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An unkindness of ravens turned up at Ernest E. Debs Regional park in LA this morning. Here’s one of them, although I didn’t sense any unkindness in him. Cranky, but not unkind. 🪶 #Birds

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

First pitch homer! Jackson Chourio. #Brewers #Nlcs

After crossing plate, Chourio is congratulated by a teammate. The teammate

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

A convergence of circumstances brings me to Dodger Stadium and today’s NLCS game. Go Brewers! #MLB

Fans mill about an entrance to Dodger Stadium prior to the game.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This Merlin was surveying the Pole Farm landscape this morning from high up in a tree. Shirt noise sent him off. 🪶 #Birds

Merlin perched on a moderately thick branch near the top of a tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Sparrows were in the majority this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, including this cute field sparrow. 🪶 #Birds

Field sparrow perches on a tree branch. Yellow foliage blurred in background.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We're getting dumped on with rain today, so no birding for me. Here's one of the last shots I took yesterday, of a palm warbler at the Reed-Bryan Farm section of Mercer Meadows. 🪶 #Birds #warblers

A palm warbler looks out from its perch on a small tree. The bird has a yellow rump and a yellow eyeline. It's shoulders and head are shades of brown, and its wings are streaked green and black or brown.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My #BigDay birding highlight was catching this Cape May warbler catching a fly in its beak at Abbott Marshlands. 🪶 #Birds

Cape May warbler perches on a branch with green leaves. The beak is open, with a winged insect about to be chomped on the lower beak.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This a first:. I have been able to hear clearly the loudspeaker announcements on successive NYC subway and NJTRANSIT train rides. 🥳

Mosaic at 66th Street MTA station NYC. A figure in a toga flexing left arm.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lemur pausing between bites to eat today at Central Park Zoo, NYC.

Black and white lemur looks up while standing on a big rock in a zoo enclosure.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gray morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. This Northern flicker added a bit of color. 🪶 #Birds

Northern flicker looks over its shoulder while perched atop a tree. The bird has a speckled breast and a yellow feather on the underside of its tail.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This Northern harrier let me get within 30 feet of her this morning before flying away at the Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Female northern harrier perches in a wooden post.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Palm warblers are great birds, and I got to watch three of them duck in and out of a small tree this morning at Mercer Meadows in Pennington. 🪶 #Birds

Brown and yellow palm warbler perches on a slender tree branch.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

High up on a tree, this blue jay with an acorn in its beak brightened my day. Photo taken on the Reed-Bryan Farm side of Mercer Meadows in Pennington, New Jersey. #Birds 🪶 #NaturePhotography

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Northern harriers are returning to the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm for fall and winter. This gal was perched and preening on a post this morning. 🪶 #Birds

A female Northern harrier looks to her left as she perches on a small tree with green leaves at the top and leaves that have turned red below.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The moon was out this morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm in Pennington, New Jersey.

A three-quarter moon in a blue sky, with the tops of green-leafed trees framing it from below in both sides.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My first swamp sparrow spotting of the season, at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. 🪶 #Birds

Swamp sparrow perching on a reddish branch in warm morning sunlight. The bird has a brown cap, brown shoulders and is otherwise tan except for a white patch on its lower breast.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another one from today: a black-throated green warbler sits still just long enough for my camera to capture it. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

A black-throated green warbler perches on the branch of an evergreen tree. The bird’s head is yellow with a faint tan cap. The wings are gray with two white bars.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great morning at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. Palm and black-throated green warblers plus a rare-in-these-parts Philadelphia vireo. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

Philadelphia vireo berches on a tree branch with green maple leaves surrounding it. The bird has a grayish-green head and wings with a yellow throat and pale yellow wash on a gray-white breast.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eastern phoebe at Roebling Park this afternoon in Hamilton, NJ. #Birds 🪶

Eastern phoebe perched on a horizontal tree branch.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This female rose-breasted grosbeak landed high atop a tree at the Dyson Tract this morning. 🪶 #Birds

A female rose-breasted grosbeak land high— mostly brown — sits atop a bare tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was a surprise and a delight to catch this sweet palm warbler near the Pole Farm parking lot this morning. #Birds #NaturePhotography

Palm warbler sits atop a stalk of grass with greenery in the background.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just after sunup, I spotted this Eastern gray #squirrel preening on a tree branch bathed in warm light. #NaturePhotography

An Eastern gray squirrels sits up and brings his forepaws together while sitting on a thick tree branch.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #birds were shy this morning at the Pole Farm, but I did catch this gray catbird toward the end of my 3-mile loop. 🪶

Gray catbird sitting on a slender branch in a green-leafed tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How about a little snack of upside-down frog? This green heron had such a treat this afternoon at the Millstone River Impoundment in Princeton. 🪶 #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A green heron grabs in its beak a frog with its belly up.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For the #BirdoftheDay #AngryBird theme, here’s my favorite shot from last year: a female common yellowthroat expressing herself. 🪶

