska's high Arctic. Did you know spectacled eiders have blue eyes?
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#ducks
#nature
#wildlife
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A Northern Waterthrush sings his little heart out
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#nature
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#photography
3 months ago
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Matt Ufford
3 months ago
my new spirit animal is the lone burrowing owl living in a hole by decommissioned railroad tracks in an industrial Long Beach parking lot 🪶
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
3 months ago
Been awhile since I got an airplane in front of the moon. Tonight I got two, and one was even good!
#SturgeonMoon
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A Costa’s Hummingbird holds his post, a vibrant jewel in the quiet desert.
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#wildlife
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3 months ago
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