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soleil☀️

@heliaetus.bsky.social
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23, they/them bay area birder + studying ecology🍀 i love vultures and siphonophores!!

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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
took me so long but I finally got some photos of a brown creeper :) #birds #birding
western kingbird(Tyrannus verticalis) perched on a branchwestern kingbird(Tyrannus verticalis) perched on a branchbrown creeper(Certhia americana) climbing the side of a treebrown creeper(Certhia americana) climbing the side of a tree
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
enjoying the return of all the swifts and swallows!! #birds #birding
barn swallow(Hirundo rustica) perched on a plantbarn swallow(Hirundo rustica) perched on a plant
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
enjoying the early spring and all of the migrating birds🐦 #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
been super busy but I wanted to go watch some gulls before our winter residents leave🌥 i've also been knitting a western gull-themed sweater for the past month #birds #birding
california gull(Larus californicus) swimming in watercalifornia gull(Larus californicus) dipping its bill into watercalifornia gull(Larus californicus) in flightcalifornia gull(Larus californicus) in flight
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
a small moment of respite during the rainy season🦆 #birds #birding
ross's goose(Anser rossii) resting in a field of grasssay's phoebe(Sayornis saya) perched on a fencelesser goldfinch(Spinus psaltria) on a tree branchadult glaucous-winged gull(Larus glaucescens) floating on water
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I would watch gulls all day if I had the time🌥 #birds #birding
adult california gull(Larus californicus) in flight
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
lovely american bittern from yesterday! got to meet so many cool birders, and most important got to see so many cool gulls!!! #birds #birding
american bittern(Botaurus lentiginosus) tucked in as it sits atop reedsamerican bittern(Botaurus lentiginosus) with its neck stretched out, camouflaged into the reedsamerican bittern(Botaurus lentiginosus) sitting atop reedsamerican bittern(Botaurus lentiginosus) sitting atop reeds, its neck stretched out fully
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
the most adorable hutton's vireo I had the pleasure of photographing yesterday! hoping I get to see a lot more in spring☀️ #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
lifer #200, american dipper!! plus many hermit thrushes that posed so nicely today🫶 #birds #birding
american dipper(Cinclus mexicanus) standing on a rock in a streamamerican dipper(Cinclus mexicanus) standing on a rock in a streamhermit thrush(Catharus guttatus) perched on a branchhermit thrush(Catharus guttatus) perched on a piece of wood
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
birds from yesterday🌿 I revisit this spot every week and it never gets old #birds #birding
pair of female hooded mergansers(Lophodytes cucullatus)scaly-breasted munia(Lonchura punctulata) perched on a bush
red-shouldered hawk(Buteo lineatus) on a tree
a green heron(Butorides virescens) perched on reeds above a pond
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
beautiful juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker from this morning! we get a couple of these every winter in my county #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
good week for raptors and wrens! #birds #birding
female northern harrier(Circus hudsonius) in flightmale american kestrel(Falco sparverius) perched on a wooden pole
bewick's wren(Thryomanes bewickii) perched on a dry plantsay's phoebe(Sayornis saya) on the top of a fence
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
fellow birders, some ID advice would be appreciated! found this american coot in California; we usually have red-shielded coots here, but this one appears to be white-shielded. just want to make sure my ID is correct before I submit since eBird flags it as pretty rare #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
hiked 8 miles last week (unsuccessfully) looking for a sharpie and lark sparrows, only to find them this morning by complete accident #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
finally got my lifer ferruginous hawk🎉 #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
gull ID scares me but I'm being brave about it :') #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
birds today during the king tide🪸 #birds #birding
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soleil☀️ @heliaetus.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
the weather was poor but the birds were extra active today🌥 #birds #birding
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