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Cormorants. unbelievable eyes!

minx267 @minx267 (15526) • Hartford, Connecticut 2 Jul 20

I got a close up shot of a cormorant. I can not believe the gorgeous color of their eyes! I wish my eyes were this beautiful aquamarine color. These are very interesting birds. They can dive below the water and actually swim...

wildlife photography

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Started to become interesting in birdwaching

Niamh @Niamh04 (35) • United States 16 Apr 20

Over this past winter and especially during quarantine over the past few weeks, I have started to become more aware and interested in the birds that visit my yard. I have put up bird feeders have started to identify the birds that...

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An Unexpected Visitor

Betty Belekis @BettyB (4117) • Summerville, South Carolina 26 Apr 16

One of the first things we did after moving was to set up the birdfeeders. I love watching the birds. We usually see a good variety of birds, but I was surprised by a new visitor to the feeder, a Painted Bunting. Painted...

painted bunting

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Free Entertainment For Your Children

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 20 Feb 16

Spring is getting closer and closer and that makes me very happy. There are a multitude of birds that will be returning from the south, here in the USA. I imagine that migrating birds do the same in other countries, too. One...

day in the park

fun for children

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For a retired guy, I worked a lot the last three days

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 25 Oct 15

I used to put in fifty hours a week quite often before I retired from the office I worked in. Retired nearly four years now, I took at part-time job at a store that caters to birding enthusiasts who like to watch and feed birds. I...

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Today is a work day for me

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 18 Oct 15

But it will be a short day, only five hours of meeting and greeting customers at the store where I work part-time. The store sells everything that wild bird lovers could want, from varieties of seed, to feeders, nesting houses,...

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Do you see any interesting birds this year?

desertdarlene @desertdarlene (8911) • United States 21 Sep 10

I started birdwatching a few months ago and I have been learning about all kinds of birds in my area. So far, at one lake-park, I've found about 80 plus species there. I also saw a lot of babies. Interesting birds I saw this...

san diego birding

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Do you ever go birdwatching or wildlife watching?

mari61960 @mari61960 (4893) • United States 31 Mar 08

I love going out at dusk and late evening looking for any local wildlife. We have tons of deer, foxes, coyotes, opossum, raccoons etc. I go driving the college bus station roads in search...I have seen all kinds of stuff right in...

taking pictures

wildlife watching

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Birding Photography

BlogCruiser @BlogCruiser (20) • United States 22 Jul 07

Has anyone out here tried their hands at photographing birds? I've done a bit of photography but just started trying to photograph some birds. I'm using a digital camera and it's not equipped well with a long focal length lens...

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Where are all the baby pigeons?

my3angels @my3angels (87) • United States 7 Mar 07

I've seen sparrows and robin feeding their young, but never pigeons. I've watched humming birds build nests but never pigeons. I think perhaps they are really extraterrestrials in pigeon suits. Your thoughts?