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A 🪶Common Ringed Plover, a rarity in the US, puts his #BestFootForward on the mudflats of #MissisquoiNWR
#BirdOfTheDay

August 9, 2026 at 5:58 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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As demonstrated by this 🪶Semipalmated Sandpiper, it’s a matter of survival for shorebirds to keep a periodic eye to the sky for falcon predators. #BirdOfTheDay #OverTheRainbow #VermontBirds #MissisquoiNWR

August 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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It takes lots and lots of maintenance for a 🪶White Pelican to keep looking so spiffy.
#BirdOfTheDay #Preeners&Scratchers
#VermontBirds
#MissisquoiNWR

June 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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A bit of springtime romance from the male 🪶Wild Turkey. He gave it his all, but she didn’t seem interested. #BirdOfTheDay #Grassland #VermontBirds #MissisquoiNWR

May 21, 2026 at 8:47 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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This rare to Vermont
🪶American White Pelican flew right over my head in 2023.
#BirdOfTheDay #LargeBirdsInFlight
#VermontBirds
#MissisquoiNWR

April 2, 2026 at 8:46 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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A 🪶Dunlin searches for breakfast on the widening mudflats during a stop in its southward migration.
#BirdOfTheDay
#LandMeetsWater
#VermontBirds
#MissisquoiNWR

March 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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🪶Hudsonian Godwits are occasional visitors to Vermont on their southward migration and one usually finds them #StandingInWater feeding.
#BirdOfTheDay
#MissisquoiNWR

March 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

@birdrgirl.bsky.social

Back in 2020, this 🪶Common Ringed Plover somehow found its way across the pond and into Vermont to delight the birders who were diligent and patient enough to pick it out amongst all the migrating Semipalmated Plovers.
#BirdOfTheDay #SteppingOut #MissisquoiNWR #VermontBirds

March 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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Stick Season reflection
#MissisquoiNWR
#ForestFriday
#ProtectOurPublicLands

Bare trees and branches are mirrored in reflection on the still water of the Black Creek. Small pockets of snow are seen on the ground. White puffy clouds fill the blue sky.

December 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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This particular 🪶Wilson’s Snipe is well known for perching on the electrical wires in front of the #MissisquoiNWR Visitor Center. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire
#VermontBirds

November 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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#Fighting???
Nope! These lovely 🪶Blue-winged Teal were only participating in some friendly springtime copulation.
#VermontBirds
#BirdOfTheDay #MissisquoiNWR

November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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This migrating 🪶Sanderling seems to be in a tug-of-war with its #lunchtime meal. #BirdOfTheDay #VermontBirds
#MissisquoiNWR

November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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Back in 2019, this 🪶White Pelican showed up and spent some time with the gulls at the #MissisquoiNWR. It was a treat to get to paddle out to the delta to see it multiple times. #BirdOfTheDay #FlyDay
#flying
#VermontBirds

October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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This 🪶Great Egret at the #MissisquoiNWR is today’s #BirdOfTheDay since it’s beautifully plumaged in #White.
#VermontBirds

A Great Egret, a large beautifully plumaged white bird with a long yellow beak and long black legs, stands on a log in the middle of the water at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM

Birdrgirl🦉❌👑

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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is any bird in #ClassicMono. This 🪶Red-necked Phalarope and its buddies were foraging in the shallows of #LakeChamplain at the #MissisquoiNWR during their fall migration a few years back.
#VermontBirds