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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Back to mid July when I spent a few early mornings at a marsh with a Sora family. Dad had just caught a dragonfly nymph, sprinted back, and fed the babies. But two babies both grabbed the nymph and ran away with it together! Dad seems just as interested as I as to how this would turn out! #Birds 🪶

A Sora adult with its mottled brown feathers, black mask and candy corn bill, stands in a marsh with brown and green reeds. His back is to us and his head is turned as he watches two of his fluffy black chicks run away together, both holding tightly with their beaks to a big juicy dragonfly nymph that dad had just fed them.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The days are getting much shorter and it’s now a race to get home before the sun sets. But this little female Downy Woodpecker arrived just in time to forage just before sunset! #Birds 🪶

A female downy woodpecker perches on the side of a spruce tree trunk.
It is just before sunset and the sky is orange behind her. She is black and white while the tree trunk is quite dark. There are also some green blurry spruce branches showing in the background.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A few of the fancy sparrows have started to come through on their trip south. This juvenile White-crowned sparrow hasn’t developed the black and white striped headgear of the adults yet, but it’s still fancy! It dropped in for a quick drink, and a bath in the creek! #Birds 🪶

A juvenile White-crowned sparrow in a shallow rocky stream. The water is all black and the surrounding rooms are pink and lit by the sun. The sparrow is mottled brown with distinct brown stripes on its head. The stripes will be black on stark white when it becomes an adult. The sparrow is reflected in the black stream.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So this photo contains zero birds, but in my defence, we were sitting outside waiting for birds. But the sun was almost setting and the backlit Snapdragons stole the show!

A backlit snapdragon flower that is partially opened. The background is dark green with a round sun like highlight in the top right corner. It’s actually an out of focus highlight that appears large because it’s a telephoto lens. The pink snapdragon flower is rim lit but has some light bouncing back to light the flower.
For those interested, the lens is a 400mm and required 5 frames focused on slightly different parts of the flower to be stacked together so the entire flower was sharp .

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s #WorldShorebirdDay and this Greater Yellowlegs is celebrating with some interpretative dance! #Birds 🪶

A Greater Yellowlegs lands in a very shallow marsh. The water is very calm so there is a reflection, and the yellowlegs looks like it’s running with its one leg up and its wings out for balance. The water is green and yellow as it reflects the colour of the early Fall reeds on the shore.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s getting Fall like here, with cool evenings and almost chilly mornings. A few of the trees are starting to turn colour and this Blue Jay decided to fly in from one of the yellow ones! Blue Jays know they look great with yellow! #Birds 🪶

A Blue Jay flys towards us with its wings and tail flared out. The background is a soft yellow from an out of focus tree whose leaves are starting to change colour.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Gracklepalooza has been in full swing for a couple weeks now, and even though it has recently diminished a bit, the grackles are still here and looking fabulous! This male Grackle wanted to make sure we knew that he should NEVER have been called “Common” … and he’s quite mad about it! #Birds 🪶

A male Common Grackle in a green spruce tree. There are a few brown cones hanging from one of the branches. The grackle is incredibly colourful with his bright blue head, shimmering bronze body and vivid purple and violet wings! He is also looking quite mad, as usual!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We have Ruby-throated Hummingbirds that migrate through in the Spring and Fall. We don’t see one every year, but occasionally one or two drop in for a very short visit. This year the yard is filled with flowers and this little female has been hanging around for a few days! #Birds 🪶

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird flys with her wings up against a mottled green background. She is backlit as it is late evening and her wings are glowing a warm yellow from the setting sun.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Blue Jays have finished their summer moult and their feathers are all fresh and gorgeous! This Blue Jay decided to fly down to the creek for a drink and made sure we got a really good look at all those blues on its back and tail! #Birds 🪶

A Blue Jay flys towards us against a dark background. Its wings and tail are totally flared out and it almost looks like a blue and white X!
It’s slightly below us so we are looking down on all the different blues on its back and tail!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@michaeljklein.bsky.social Happy Birthday Mike! Hope Whiskers baked you a cake!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New sets of ducklings keep on appearing in this little marsh! This morning there was a female Blue-winged Teal hanging out along with about dozen ducklings! The ducklings were all dabbling among the algae mats and this little one is about to snatch an insect! #Birds 🪶

A blue-winged teal duckling feeding in a prairie marsh. The little duckling is yellow and brown, and is reaching forward with its bill open to catch an insect floating on the surface. The marsh is dark green, with lighter green algae mats

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Merlins are active and very interested in all the grackles that are visiting our yard. This Merlin dropped in earlier today to say hi and join the party! #Birds #photography 🪶

