jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This flock of greater white fronted geese have been happily eating in the field when a northern harrier scared them up into the air. #Ducks&Geeseinflight #BirdoftheDay #Birds #RidgefieldNWR 1122
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Offering this wood duck for #green #BirdoftheDay #birds #RidgefieldNWR 1250
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There have been a couple of Steller's jays hanging around the garden for the past few days. #birds #backyard_birds #birdoftheday #gardenbirds 050
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My garden is currently full of robins. They finished off the grapes and now they are eating the miniature crab apples. #birds #backyard_birds #birdoftheday #gardenbirds 1171
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm still taking a million pictures of house finches in my backyard, so I enjoy seeing the same birds over and over again. New ones are fun, but getting to see how they behave day to day and through the seasons is great too. I'm still pretty new to this whole thing outside of my backyard. 010
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't see harriers very often, but the red-tailed hawks are everywhere around here, especially right now. 000
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It was a little breezy, but I suspect that most of the cattails were bent over from a stronger wind the day before. I'd never seen them puff out their red feathers that much. Every time they called, they ruffled up. 110
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This red-tailed hawk and Northern harrier were not enjoying sharing the sky. We saw them bothering each other off and on across the refuge. #BirdoftheDay #Blueskies #RidgefieldNWR #hawk 0150
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The first pic is my favorite from yesterday's birding. A small group of red-winged blackbirds was about 4 ft away from the car window. Second pic is when he turned and realized I was there. #birds #RidgefieldNWR #blackbird 2161
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This California scrub jay seems undaunted by the size of this acorn. #RidgefieldNWR #BirdoftheDay #Blue #Birds #Jay 0120
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This greater white-fronted goose seemed rather bothered by some of its neighbors. #BirdoftheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #birds #RidgefieldNWR #goose 080
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So exciting to see the sandhill cranes back at #RidgefieldNWR. #sandhill_crane #birds 060
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That's a great walk! I get so mad at myself when I realize how many countries I've been to before I became a birder. Not exactly wasted time, but it would have been so much better if I'd been adding birds to my life list then! 120
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A greater yellowlegs searching through the shallows. #BirdoftheDay #Longbeak #birds #NisquallyNWR 1201
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Slightly blurry, but I was in a hurry before this spotted towhee hid again. #backyard_birds #birds #towhee 091
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 02/10/2026An orange oriole seen back in June on a trip to Mexico. #BirdoftheDay #vivid #birds 1170
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A young Cooper's hawk in the morning light. #birds #TualatinRiverNWR 071
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This great egret is just barely still #airborne. #birdoftheday #TualatinNWR #birds 1111
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A double crested cormorant a little far from the sea on the Tualatin river. #birdoftheday #seabird #birds #TualatinRiverNWR #cormorant 1110
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A pair of greater yellowlegs on the edge of the Nisqually river delta. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #birds #NisquallyNWR #yellowlegs 1140
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is about as green a background as I could find. #BirdOfTheDay #Green #birds #NisquallyNWR #wood_duck 1110
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Now, you know I don't like to gossip, but. . ." #BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatBird #birds #NisquallyNWR 1412
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I feel very judged. #ring-billed_gull #NisquallyNWR #birds 1162
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Watching this heron eat the snake was a lesson in determination and coordination. #NisquallyNWR #heron #birds 0143
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My favorite of the backyard bird photos that I took today. A little Anna's hummingbird in a Japanese maple tree. #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird 192
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A really busy day in the rowan (mountain ash) tree as a variety of bird species strip it clean of berries. It takes about 3 days each year for the berries to be gone. #cedar_waxwing #starling #robin #backyard_birds #birds 050
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A couple of Anna's hummingbirds have been disputing possession of the whole backyard, so they don't get to sit very long. #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird 030
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Osprey in flight from a recent trip to the Columbia river. #InFlight #BirdOfTheDay #birds 0122
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A song sparrow hopping thru the clover and grass. #BirdOfTheDay #Grounded #birds #backyard_birds 0140
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It got me right - I grew up catching potato bugs and drinking pop. 000
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I really admire their ability to balance on one leg while sleeping. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdNaps #birds #mallard 1100
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Two very different birds from a fairly close distance. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #heron #osprey 1150
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Until this summer I did not know purple tomatillos were a thing. #garden #tomatillos 000
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A clear blue summer sky backdrop for this purple martin. #BirdOfTheDay #Simple #birds #purple_martin 1110
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Each bee species in my garden seems to have a flower preference. #bee #garden 020
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Watched this young spotted towhee struggle to hop up a lemon Cyprus yesterday. It was quite a climb to the top. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdInABush #birds #backyard_birds #towhee 1140
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Great blue herons along a slough off of the Willamette river. #heron #birds #Salem 040
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Such a busy, industrious bird. #birds #nuthatch 010
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This song sparrow has been very busy catching insects - this one was rather impressive I thought. #sparrow #backyard_birds #birds 081
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A first time bird sighting my backyard today. A red crossbill. There were three or four of them around, and this one kindly came to the fountain so I could get a good picture. #backyard_birds #crossbill #birds 071
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Managed the row, but couldn't quite get them all in the same direction. 030
Reposted by @jreads65.bsky.socialSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 10/08/2026They did it, those sons of bitches actually managed to get them in a row. 502273303
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Saw five belted kingfishers today. Three of them were at the Gnat Creek fish hatchery, arguing loudly with each other. Two were back at the pond by our campsite. #kingfisher #birds #Columbia_River #Gnat_Creek 051
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Camping on the Columbia where a family of osprey are living. Three teenagers and mom & dad. #birds #osprey #Columbia_River 070
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A couple of screws left over from an assembly project years before that you didn't throw away just in case. 040
jreads65.bsky.social @jreads65.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Was very surprised to see these sandhill cranes at Ridgefield NWR. It's quite early - they are fall visitors generally. The pictures are lousy because of distance and wildfire smoke, but appears to be two adults feeding and a juvenile sitting nearby. #sandhill_crane #birds #RidgefieldNWR 010