Female common yellowthroat facing camera with her beak wide open as she sits on a leafy plant branch.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s pouring rain at home this morning, so I’m not out with my camera and binoculars. Here’s a photo of a wood duck in eclipse plumage from yesterday. 🪶 #Birds

Wood duck swimming in swampy water near the base of a tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nice surprise this morning at the Pole Farm: a camera-friendly dickcissel. 🪶 #Birds

A dickcissel perched on a tree branch. The bird has brow wings and tail, yellow belly and a lemon yellow throat and eye line.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Having a Molson XXX to support my Canadian friends. May the True North stay strong and free against the imbecile in the White House and his stupid, unnecessary, insulting, horrifying trade war. #beer 🇨🇦

A bottle of Molson XXX beer beside a pub glass on a bar counter.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This red-tailed hawk was checking out the landscape at the Reed-Bryan Farm at Mercer Meadows this morning. The bird may have glanced at me and seemed unimpressed. 🪶 #Birds

A red-tailed hawk sits on a wire and looks to its right.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ain't she sweet? Here's a female Eastern towhee (head is brown, not the black of males) in a tree at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning. 🪶 #Birds

Female Eastern towhee (brown head, tawny sides and white breast) perches on a branch of a tree with leaves over the bird's head.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Great blue heron this morning at Veterans Park in Hamilton. 🪶 #Birds #BirdoftheDay

Great blue heron stands at the edge of a lake.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was lucky to catch this flighty white-eyed vireo for a moment this morning at Veterans Park in Hamilton, New Jersey. #Birds 🪶 #NaturePhotography

A white-eyed vireo clings to a thin vertical tree branch amid the tree's leaves. The bird has a yellow head with a prominent white eye ring. Its underside is white, and its wing is a striped mix of green and black.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This red-bellied woodpecker was the only bird I was able to get today in Princeton. I managed to get soaked on a muddy, flooded trail. #Birds 🪶

Red-bellied woodpecker preparing to strike while perched on a bare tree trunk.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hurray! We spotted our first Northern harrier of the season this morning at the Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Northern harrier leans forward while perched on a small tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Guinness to start Labor Day weekend. #Beer

Glass of Guinness with a creamy head on a table.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I finally got out to the Pole Farm late this afternoon, and this was on of two Eastern wood pewees that entertained me 🪶 #Birds

Eastern wood pewee looking to its left while perched on a bare, horizontal tree branch.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It was a gray dawn here in Lawrenceville, NJ. I shot this American kestrel from a good distance at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

On a heavily overcast morning, an American kestrel sits atop the post to which a bird box is attached. Trees and grasses can be seen blurred on both sides of the post, with green trees seemingly in fog behind.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Look who I found in a bucket of water out back — a green frog! 🐸

Green frog squats on the white rope handle of a bucket of water

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Norther flicker preening and showing off some of his yellow shafts today at the Pole Farm, Lawrence Township, NJ. 🪶 #Birds

Northern flicker cocking his head while perched on a bare tree branch

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This blue grosbeak loves this tree at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds

Male blue grosbeak perched atop a tree with green leaves below him.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I always hear but rarely spot red-eyed vireos. Today, not only did I see one, I was able to take several photos of one at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm. 🪶 #Birds #NaturePhotography

A red-eyed vireo sings from a tree branch. The red eye is prominent along with a dark eye line across the bird's face.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Here’s one more from this morning: a young gray catbird chatters in a tree just off a Pole Farm trail. 🪶 #Birds

Juvenile gray catbird opens its beak while perched in a small tree.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Field sparrow looking good today at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm 🪶 #Birds

Field sparrow clings to a small branch in front of a tree full of green leaves.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I finally made it to the amazing Northlandz model train layout in Flemington NJ today. It was a bit overwhelming but certainly brought out my inner 6-year-old. #ModelRailroading

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

When he sang, this blue grosbeak turned away from me this morning at the Pole Farm. But he did let me take a few profile shots, for which I am grateful. 🪶 #Birds

Male blue grosbeak perches on a branch with green leaves at the top of a tree under a blue sky.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Common yellowthroats aren't singing as much these days as they did earlier in the summer. They're still around and very much still cute. Here's a female at Reed-Bryan Farm this morning. 🪶 #Birds

A female common yellowthroat pokes out from the green leaves of a tree. The bird has a yellow breast and olive green upper body and head.

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Dan Day @danielxday.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Because of warehouse construction, Mercer Corporate Park has been mostly off-limits to birders for the past year. No work was going on today, and I was pleased to see a decent number of birds at the site, including this greater yellowlegs wading in an oversize puddle. 🪶 #Birds

Greater yellowlegs wades in a large puddle with some tall grasses to its side. The bird has a long, pointed black beak. Its yellow legs are hidden by the water.

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