A Merlin perches in a spruce tree and stares right at us. It is sitting in a dead branch with dark grey branches, the green spruce branches are blurred in the background. The Merlin is in a spot of light that highlights its mottled brown and cream feathers.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Migration is starting here and we’re hearing quite a few different voices. This Blue Jay was flying to a different tree and decided we needed to hear the melodic song of its people! #Birds 🪶

A Blue Jay flys right to left and calls at the same time. Its wing feathers are spread and in a downward stroke, and its wings, back and head are covered in so many shades of blue!
It’s flying in the light but the background is deep shade!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I think the Black-billed Magpies have gotten sick of hearing me gush over how gorgeous the Common Grackles are. This Junior Magpie flew in and posed on this branch as if to say “check this iridescence out”🤣 #Birds 🪶

A young Black-billed Magpie perches on a spruce tree branch. It’s back is to us and it’s looking back over its shoulder. The wings are a brilliantly iridescent blue/green and its tail is a gorgeous green with a rainbow tip! The background is a dark black.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Soras are getting harder to see as the reeds have grown substantially in the marshes. But there still are some gaps, and this junior Sora decided to check out the shallows for some yummy aquatic invertebrates …. which are mostly dragonfly nymphs apparently! #Birds 🪶

A juvenile Sora forages for food in a shallow marsh. There is a green reed beside the Sora and a fallen green reed that it is walking on. The Sora is mottled brown with a yellow/grey beak and is intently looking down at the reef of water in search of bugs. The surrounding water is brownish yellow and there are green algae mats floating on it.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Like many birds, the grackles have been moulting over the last few weeks. While he’s not quite finished moulting yet, this male Common Grackke was really showing off the colours today! #Birds 🪶

A male common grackle in a very green spruce tree. He is moulting, but is almost finished. His bright blue head still shows a few grey spots, but his body and wings have new vivid feathers that are bronze and purple!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is a small marsh, and the horned grebe kept all the ducks out … or so I thought. 3 weeks ago a Redhead female & babies appeared! And this weekend I saw the little babies again … but wait, only one duck has a bill like that! Hello little Northern Shoveler! And mom was there too! #Birds 🪶

A small fuzzy duckling on a prairie marsh. The little duckling has a brown body, a yellow head, and large, for its size, orange/brown bill! This little one is a baby Northern Shoveler and it’s already showing that big beautiful bill! The water is green with some algae matts and the duckling has a pretty detailed reflection.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Soras spend a lot of their time walking amongst reeds in shallow marshes. They have super long toes and legs to help with that. This junior Sora is about 1.5 months old and already knows the proper walking technique …. YOU SPREAD THE TOES! #Birds 🪶

A young Sora walks amongst reeds in a shallow marsh. The water is green/brown as it reflects the surrounding trees and reeds. It is walking towards us with its leg up and its very long toes spread apart. The 3 toes are also reflected in the water and look like a starfish!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Mornings are cool & Fall like right now, and it’s hard to believe that this image was taken only a month ago! Spring and early summer are frantic for parents & this female American Goldfinch was really loading up on the tiny cattail seeds. All the fluff makes a great beard though! #Birds 🪶

A female American Goldfinch perches on a fuzzy cattail head. She is yellow with black wings and has a huge car of cattail fluff jammed in her beak. There is also a lot of fluff sticking out of the cattail head . The seeds are very tiny and the fluff helps disperse the seeds on the wind or as a goldfinch beard!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It was just after sunrise and the junior Merlin’s were already busy performing their aerial acrobatics and chatting about it … loudly! KEE KEE KEE! This young one was very proud of its feathers and wanted to show them all off! #Birds 🪶

A young Merlin, hatched this year, flys directly at us calling.
It’s early morning and the low sun bathes the Merlin in warm light. It’s flying at us with its wings spread and its tail flared showing its beautiful brown, black and white horizontal bars!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Horned Grebe babies learn how to dive and hunt very quickly. In the marsh I’m watching, they seem to catch mostly leeches or dragonfly nymphs. This junior grebe has just surfaced with, and subdued, a dragonfly nymph that will soon go down the hatch! #Birds 🪶

A baby Horned Grebe in a prairie marsh. Junior grebe is mostly grey and white with grey and white stripes on its face and neck. It has just surfaced with a large green dragonfly nymph in its beak which it will soon eat. The water is dark with light green algae patches surrounding the baby grebe. The background reeds are in shadow and also very dark.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Some of our evenings lately have been cool enough to produce some morning fog. Marshes are always magical places but the fog brings such a quiet beauty! As the sun came up, this female Redhead duck greeted it with an exuberant wing flap! #Birds 🪶

