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A yellow warbler playing peekaboo.
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A yellow warbler clinging to a cattail seed head.
June 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A nice mallard couple playing in the surf.
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Two mallards swimming in Lake Superior.
April 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Every birdy was kung-fu fighting...
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February 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Eagle-1, you have permission for takeoff.
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A bald eagle just taking off from its nest.
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Mergansers are always silly.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Either this is a hooded merganser, or Don King has been reincarnated.
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A hooded merganser swimming in Lake Superior
May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Starting off the new year with a bang.
#eagle #birds #canada #elbowsup #ontario #thunderbay #missionmarsh
Two bald eagles sitting on a branch, with one of them looking at the camera and the other in profile.
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
chris--riley.bsky.social
It may be a hooded merganser instead of a Norwegian blue, but it still has beautiful plumage.
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A male hooded merganser swimming between ice sheets just off a rocky shore on Lake Superior
April 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A young bald eagle glaring at everyone from his tree.
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A juvenile bald eagle perched in the top of a spruce tree
April 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
chris--riley.bsky.social
For today's viewing pleasure, I give to you, a Brown Headed Cowbird (cow sold separately)
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A brown headed cowbird sitting in a conifer.
March 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Took my camera on a whim yesterday (It's still winter here) and I'm glad I did. Saw this right in the parking lot.
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A bald eagle in profile, sitting in a poplar.
April 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
The Goldeneyes are returning.
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Two goldeneye ducks, one male and one female, swimming in the water between ice floes on lake Superior
March 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
I wonder what happened to the dinosaurs...
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January 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A great blue heron grabbing a snack before dinner
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A great blue heron, knee deep in lake superior, with a minnow in its beak.
March 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A snow bunting stopping for a break on the way south.
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A snow bunting sitting on a dirty white rock, looking over its shoulder at the camera.
March 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A belted kingfisher showing off it's belt.
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A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch.
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
The kingfisher has returned. Let's see if he'll pose for me as well as he did last year.
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A belted kingfisher sitting on a branch, showing off his faux-hawk.
May 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Tree swallow, checking the wings before takeoff.
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January 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A Great Blue Heron posing for the camera.
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A great blue heron standing in some water just off shore, beside a large rock.
February 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
When I took this shot, I just saw a duck on a rock. It wasn't until I got it home that I saw what was being watched over.

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December 31, 2024 at 3:18 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A Goldeneye sitting on a rock.
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January 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A tree swallow returning home after work to be met by their spouse at the front door.
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A tree swallow in flight just in front of a nesting box with another tree swallow poking its head out the entrance hole.
March 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
Romance isn't dead.
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A cedar waxwing feeds a berry to another waxwing while they both sit on the same branch.
February 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
A Lesser yellowlegs teaching the kids how to forage for food.
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January 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
chris--riley.bsky.social
I love it when they show off for me.

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January 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM