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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A Short-eared Owl and Northern Harrier debate possession of breakfast. Vancouver BC, January 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #owls #birdsofbc

A Sort-eared Owl hovers, feet dangling and talons clutching a small rodent, while a Northern Harrier dangles below, talons grasping the same prey.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Hard to resist posting a Short-eared Owl as my #favouriteofthemonth - these beautiful birds make January such a special time of year on the Fraser River delta. January 2025. #birds #nature #birdoftheday #wildlifephotography #wildlife

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

A Blue-headed Sapphire shows of its iridescence in Valle del Cauca Columbia. April 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The low, soft #winterlight warms a Northern Harrier as it hovers above brown fields of grass on the Fraser River Delta, BC. December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A Northern Harrier stops in mid-air as it hunts among the cattails of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia. December 2025. #birds #raptors #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Northern Harrier hovers over cattails with wings and tail feathers spread. Snow covered coastal mountains form a feint backdrop.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is not the sharpest shot, but this Tawny-bellied Hermit has the longest bill to body ratio of any bird I’ve had the pleasure of spotting. Valle Del Cauca Colombia, April 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #longbeaks #nature

A Tawny-bellied Hermit hovers in the greenery, it’s long curved beak dipping into a bright pink flower.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A lone Trumpeter Swan makes its way across the clouds. Vancouver BC. December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #solitude

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A Northern Harrier flies through the tall grasses of the Fraser River Delta. December 2025. #birds #birdsinflight #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Northern Harrier with wings in a delta formation over its head glides towards the viewer across the tall brown grass of a marshland.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A Short-eared Owl puts on its game face as it moves in for a breakfast bite on the tidal flats of the Fraser River delta. December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature

A Short-eared owl looks straight into the camera with its gleaming yellow eyes as it hovers, wings spread and feathered feet dangling, above the tall brown grass.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

This White-throated Quail-Doves shows off its intricate #feathersandform in Valle del Cauca Colombia. April 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

A White-throated Quail-Dove stretches out its neck, displaying the intricate feather pattern of its neck as it stares back at the camera.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This Short-eared Owl (with it’s relatively #shortbeak) hunts and hovers over the tidal flats of the Fraser River delta in Vancouver BC. December 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday

A Short-eared Owl hovers over the brown grasses of a tidal flat with wings and tail feathers spread, and one yellow eye visible,

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A Great Blue Heron demonstrates its predatory powers with this mammalian #foodfind. Delta BC, December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Great Blue Heron flies across the frame, close off the surface of a waterbody, while it holds a small mammal in its long beak.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

A Northern Harrier #caughtinmotion as it locates its prey in the long grasses of the Fraser River delta. Vancouver BC, December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Northern Harrier, with wings and tail feathers spread, hovers above brown grasses of a field, with mountains in the background.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The fiery glow at the break of dawn lit this tidal marsh like it was on fire, and everything flying above it looked like embers in the wind. Northern Harrier, Delta BC, December 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature

A Northern Harrier drifts above the grasses of. Marsh a the early morning light casts everything in a distinctive orange glow.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

#Branchingout with this #birdoftheday - an Ultramarine Grosbeak from Valle del Cauca Colombia, April 2025. #birds

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A serene moment with a Great Blue Heron looking out over the Salish Sea. November 2025. #birds #birdoftheday

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The gift of a crane for Christmas. Sandhill Crane, Delta BC. December 2025. #birds

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A pair of Trumpeter Swans lift off in the dim light of a river estuary near Harrison Mills, BC. November 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A Hooded Merganser gently moves through dark waters, a #quietobserver of its surroundings. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A male Hood Merganser, with its white puffed out head feathers, and bright yellow eye moves through thick, dark waters that carries its reflection.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Sandhill Cranes align along a vector to a new destination. Delta BC, November 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A Northern Shoveler copes with the wet weather with a little extra preening. Delta BC, November 2024. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A hungry House Finch having a bite for the alternate #birdoftheday in Delta BC. December 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A female Hooded Meganser #splashes around as it makes its long run to lift off. Delta BC, December 2025. #birdoftheday #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A Belted Kingfisher takes refuge under a pier in Prince Rupert BC. October 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A Northern Harrier #TurningAway as it hovers over the tidal marshes of Richmond BC. November 2025. #BirdoftheDay #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

As the sun sets across the golden grasses of a tidal marshes, the spread tail feathers of a Northern Harrier are back lit as it hovers.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Northern Harriers engaged in elaborate aerial #movement along the tidal marshes of the Fraser River delta. (November 2025) #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

One Northern Harrier swoops down at a steep angle, wings spread, as it moves to engage with a second harrier flying low over the brown grasses of a coastal march.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I can’t be sure what’s being communicated between this #Mr&Mrs Hooded Merganser couple, but there is something familiar about the contrite look on the male. Delta BC, November 2025. #birdoftheday #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotographs

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

An evening dance between a Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl, captured in #silhouette for the #birdoftheday. Richmond BC, November 2025. #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

A Northern Harrier and Short-eared Owl are captured, wings spread and talons bared, fighting in silhouette against a cloudy golden sunset sky.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A Short-eared Owl flirts with the setting sun as it hunts the Fraser River Delta. Richmond BC, November 2025. #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

The spread wings of a Short-eared Owl are backlit by the sun as it glides over the brown marsh grass, its yellow eyes glowing with alertness.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This probably wasn’t the intent of the #birdoftheday challenge, but I snapped this Bald Eagle landing on some interesting #round infrastructure last evening in Richmond BC. November 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Bald Eagle, silhouetted against an orange sky lands on a circular wooden structure.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A Toucan Barbet engages in a #staredown for the #birdoftheday. Val del Cauca, Colombia, April 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

The bright red eye, framed by a jet black mask of a Toucan Barbet stares into the camera as it shows off its grey throat and bright red chest.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

November brings rain and darkness to this part of the world, but it also brings back the Short-eared Owl. I’ll take that trade any day. Richmond BC, November 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #owls

A Short-eared Owl, with its yellow eyes and round face pointed intently forward, spreads its wings as it glides a few feet off the brown grasses of a tidal flat.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Great Blue Herons on the Fraser River delta spend a lot of time perching on the decaying wooden pylons that dot the tidal areas, making them an easy subject for today’s #birdoftheday subject #posts. #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

In this black and white image a Great Blue Heron is in the foreground, in focus on a high post in a tidal March, with other posts and herons visible in the out of focus background.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A Mallard comes into land on the Fraser River delta allowing it to join the other #ducksoutofwater for #birdoftheday. Richmond BC, November 2025.

A female Mallard, facing a low sun, sets its wings and drops its orange feet as it comes into landing on the brown marsh grass.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Happy #Wrensday wishes from this vocal Marsh Wren in Delta BC. October 2025. #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

A Marsh Wren perches in a bush and opens its beak wide to project its call.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A Black Oystercatcher lives up to its name as it explores today’s #birdoftheday theme, #ontheground. Comox BC, December 2024. #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

A Black Oystercatcher walks among the smooth beach rocks of the surf line with an oyster shell held firmly in its bright orange beak.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

With its very, very narrow subtropical Andean range, I’m not surprised to have only one capture of a Cinnamon Flycatcher. Valle del Cauca Colombia, April 2025. #birdoftheday #least. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Cinnamon Flycatcher perches and poses its orange cinnamon plumage on display against a soft green background.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This Northern Harrier tries to slide a ”hovering” shot into the #birdoftheday “takeoff” theme. Richmond BC, November 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Northern Harrier hovers over tidal grasslands with its wings extended in “V” over its head, tail feathers spread, and talons dangling, all with the low evening light setting behind it.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A Northern Harrier tangles with a Short-eared Owl over the tidal flats of the Fraser Delta. November 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Short-eared Owl spreads its wings as it tries to pull up and away from a Northern Harrier whose talons grasp desperately at the owl’s tail feathers.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This Yellow-rumped Warbler pops up for a quick lunch in Richmond BC. October 2025. #birdoftheday #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Yellow-rumped Warbler, wings and tail feathers wide spread, opens its beak mid-air to snatch a flying insect.

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Chuck Rumsey @flightpattern.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This Raven was all too eager to pose for a closeup and the #birdoftheday. Prince Rupert BC, October 2025. #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A raven poses for the camera, its enormous hooked, black beak smudged with dirt, and fine feathers swooping and scaled down its silvery black body.

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