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Snowy egret wading in the marsh waiting for breakfast to pop up thru the culvert running under the road between the river & marsh. #Waders And I can't get enough of my #BackyardBirds - usually #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️, but this is from my cam feeder. #GardenBirds ID in #AltText #BirdOfTheDay
📸 Snowy egret: Egretta thula A small white bird with long legs and beak stands patiently over a boil caused by the incoming tide rushing through a culvert underneath a road between the river and marsh waiting for an unsuspecting breakfast item to be delivered to him. Smart bird. 📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus A brightly colored male house finch , with his red head and neck in full color, perches on the cam feeder with a sunflower seed in his mouth.
October 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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A common yellowthroat appeared in our yard today. That's a first for our yard ... and for hubby. Happy #Lifer to him. 🪶 #BackyardBirds #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️

📸 Common yellowthroat: Geothlypis trichas
An olive bird with just a peek at her yellow throat, facing right, stands on top of our black garden hose and picks through our backyard grass from above for bugs. An olive bird with a great view of her yellow throat perches in our camellia bush trying to avoid the rain.
October 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Bluebird parent feeding a juvie on one of our live oak branches in the back yard. 🪶 #BackyardBirds #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️

📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis
A juvie bluebird (on the left) chows down on some food its parent (on the right) just gave it. The birds are sitting on a moss-covered live oak branch.
August 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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They've moved on to the collection of feeders hanging from shepherd's hooks. There's a much shorter distance between the top of the hook & the cup feeder loaded with dried mealworms. The parent is probably grateful. 😂 🪶
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📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis
A parent bluebird (on the right) feeds a juvie (on the left) while they're both perched at the top of a shepherd's hook.
August 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Wait. What? I'm a real photographer with this cropped (& also one & only) photo of a kingfisher I snapped a couple of years ago?

Hey, I'm a real photographer! Welp, maybe. 😂

But seriously, I'm an amateur - and am more likely to be taking pictures #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️ of my #BackyardBirds
A female belted kingfisher is perched in a leafless tree covered in gray lichen and facing the camera, looking to the right. You can tell it's a female because of the rust colored strip across the white underbody. Kingfishers have large blue heads, long beaks, and blue bodies and wings and are notoriously difficult to photograph.
July 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Robin confab around the water cooler this morning - just out of range for my camera. There's so much berry poop on our sidewalk.🪶 #BackyardBirds #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️

📸American robin: Turdus migratorius
3 robins gather for a sip of water out of the birdbath this morning. Two birds are facing the camera - one on the left and one on the right. The bird in the center has its back to the camera but its head is turned to the left. All 3 are perched on the edge of the green birdbath.
February 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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#Bloomscrolling #ThroughMyDirtyKitchenWindow™️

The sun is finally out after too many rainy days and my camellia buds are all opening to celebrate.

📸 Camellia sasanqua
A tall flowering bush with dark green leaves and numerous dark pink flowers with yellow centers in various stages of blooming. A bright pink flower with a yellow center blooming on a tall bush with dark green leaves.
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM