#TenMinMerlin 🪶 3/4/26 18 birds on this overcast, 52 degree day.

#TenMinMerlin 3/3/26 Overcast and 53 degrees 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay primary theme is #SideView and alt theme is #Yellow American Goldfinch on black-eyed susans from August. #birds #photography 🪶

We had rain yesterday and this morning, but a nice group was vocal this evening. #TenMinMerlin 🪶

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Good morning, everyone. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, a bird associated with water, with an alt theme of #Blue. A squadron of American White Pelicans #birds 🪶 #photography #NaturePhotography #CarlyleLake

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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples two different birds in one capture, the alt is #Urban Great Blue Heron and Great Egret #birds #photography #CarlyleLake 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown — birds looking right at you. The Alt theme is #Gulls "Look. It's a bird feeder...I'm a bird" #Birds 🪶

A Laughing Gull from warmer days #posted for today’s primary #BirdOfTheDay theme of a bird on a fence or post. #birds #photography 🪶 Thanks to @alan678.bsky.social and best wishes to @robcrank68.bsky.social for a speedy recovery.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social‬ is #Serenity serene bird captures. The alt is #blurred blurry captures of birds in movement. American White Pelicans at dusk. #birdphotography #birds #CarlyleLake 🪶

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves, the Alt theme is #Black&White. The Mourning Doves don't come up on the deck often, but visited for a better selection of fallen seed. @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BackyardBirds, birds seen close to home, the Alt theme is #LongNecks. The Carolina Wren is one of our year-round visitors. #birds #photography 🪶

Great Blue Heron for the #Reflections theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #photography #nature #CarlyleLake 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #openbeak (birds with beak open) and the alt is #openwings (birds with wings out). An older photo of a fledgling American Robin waiting for a food delivery. #birds #photography 🪶

Too cold to be in the water right now 😉❄️ #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GullsInWater, any Gull in Water, the Alt theme is #ShortLeggedBirds.

Common Grackle #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact #photography #bird 🪶

Two Northern Flickers have started coming up to the deck feeders during this week's cold and snow. The squirrels are not happy. #WoodpeckerWednesday 🪶#BackyardBirding

#BirdOfTheDay theme #TwoOfAKind American Pelicans

#TenMinuteMerlin 🪶 11/6/25 A beautiful autumn day with no house or road construction. Not many birds were chatty again but it's busy out there.

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5/18/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Beautiful morning with warblers still surprising me...

5/17/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A spectacularly beautiful day after another tornadic storm system. Not visually confirmed: Veery & Prairie Warbler

5/16/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A few days have passed with poor recording options due to another neighbor getting a new roof and weather. I did get visited by a unique local- an Eurasian Tree Sparrow 😆.

5/13/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Light rain and fog with fewer birds active this morning.

5/12/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Light rain with lots of chatter.

5/9/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Absolutely gorgeous day! Still have lots of visitors.

5/8/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Rain again for most of the day Turkey Vulture, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Am Robin, Great Blue Heron present but quiet.

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5/6/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A delayed recording today around neighborhood yardwork. The sun is out! Veery not confirmed today.

5/5/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A cool, cloudy day after a weekend of rain. Some lovely visitors still around.

5/2/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Much quieter today and between storms again. Saw the Orchard Oriole and Barred Owl... Chickadees and Titmice are eating something fun that hatched out on the cherries.

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5/1/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A VERY birdy May Day! Not all visually confirmed, but if they're here, it's a record with 35 in one ten minute session.

4/29/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Overcast and drippy between storms. Very chirpy day. Three Great Blue Herons flew over. Trying to verify a few but...leaves 😉

4/28/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A break in the rain today. Not sure if the E Wood Pewee is really visiting or not.

4/25/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A bit later today around scattered showers. Ovenbird and Blue-headed Vireo not confirmed.

4/24/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A lovely and lively day with some new visitors: Red-eyed Vireo, Indigo Bunting, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler!

4/23/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 The flycatcher was new today...

Thank you!! Cuban... “There are people who have come up with really good ideas that have had an impact, but then somebody comes in to buy them up and kill them. Well, you know what? I don’t need any more money. I’m rich as hell. So, I don’t need to do this for more money..."

4/22/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Lots of birds today (19) with 3 un-verified: Wood Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Pine Siskin.

4/21/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 The morning after yet another tornadic storm system was very quiet. By mid-day the birds had resumed chatting

4/18/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 A Cedar Waxwing was listed, but not confirmed

4/17/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Soft rain today

4/16/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Very active day again with our Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Great Blue Heron, and Blue bird present but quiet. New: Tree Swallow

4/15/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Lots of returning birds now

4/14/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 The Northern Parulas are back along with a group of Cowbirds. Lots of action today.

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4/9/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶 Back to one early recording- a warbler is on the list! (though not visually confirmed)

4/8/25 #TenMinMerlin 🪶After days of wind and rain, I grabbed recordings around neighborhood yard work.