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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well last hummer and last painted lady two days ago. Maybe anticipating a cold front. Maybe zugunruhe. Resident towhee back, patrolling and snurring. Chilies coming in. Change is coming. Time to get ready to hunker down and recharge.
Painted lady butterflyMexican sageChiltepin
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Heard a jay-squabble in the backyard, but an odd ‘screee’. Thought I was in CA not CO!! #Southglenn #CO
Scrub jay. In west Centennial?Scrub jay CO
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@bianchiweather.bsky.social #COwx Centennial double rainbow!!
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I concur!!
Mourning dove agrees doves are the best birds.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Zoom in a bit and Voila!
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Or kid made a boo-boo while eating berries?
Fledgling blue jay ate a wasp after  thinking it over for a minute.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Are they supposed to eat wasps?!?
Blue jay eating wasp.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What it looks like being hatched at least a day apart…
Sibling blue jays showing developmental differences due to age as well as fledgling traits.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
IYKYK 🦗
Sheldon and Howard argue over whether a cricket in the apartment is either a common field cricket or a snowy tree cricket. Eventually, they make a bet over who is right; the loser gives the winner a prized comic book from their collection.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@bianchiweather.bsky.social Very smoky tonight. #Strawberrymoon is currently #Palisadepeachmoon in Southglenn. #COwx
Strawberry moon in
smokey skies
Denver
area
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Miserable May weather makes for a miserable Bluejay. #COwx
Very wet and unhappy Bluejay in CO miserable May weather.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Are you sure that’s not an Ishihara color plate test panel?
Ishihara color plate test looks like lichens.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The high-pitched call that gets your attention - especially if you are a nesting bird. 😱 Brown-headed Cowbirds thinking about ‘it’.
Obligate brood parasite alert!!Brown-headed cowbirds sizing each other up.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The most Colorado thing I saw today. For many reasons…
Prairie dog alarming at a hawk in front of a yucca plant. The new amazon warehouse in the background is part of covering all open space in Dove Valley and removing prairie dog habitat.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
They also can see very well long-distance and know when you are 👀.
Mourning doves have excellent long-distance vision and seem to know when they are
being admired.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Most under appreciated bird? Just can’t capture the iridescence…
mourning dove being beautiful. doesn’t even know. just going about life.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
@theineptbirder.bsky.social @evornithology.bsky.social I had a thought this morning resonding to a post from @frwildflowers.bsky.social . Should we start memes for ‘billmaxxing’ and ‘beakmaxxing’ for efforts to preen above and beyond the call of mate attraction? (I’ll put my phone down now.)
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Say’s Phoebe very high up in a neighbor’s sycamore tree. First migrant species seen in the neighborhood this year on March 29. Very loud song 🎶 from this individual.
Say’s Phoebe
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Worth the first Spring trip to the nursery!! #TagawaGardens
Bumblebee on Salvia at Tagawa Gardens Nursery, CO
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Early morning session of local crows gathering for their annual Spring conference to decide how to organize for the breeding season.
Early morning gathering of crows in a tree.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Bah, humbug! #COwx
Squirrel cheesed off by deep Spring snow.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Junco waiting for the breeze to blow the ❄️❄️ off the bird feeder… #COwx
Junco looking at a snow-covered feeder.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Almost Snow Moon and 45 degrees on the last evening of January!! #COwx
Snow moon minus one day.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Western meadowlark in the July prairie heat from 2019.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
That is a frigid slice of cheese! 🌛 #COwx
moon on a very cold night
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The never perturbed Northern Flicker. Although may have some cold tootsies today… #Brrrrrd
Northern flicker
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Something nice.
House finch pair
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
There haven’t been magpies in my part of the neighborhood until this summer. More by a park with a creek due east. Last winter one magpie rolled with the local crow gang. A group of magpies moved here in the summer and he joined, but they left in the fall and he rejoined his crow friends. (he?).
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Charcoal borbs bff, peachy junco.
Oregon junco CO
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
@theineptbirder.bsky.social *Hiding* behind the sticks, because he and his gang knocked ALL the birdseed out of the feeder early this morning so I had to refill in 🥶 and snow.
Starling in bushes in 10 degrees and snow.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Charcoal borb junco (from afar).
Slate-colored junco in Colorado.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Birrrrrd 🥶 #TeamTowhee #COwx
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Waking up. Warming up. Chatting to himself on a cold morning.
House finch male warming in the sun on a clod morning.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I got potato. “Is potato.”
“Is Potato” S Colbert with a potato sweatshirt.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
@bianchiweather.bsky.social Saw your photo! My backyard was glowing when I got home from work. #COwx #Southglenn
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@bianchiweather.bsky.social #Southglenn looking south. #COwx
Lenticular clouds over Highlands Ranch
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Well that’s nice…🌝 Fitting for an unusually warm November. #COwx
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#Beavermoon Very hopeful moon.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Concerned about the hard freeze tonight…#COwx
Flicker head shot
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Friday mood before potential frost… #COwx
Prairie dog lying in the sun on a Friday.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@thelouvreof.bsky.social @adamserwer.bsky.social We can fix this by celebrating Black Cat Appreciation Day on October 27!!
Black Cat Appreciation Day Oct 27
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I have never associated CO with oaks!! being from CA. First saw some recently in front of Leopold Bros Distillery. You should check them out. (oaks and cocktails)
Oak leaf at Leopold Bros Distillery
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
My resident Bushtit herd numbers a baker’s dozen in the winter, but usually doubles in the spring. This summer they are up to at least 32 in the bunch!! A rare milisecond caught holding still. #CObirds
Bushtit on weeds.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
#COwx Autumn drama clouds. 🍁
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Two juvenile Red-tailed hawks gloomy in the gloom. #DoveValley #ArapahoeCounty #CO
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Dove Valley COJuvenile Red-tailed Hawk Dove Valley CO
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A bit of autumn bluster during migration.
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doveseed.bsky.social @doveseed.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A bluebird on a grey day. #WesterBluebird #DoveValley #CObirds
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