A female redhead duck flaps its wings on a foggy morning at the marsh. The image is backlit so the rising sun is lighting up the fog orange. The duck is flapping her wings in this orange misty glow!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Less than a month ago, this little unit was a black ball of fluff with long legs and toes. Now this junior Sora is completely independent, can even jump/fly, and is VERY serious about hunting aquatic invertebrates and other insects! #Birds 🪶

A baby Sora, about a month old, walks on some fallen reeds in a marsh with green algae mats covering the water.
It is mottled brown and grey, with long yellow legs and toes.
It is seriously hunting and is stretched forward with its beak almost touching the water. Its little tail is jacked up as Sora’s often do!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

KEE, KEE, KEE is the sound of our summer right now! There are 3 baby Merlin’s here that have fledged and are practicing aerial manoeuvres and hunting for themselves. They are also YELLING about it! This juvenile Merlin had just chased a grackle and then zoomed past telling us all about it! #Birds 🪶

A juvenile Merlin flying in a hazy blue sky. It has beautiful brown and tan markings and is calling loudly as it flys right at us.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Early morning on the marsh and Grebe is already dressed and wearing the latest in aquatic plant fashion! This Horned Grebe has babies to feed and has just finished diving among the plants to look for food! #Birds 🪶

A Horned Grebe has just surfaced from a dive in a prairie marsh. The marsh is green and the early morning light is warm. The grebe is wet but still showing his rust coloured neck, black head with yellow horns, and brilliantly red eye!
He has a large piece Mcwatt of aquatic plant on his back from the dive!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This little one first visited our yard a couple weeks ago. Dad brought Junior in and showed him various trees etc. Now this baby Hairy Woodpecker is here multiple times a day and he/she tests ALL the trees and branches! Tap, tap, tap … baby Hairy is learning the ropes!

A baby Hairy Woodpecker checks a branch with its beak to see if there are any snacks.
The junior Hairy is on a grey branch sticking out towards us and very close! It is backlit and has its beak in the top of the branch.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

They are now fending for themselves and are exploring all the reed beds in the marsh. This baby Sora is a few weeks old and is very serious about hunting! They prefer early mornings and this one was slowly checking all the spots for breakfast snacks!

A juvenile Sora hunts for bugs in a shallow prairie marsh. It is early morning and the sun is very warm as it illuminates all the brown tones of the reeds, the marsh and the Sora! The little Sora is mottled brown and standing on a small clump of brown reeds. The water is yellow/ brown and so are the surrounding reeds. The Sora’s long toes are on display as it grips the reeds.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A great thing about marshes are the concerts. Mostly it’s the birds and they perform best in the spring, but occasionally the mammals get involved too. He was shy, and stayed in the reeds, but today Muskrat played a few tunes on his recorder! Or maybe he was eating a reed. Hard to know🤣 #Mammals

A muskrats in a shallow marsh eating a reed. This muskrat has both its little hands on the reed and it looks like he’s playing a musical instrument!
The muskrat is brown and its fur is wet.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hunting! This goes back a week when the adult Soras were still actively feeding their babies. It was early in the morning, and this male Sora was taking a slow walk through the reeds looking for bugs and aquatic invertebrates to feed his babies.

An adult male Sora walks among fallen reds looking for bugs to feed his chicks. He is about two inches above the green water of the marsh, walking on and through brown and green reefs. He is mottled brown and grey with a black mask and bright yellow candy corn beak. His legs and long toes are also yellow!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I saw a female redhead duck chased by grebe from this marsh 3 times this year, but I never heard or saw her land. Turns out Redhead ducks are stealth nesters! And the female does it all! I saw movement on the edge of a reed bed and after a while, they all piled out! There’s always one mom! #Birds 🪶

A female Redhead duck in a marsh by the edge of some reeds with all her ducklings! There are green reeds around and hanging down above them and they are all in the marsh. She is facing and looking at us with all the yellow/brown babies crammed around her. One little baby is reaching up and biting her beak!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

There have been at least two Sora chicks hanging together in the same little reed bed. A week ago, they were all black. This is one of those chicks today, 7 days later. They are now all brown and have lost the red knot on their beak they are hatched with. They are now feeding themselves. #Birds 🪶

A young Sora chick walks in a shallow marsh among fallen reeds. It is mottled brown, having lost its all black colour it had when it was first hatched.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This was 7 days ago. This young Sora chick was probably only a few days old and already out exploring the reeds and looking for food. At this stage, the parents were still feeding it. I will post another image shortly, taken today, 7 days later, of what I believe is the same chick. #Birds 🪶

A Young Sora chick forages in the shallows of a marsh. It is walking among some fallen reeds. The water is a green colour as it’s reflecting the surrounding green reeds. The early morning light ish lighting the young Sora and a few of the reeds and leaving some darker. The Sora chick is almost all black.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It’s stripy baby season in many of our marshes! This Horned Grebe spends most off his time running off interlopers in his marsh, but when his chicks hatch they get his full attention. One adult sits on the remaining eggs and the other feeds the babies that have hatched. More in alt text. #Birds 🪶

A horned grebe adult feeds his chick on a calm morning in a prairie marsh. The adult is very dark because he’s all wet from diving, but his yellow head marking , rusty neck feathers and brilliantly red eye are still vibrant. His baby is grey with a black and white stripy head. It also has a red mark by its eye. The adult is passing a green aquatic invertebrate to the chick and the green water is so calm, that his reflection is feeding the baby too!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The dragonflies and damselflies seem to be the favourite bird snack this year, and the Soras are getting in on it too! This male Sora was foraging around the marsh edge and as soon as he filled his beak with snacks, he usually ran back to his chicks to feed them. But this time, he flew! #Birds 🪶

A Sora flys in with a beak full of damselflies and/or dragonflies. His beak is jammed with them. His wings are spread and his feet are hanging down but getting ready to land. There are some tall reeds he is flying over and the background is a smooth green. He has so many insects that they cover most of his face!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Soras hatch their eggs over a period of time so there are chicks of varying ages running around. Thanks for the info Janet! This chick was doing what Soras do best, forage in the reeds! Its brown feathers show it’s a bit older than the mostly black ones. And the red on its beak is gone. #Birds 🪶

A Sora chick forages amongst the reeds in a prairie marsh. Its brown feathers indicate that it’s a big older than its all black siblings. It has also lost the red bump on the top of its beak that it was hatched with. It is in an opening surrounded by tan and green vertical reeds.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is one one of the youngest chicks from a few days ago. Sora chicks are pretty much all black when they first hatch and then become more brown throughout the summer. The male Sora had just popped out of the reeds and baby was instantly right by his side posing identically! #Birds 🪶

A male Sora and one of his babies in a shallow marsh. It is early morning and the light is very warm. There are reeds in the background and the two Sora’s are in a very shallow part of the marsh. The baby is all black except for a bit of orange on its beak. The adult is mottled brown and grey with a dark black face mask and chest stripe. The adult also has a brilliant yellow candy corn beak. They are posing almost identically!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“ excuse me sir, you have a little somethin’ somethin’ on your beak you might want to wipe off” So many birds are very busy right now catching insects to feed their babies. This American Robin had caught so many Damselflies and/or dragonflies that they barely all fit in his beak! #Birds 🪶

A male American Robin with a beak full of damselflies and dragonflies!
He is looking straight at us and all the insect wings are sticking out on either side of his beak so we can’t see his eyes.
He is in rich green grass with a dark black background

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This time of year, adult Soras spend a lot of time finding food for their babies.They love aquatic invertebrates. They see them from above and then snatch them with their beak. But when the big juicy ones are a bit deeper, there’s nothing to do but throw dignity to the wind and go ALL IN! #Birds 🪶

An adult Sora in mid plunge to catch an aquatic invertebrate of some type.The marsh is mottled browns as it reflects the surrounding reeds. Usually the Sora only needs to dip its beak in. But it’s deeper, so its whole mid and upper body are underwater! Just it’s mottled brown and white back third and tail are visible, and one of its huge feet is kicking up the water as it helps balance!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We temporarily interrupt the Sora posts for an important public service announcement - “Baby Downy Woodpeckers are adorable!” All baby downy woodpeckers, and Hairy’s, have red on their heads. As they grow older, females lose the red and the males have it move to the back of their head. #Birds 🪶

A baby downy woodpecker perches on the side of a spruce tree trunk. It is black and white with red on the top of its head, as both male and female baby downy woodpeckers do. The background is dark.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Most of the Sora feedings seem to happen deep in the cover of the reeds. But this time, mom, I think, decided to distribute the snacks out in the open! #Birds 🪶

An adult Sora, I think the female, feeds one of her chicks while another chick impatiently waits its turn! The chicks are all black and very fuzzy, with a bit of red and orange on their beaks. The adult has a brilliant yellow beak and a black mask and stripe down its neck. Otherwise she’s mottled brown. All three are in front of densly packed reeds.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The adult Soras are very busy right now. The little babies can, and do, find some food themselves already, but the adults still provide a lot. Dad was hunting the marsh edge and caught a bug. He needed to cross an open bit of water and it’s either run, swim or fly … he chose flying! #Birds 🪶

An adult Sora, male I think, has just jumped up to fly across to his babies in the reeds. He is mottled brown and above some out of focus reeds as he starts to fly. The background is mostly smooth blurry green reeds. His wings are out and his big feet are hanging below! He has a bug in his bright yellow candy corn beak!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

They enjoy being buried in the reeds but sometimes there are small gaps! It looks like school is in for these chicks as they soak up all of dad’s Sora wisdom! What these baby Soras were really hoping for were snacks! No snacks this time, it really might have been a teaching moment! #Birds 🪶

Three black Sora chicks are all facing their dad and appear to be listening intently. They are all framed by brown reeds and the adult male Sora is on the right facing away from us but we can see his face and candy corn beak! His babies are all facing him with what appears to be rapt attention. They are actually looking for snacks!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A couple days ago, they were deep in the reeds, like moving shadows with a hint of orange. But this morning one decided to explore and popped out of the reeds for just a bit. This is a baby Sora, and as it dashed to another reed clump, those little wings helped for balance! #Birds 🪶

A small fuzzy baby Sora runs among the reeds in a small marsh. The morning light is very warm and the black Sora has one of its big feet, with long toes, raised as it runs. Its tiny wings are flapping and act as stablizers when they run. It has a bit of orange on and around its bill … a precursor of the yellow candy corn beak that is to cone!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Every morning, before going about their business, Soras check themselves in the mirror to make sure all the feathers are in good shape. Or it’s also possible that this Sora was hunting aquatic invertebrates which they love to eat! Either way, you look fabulous little Sora! More in the Alt. #Birds 🪶

A Sora, a small Rail that lives in reed filled marshes, hunts along the edge of the reeds on a calm morning. The reeds are green and the dark green marsh is like a mirror showing the Sora’s reflection. It is mottled brown on its back with a grey, black and white tummy, a black mask and a bright yellow candy corn beak!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Redhead ducks dive under the water to feed, and like other diving birds, they need a run before they get airborne. This female Redhead had just landed in the marsh and, you guessed it, the horned grebe enforcer had issues! She is running at top speed here as she gets ready to lift off! #Birds 🪶

A Redhead duck sprints across the surface of a prairie marsh as she gets ready fly. Her wings are out as she flaps and both her feet are off the water! There is a splash just behind her back foot in the otherwise calm green water.
And is brown with a white bar on the wing and a blue bill.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Initially, this jackrabbit was in the long grass with just its ears sticking up into the light. But not for long. This White-tailed Jackrabbit had important bunny business to attend to elsewhere! #Mammals

A White-tailed Jackrabbit hops out of tall green grass. The rabbit and the tall grass are in the light and behind them is dark shade so that the jackrabbit is coming out of the shadows.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Imagination & interpretation required! I glanced to my left and there were 2 Soras. She stopped in the, long for Soras, grass and he jumped on top and they began mating. If you zoom in you can see her back … check where his feets are. Mating Soras is not something you see every day! #Birds 🪶

Two Soras mating in a grassy field. She is almost completely hidden in the grass, but we can just see her back, which he is standing on. He is mottled brown and grey with a black mask and a candy corn beak. His wings are out, presumably for balance!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Is synchronized flying an Olympic event? This Canvasback pair has definitely been practicing and is sure hoping to make it to the Olympics … or at least the other end of the marsh! #Birds 🪶

A pair of Canvasback ducks fly from left to right in a white sky. She is mostly brown and on top with her wings up. He is brown with a black neck and rust coloured head. He’s on the bottom with his wings down. They both show off their distinctive long sloping forehead that seems like an extension of the bill!

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Cormorant posting? Here’s a cormorant taking off from a prairie marsh.

A Cormorant takes off from a prairie marsh. The water and reefs are dark green and the early morning light is lighting up the black cormorant highlighting its yellow bill. There is a splash behind it as it starts run that it needs to takeoff

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We’re fortunate to have both red-winged and yellow-headed blackbirds nesting in our area. They are both territorial and the males spend A LOT of time displaying! This male Yellow-headed Blackbird had just finished foraging in the grass and was headed up to a reed for some yelling! #Birds 🪶

A male yellow -headed blackbird flys straight at us with blurred green reeds in the background. Its wings are down and show the white patches that break up the otherwise all black body. That yellow head though is front and center!

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