Canada goose and tundra swan(s)?
These guys have been around my general area much more frequently than last year! I love the females’ executioner hoods
Happy to share that our work with Ekaterina Osipova, @maggiemcko.bsky.social, Tim Sackton, Maude Baldwin & fantastic collaborators on convergent and lineage-specific genomic adaptations in sugar-feeding birds is published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... While high sugar intake ...
The local Sandhills cranes just left yesterday 🥲 sad to see everybirdy leave, but they’ll be back in November. I’m just grateful the local white crowned sparrows and yellow rumped warblers will stick around until April
#nature #ducks #photography
The Yellow-billed Magpie is a unique California treasure. Rated Vulnerable and Uncommon, it is still struggling to make a population comeback after being devastated by West Nile Virus two decades ago. Signs of success, like this Herculean effort, are reason for celebration. #birds_matter #birds
I have two local populations/groups of these guys in the city I live in! Their tails are so long and the blue accent is absolutely gorgeous
Today's frog is the red-eyed tree frog. And its kid, who just climbed out of the pond.
The humble house finch posted up at a local park
2/14/26 Manteca, CA
This is huge! Yellow-billed magpies have been in a steep decline over the years and I hope this can help them
That as so much excessive movement at the beginning for just one cricket 😭 I love those guys
Northern Mockingbird sitting in a tree.
#birds
Just a common little bird - common in California but unknown elsewhere. Good morning, Oak Titmouse! #birds_matter #birds
A local #californiascrubjay foraging for seeds on a roof #birdsofbluesky
Manteca CA 1/26/26
The turds are migrating (Turdus Migratorius) #birdsofbluesky
American robin 1/22/26
I don't take a lot of pictures of geese but anytime I can get wings over water with a sunrise and fog in the background I will fire away 📷 #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographer #Birds 🪶 #NatureLovers #Wildlife
Love some sprigs
I love when they yell “YIPE”
Their call is so loud and ugly, yet oddly endearing
These guys look crazy similar to California scrub jays (whose populations are quite bountiful)
#birdsofbluesky
A #Brownpelican gave me an opportunity for a great dynamic shot as it made touchdown in the water. Taken October 7th at Santa Cruz, CA
These are also known as Sprigs! You learn something new everyday
White bellied caique. The birds in Minecraft are (from left to right) a blue and gold macaw, some type of amazon AFAIK, and a cockatiel
She’s also got a podcast she helps host called All My Relations that’s a must-listen
And their range is quite extensive!
Spotted this fellow just outside the Japanese Camelia Gardens of Micke Grove Regional Park 11/18/25
#birdsofbluesky #birdsmatter
#greatblueheron
Acorn Woodpecker
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Check out this Canvasback duck! They're one of the biggest diving ducks out there!
#ducks #birds #loogiphotos 🦆
Great Blue Heron spotted creeping around the top of a tree.
Found at the Japanese Camelia Garden in Micke Grove Regional Park
A Kingfisher bringing up a pellet, lovely.....
Everyone posts the glamorous side to this beautiful bird, but not today! 🤣
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