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I hired guides for a 1.5 of birding to help get on more species. I couldn't recommend Ezekiel Dobson and Nolan Walker with Arizona Birding Guides enough. So young and so damn talented and knowledgeable. It's inspiring. Zeke on Mt Lemmon and Nolan in the Sonoran Desert. #birding #birdphotography

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Anna's Hummingbird feeding at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, AZ #birding #birdphotography. It's really a special place there. Super nice folks, amazing birds and quaint lodging. Loved every bit of it.

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The Rivoli's hummingbird is truly "magnificent". Look at the size difference compared to a broad-billed. And the color variation. The two on the branch are the same bird seconds apart. #birding #birdphotography

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Assorted Broad-Billed #Hummingbird pics from across southeast Arizona. #birding #birdphotography

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

First #birding trip to Southeast AZ for monsoon season. What an amazing place. Two of my favorite lifers: a Ferruginous Pygmy owl in the Sonora Desert of Pima County and a a Violet-Crowned hummingbird at the Paton Center in Patagonia. #birdphotography

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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here is another composition of the solar eclipse taken just a few minutes before the image from my previous post… 📍Ještěd, Czech Republic

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/08/2026

$7.42 for coffee and a drive-by character assassination.

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NJ Birding @billpaquin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hey #birding community. Quick informal survey. Do you use AI chat tools for birding? Y/N If yes, how? Some thoughts... Bird ID, Trip planning, Learning natural history, Keeping lists/data, Strategy, Motivation/coaching, Reflection/journaling, Companionship, Something else? #birdphotography

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NJ Birding @billpaquin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Auburn's fisheries and allied aquaculture school is one of the best in the world. It includes a 1600 acre property with over 200 ponds including hatcheries and harvest basins. You get a ton of bird species there including these three green herons #birding #birdphotography

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A bunch of barn swallows enjoying the heat of Auburn Alabama #WarEagle #birding

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Picking out the one Ross's goose and pink footed goose in this massive flock of snow geese (10k+) was quite challenging! We were two hours away when the alert went out and immediately pivoted to chase the PFG #birding #birdphotography

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Been starting to photograph #moths and #butterflies while #birding. It's completely new to me so don't know species, but sharing some pics #birdphotography

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Another memorable chase from earlier in the year. Spent the prior day looking for burrowing owls in the valley only to have this guy surprise me just south of the San Fran airport. He was about 15 ft off the path and as accommodating as it gets. #birding #birdphotography #owls

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One of my favorite chases of the year was the bachman's sparrow. It's one of the few rarities where I targeted a habitat where there were no recent lists. In this case recently burned long leaf pine forest in AL. Lo and behold, he was there. #birding #birdphotography

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It's always a gift to have a pileated woodpecker hanging around. We had a first in our neighborhood this spring. #birding #birdphotography

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This tufted duck spent a month as my nemesis bird, evading me on 4 trips before finally catching him on this video. He spent weeks visiting a tiny pond on Long Island. #birding #birdphotography

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It's been fun revisiting some my chases from around the country. While chasing a Ruff, I came across this Bobolink singing in an Essex County, MA marsh not too far from Plum Island. #birding #birdphotography

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Another memorable chase. This time of a henslow's sparrow. This older couple had missed on it and were getting ready to leave and one popped up singing and we were able to get them on some great looks. Lifer for all of us. #birding #birdphotography

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Nesting bank swallows from Montrose point in Chicago this spring. #birding #birdphotography.

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