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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 03/09/2026

Common Gallinule, found along the closed section of road at Safari Road, Flamborough Ontario. #HamOnt #birds #CommonGallinule #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

A large black bird with a red face and yellow beak alongside some water.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 11/07/2026

This was the first I've seen of a cowbird being fed by something its own size more or less! Baltimore Oriole female feeding a fledged Brown-headed Cowbird. Chippewa Trail, near Caledonia, Ontario. #birding #birds #BaltimoreOriole #BrownHeadedCowbird

An oriole female feeding a juvenile cowbird.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 03/07/2026

Hermit Thrush at the treeline at Rae Glacier Trail, Kananaskis Country, Alberta. #HermitThrush #birding #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 20/06/2026

Marsh Wren, carrying food for its nestlings. Taken near Brooks, Alberta. #birds #MarshWren

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 19/06/2026

Yellow-headed Blackbird during the golden hour - seen north of Tilley, Alberta. #birds #YellowHeadedBlackbird

A blackbird with a yellow head, on a willow bough.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 15/06/2026

Finally got a decent photo this past Friday of the local celebrity, this Yellow-breasted Chat who's been on territory in Hamilton, Ontario. Never got photos of this species before! Will have some audio processed someday soon! #birds #birding #YellowBreastedChat

A large songbird with a yellow chin, breast, with white undertail and olive back perched in a tree.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 13/06/2026

From this past week's Songbirding episode -- a Swainson's Thrush in song at Lusk Mountain, Kananaskis, Alberta. Photo was taken last year at Rondeau Provincial Park in Ontario, same species!

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 13/06/2026

A little preview of what's coming on Monday to the Songbirding podcast feed... (and a test of an application I've been writing for years! It can now render then post to Blue Sky 🎉)

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 25/05/2026

Blackburnian Warbler male reaching for some food! Long Point, Ontario #BlackburnianWarbler #birds

A warbler jumping up to grab an insect or spider from another branch.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 22/05/2026

Bay-breasted Warbler female... looking more like a tiny heron or bittern? 😂 Long Point, Ontario #birds #BayBreastedWarbler

A warbler seen from underneath stretching its head out long, almost like a snake

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 19/05/2026

Black-throated Green Warbler female. Found at Old Cut Research Station, Long Point, Ontario today while birding with @yogurtgarol.bsky.social #birds #BlackThroatedGreenWarbler #Ontario

A warbler with a greenish-yellow head and white body with black stripes perched on a vertical deciduous tree branch in the sunlight.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 16/05/2026

Hooded Warbler taking off! One of many seen and heard at Spooky Hollow Nature Sanctuary today. #HoodedWarbler #Ontario #birds

A yellow warbler with black hood taking flight

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 06/05/2026

Cape May Warbler, feeding on various insects in a conifer. Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario. #HamOnt #birds #CapeMayWarbler

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 05/05/2026

New cat in the last month, and she's taught me that she likes to play fetch.. a lot? She does not seem to tire of it at all and always brings the toy back to the same spot, no matter where in the house I throw it to. I've met a lot of cats throughout my life and never seen this much fetching.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 03/05/2026

So I've been out of town and without much of a signal so haven't been able to follow up. This has been a rather strange issue I've been following and that the Conservation Director of Hamilton Naturalists' Club has also been keeping track on. My own take on all this...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 01/05/2026

Blackburnian Warbler, found foraging around a white pine tree in Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. #BlackburnianWarbler #birds #Ontario #migration

An orange-coloured songbird perched in a pine tree.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 27/04/2026

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, captured in song here at Selkirk Provincial Park, Ontario. #BlueGrayGnatcatcher #birds

A greyish bird on a branch, bill open in song

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 24/04/2026

Caught a couple Cedar Waxwings last night doing a pair bonding ritual of exchanging a flower bud back and forth! #CedarWaxwing #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 20/04/2026

So maybe I just invented the XLR camera mount? One of the silliest seeming solutions I’ve come up with yet for gear, but works well. XLR connections are solid and this doesn’t seem to add any significant handling noise. #FieldRecording

A field recorder with a preamp plugged in that is being used as a mounting point for an action camera on a clamp mount.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 18/04/2026

Red-winged Blackbird, at Taquanyah Conservation Area in Haldimand County, Ontario. #RedWingedBlackbird #birds #Ontario

A blackbird perched on a cattail in a marsh.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 18/04/2026

I don’t think I’ve seen mist form a drift like this before! Hamilton, Ontario today. #HamOnt #ONStorm #WeatherSky

A “mountain” of mist partially blocking the view of Hamilton Ontario’s downtown.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 17/04/2026

Wow! Songbirding this morning just hit #1 in Nature category of the US Apple Podcasts directory, and #11 in Science overall. I'm not even sure what one does to celebrate something like this #birding #podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The Top Charts in "nature" category on Apple Podcasts, showing Songbirding at #1.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 17/04/2026

Found this Brown Thrasher thrashing its way through the leaves while very quietly singing to itself at Selkirk Provincial Park this weekend. #BrownThrasher #birds #Ontario

A large brownish bird rustling through some dead leaves

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 16/04/2026

In Canada at least it’s doing well in the Nature category, up close and in good company with @wwfcanada.org and… *checks notes* a Bigfoot podcast 😂

Ranking of Nature category podcasts in Apple Podcasts in Canada.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 15/04/2026

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - found this one at the entrance to Selkirk Provincial Park this past Saturday. #YellowBelliedSapsucker #birds #Ontario

A woodpecker perched on an angled tree trunk

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 15/04/2026

First Pine Warbler of the year, found singing and feeding at Selkirk Provincial Park this past Saturday. #PineWarbler #warblers #birds

A yellow bird on a large branch in a bare tree

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 14/04/2026

American Tree Sparrow, perched near the road at Sheelah Dunn Dooley Sanctuary at the border of Burlington & Hamilton, Ontario. #HamOnt #BurlON #AmericanTreeSparrow #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 12/04/2026

Passed by this today in Flamborough, at a dead skunk. #HamOnt #TurkeyVulture #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 11/04/2026

Found this Vesper Sparrow at one of the @hamiltonnature.org sanctuaries Thursday night, Sheelah Dunn Dooley Sanctuary. #birds #HamOnt #VesperSparrow

A brownish bird perched on a twig of a small tree.

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 10/04/2026

Caught a bit more of them as they settled in

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 10/04/2026

Got to watch a murmuration of Tree Swallows tonight in Flamborough. #HamOnt #birds #TreeSwallow

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 09/04/2026

Last night’s frog & woodcock walk for @hamiltonnature.org had a good turnout. Here’s those that stuck it out for the end when 3 American Woodcock started vocalizing and flying around.

Several people outdoors facing an open field looking for birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 25/03/2026

The American Woodcock are back out again tonight!

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 07/02/2026

Yep, they've been around Hamilton/Burlington and some in Brantford. I guess "staying" might not be the right term -- more likely the extreme northern population has decided we are far south enough. They have been pushing further and further into northern Ontario during breeding season...

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 11/01/2026

Found out today that you can take Live Photos from iOS and very easily stitch them into a video. I took this as photos and later made it into video. There is some stuttering and one gap but I’m pretty impressed A pair of Trumpeter Swans here, taken at Valens CA #HamOnt #birds 🪶

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 31/12/2025

A Brown Creeper working its way up an eastern white cedar. Seen today during the Flamborough #ChristmasBirdCount. 🪶 #HamOnt #birds #BrownCreeper

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 29/12/2025

A few stills as Bluesky really mangles the video

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 29/12/2025

Here’s a fun “Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s Hawk” challenge 😳🪶 Also not sure of what prey is being seen here 🤔 Chippewa Trail, Haldimand County, Ontario #birds #hawks

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 20/12/2025

Snow Buntings have arrived in southern Ontario! #SnowBunting #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 02/12/2025

I get the top 10% in Faxanadu (lol) but top 10% in IRL?!? What

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 24/11/2025

Testing out today how well the new phone can record bird videos and wow, not bad at all. Used a gimbal for stabilizing but otherwise stock camera app. The real challenge now is identifying this: Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s Hawk? #birds #birding

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 22/11/2025

Picked up this album last weekend “A Tapestry of British Bird Song” #birdsong #birds

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 04/11/2025

Though really most of my photos are like this

A cat laying upside down in a tube toy with a paw pointed upwards

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Rob Porter | Songbirder @songbirder.social · 04/11/2025

Low light capabilities of modern phones is wild

Night time photo of moon, stars, clouds and sky with some bushes and trees below. Everything is brighter than it should be at night.

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