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Janet Hill

@saskajanet.bsky.social

Welcome to the prairies! In my day job I'm a microbiology prof in Saskatoon @hilllabsask.bsky.social, and weekends are for the birds (literally). πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Citizen scientist. Volunteer for birds. Photos by me.

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You’re going to see so many amazing birds

06.12.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! Those birds always impress

06.12.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

06.12.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks 😊. Chickadees rock

06.12.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love these birds

06.12.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Your art is amazing. You are awesome. You’ve got this

06.12.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Show! Yay! Enjoy ❀️

06.12.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œmaybe he’ll just go away if we don’t make eye contact"

06.12.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Or perhaps, not so surprisingly?

06.12.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

06.12.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, errr, sunflower seed guy

06.12.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They are unstoppable

06.12.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was torn between, β€œOh, cute!” and "DUDE NOT SO CLOSE!!"

06.12.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ Awkward

06.12.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right? It’s like a cotton ball on thoothpicks

06.12.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool. I hope those little blue super-heroes are having a fun winter down south

06.12.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks 😁

06.12.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It should be illegal how cute they are. I mean, srsly, how is that OK?

06.12.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I’d pushed the button, but everyone was very surprised in the moment πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

06.12.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

RIGHT NOW

(Every coat I own has sunflower seeds in the pockets)

06.12.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same. Looking at you, Red-bellied Woodpecker 🀨

06.12.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic freeze-frame. Wowzers

06.12.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A close up of a Cooper’s hawk in a tree glaring at the camera. The bird’s nictitating eyelids are closed and give the eyes a gray spooky look.

A close up of a Cooper’s hawk in a tree glaring at the camera. The bird’s nictitating eyelids are closed and give the eyes a gray spooky look.

Definitely a fun theme
#LastPhotoTaken

06.12.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ That’s perfect

06.12.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I forget how different things are down there πŸ˜‚

06.12.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s great! Red-breasted is more common in my yard, too so seeing the other one is always exciting

06.12.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wormmmmmssss πŸ˜‹

06.12.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🧐🧐🧐 I see it!

06.12.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah, nuthatch

06.12.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

06.12.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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