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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Black Vulture, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

A Black Vulture soars through the air, showing off its pale wing tips

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Iceland Gull, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

A young Iceland Gull, which is a medium sized, pale gull, with a dark bill, stands at alert this morning in Philadelphia

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Bufflehead showing off his feet this morning, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a male Bufflehead, which is a small white and black duck, shows off his fabulous pink feet!

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Bird prints in the snow this morning, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a pair of bird prints in the snow in morning light

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Yellow-headed Caracara (!!!), Wilmington Delaware 🪶 @aba.org

a vagrant yellow-headed caracara, which is typically found in South America, wonders why all these birders are taking its photo

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Merlin mid-meal this morning, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a merlin, which is a small dark falcon, rips off a piece of a small bird

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Gray Kingbird yesterday afternoon, Lancaster County PA 🪶

a gray kingbird, which is a large flycatcher that is gray above and white below, with a big black bill, perches on a wire in Lancaster County. a 3rd PA record for this species.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Cave Swallow yesterday morning, Philadelphia County PA 🪶

a Cave Swallow, which is a medium sized chunky swallow, with a pale buffy throat and buffy rump, flying through the air

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Forster's Tern flying in morning light, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a Forster's tern, which is a medium sized tern with a black eye patch flies along the Delaware river in the early morning light

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Palm Warbler eating breakfast this morning, Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

a palm warbler with a bright green caterpillar in its bill

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Caspian Tern mid-dive, Philadelphia County PA 🪶

A Caspian Tern, which is a large tern with a big bright red bill, contorts itself as it dives for breakfast this morning on the Delaware river in Philadelphia

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Northern Waterthrush this morning in Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

a northern waterthrush, which is a large warbler with a streaky belly and yellowish eyebrow, perched on a branch

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Good morning Redstart, Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

a male American redstart, a small warbler with a black head and orange patches, perches in a tree in the morning light.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Giant Wren, from a recent trip in April to Guatemala 🪶

a giant wren perched in a tree, this very large wren has a restricted range on the coastal plain of Chiapas and adjacent Guatemala.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Killdeer, Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

81 days, from May 8 to July 28, a Black Vulture chick grows up! (Left side chick, right side juvenile with adult) Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

the left blurry image is a Black Vulture chick and the right side image is the chick 81 days later with one of its parents.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Osprey friend fly by this morning, Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

an osprey flying past me this morning, wings spread, eye focused

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Barn Swallows at John Heinz NWR, Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Four Eastern Kingbird fledglings huddling together on a rainy morning. Philadelphia county, PA 🪶

obsessed with this family of eastern kingbirds that hatched in my patch. they were huddling together waiting for breakfast delivery on a recent rainy morning.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Fledgling Eastern Kingbirds, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

3 fledgling eastern kingbirds, dark gray backs, and white neck and bellies, perched together on a branch waiting patiently for their breakfast to be delivered.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A young Northern Mockingbird waiting in the nest for it's next meal. Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a northern mockingbird nestling, a small fluffy bird with an awkwardly large yellow bill and dark staring eyes, sitting in a nest with it's siblings, waiting for breakfast delivery.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Northern Rough-winged Swallow fledgling, Philadelphia County PA 🪶

A Northern Rough-winged Swallow fledgling, looking grumpy as it waits for its food delivery.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Belted Flycatcher, from a recent trip to Guatemala 🪶

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A White-collared Manakin, from a recent trip to Guatemala. 🪶

A White-collared Manakin, which is a small black, white and yellow bird, perching on a branch before doing his amazing courtship display.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Green Heron, taking a step up. Philadelphia county, PA. 🪶

a green heron, which is a rather small stocky heron, sporting a dark bill and dark greenish cap and back, with a dark reddish neck, and long orangey yellow legs, taking a step onto a low branch.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A curious Red Fox spotting me this morning in Philadelphia county, PA 🦊

a really cute Red Fox looking right at me this morning

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A new patch bird for me this morning! Worm-eating Warbler! Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a worm-eating warbler, which is a big warbler, with a large bill, yellowy-caramel in color, with dark stripes on its head, surprising me this morning while birding my patch

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Palm Warbler, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a Palm Warbler, which is a small, yellow colored bird with a reddish cap and some reddish streaking on it's flanks, posing nicely in some foliage.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Oh just a presumed Gray-breasted Martin chilling in Staten Island, NY, yesterday. 🤯🪶

A likely Gray-breasted Martin enjoying the morning light and a comfortable power line to perch on in STATEN ISLAND NY?!?

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Northern Rough-winged Swallow flying low over the water at Heinz NWR, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

a Northern Rough-winged Swallow, which is plain gray above with a drab/buffy throat, flying low over the water

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

And already working on a new nest! Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

an Osprey carrying a small branch it just ripped off a tree towards it's nest site.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Osprey have returned! Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

an osprey carrying a fish in early morning light

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Ruddy Duck with maybe a Lamprey (?!) going into it's nostril. This morning Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

A male Ruddy Duck, which is a small duck with a blue bill, white cheek patches and tail that sticks up, floats in the Delaware river with a Lamprey in it's nostril.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Turkey Vultures, this morning, Philadelphia County, PA 🪶

two Turkey Vultures, which are large brownish black birds with small featherless reddish heads, perch on an old telephone pole

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

American Kestrel giving me a look, Philadelphia County 🪶

an American Kestrel, which is a small falcon with a rufous-y chest, and blue-ish gray crown, perches on a thin branch of a leafless tree.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Merlin carrying it's breakfast (I believe a European Starling) the other morning, in Philadelphia County. Go Birds! 🪶

a merlin, which is a small dark streaky falcon, flies off it's perch carrying breakfast...an unlucky european starling

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I am really enjoying using my new camera set-up to photograph gulls swallowing giant pieces of food 🪶

A Ring-billed Gull swallowing a large piece of bread

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This Glaucous Gull is definitely smiling 🪶

Large pale gull smiling at me, since I was surely smiling at them!

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Just a random Snowy Owl outside Independence Hall last night in the city of Philadelphia! 🪶

a mostly white owl at night, perched ontop of of a light pole in the city of brotherly love

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Snow day Canvasbacks, Philadelphia PA 🪶

A male and female Canvasback float away on the Delaware River, both are covered in a dusting of freshly fallen snow.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

This male Painted Bunting has returned for the 3rd winter in a row to the oldest botanical garden in North America: Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia PA. #addBirder #birds 🪶

A male Painted Bunting, which is a small bird that is a rainbow of colors: blue, red, green, perching in switch grass

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Rusty Blackbird, Heinz NWR CBC, Philadelphia 2024

a rusty blackbird is a small blackbird with some rusty orangey edges to it's feathers, it has a pale iris and a thin black ever so slightly downturned bill. This particular one was foraging in some reeds at the water's edge.

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FC_Manny @fcmanny.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

A banded Ring-billed Gull in the snow last winter in Philadelphia. #snowbirdsaturday #birds #winter

a Ring-billed Gull makes eye contact with me as it stands in the snow

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