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Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birding
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I've seen those! Is it weird to call a plant adorable?
My nectar feeder is just outside my home office window; when the hummingbirds leave it, they climb rapidly up out of my sight so I don't know where they go. Yesterday I was sitting out back and noticed that they frequently perch at the very tip top of our spruce for a wee rest! #birds #Bobsbackyard
Beautiful images!!! 🤩
Just a few? 🤣
Here's a 2nd post of the day, of a Common Loon family at our camp in northern Ontario - dedicated to @aba.org and @birdizlife.bsky.social for their support of my book and providing me an opportunity to write a feature article on birding for wellness. The Common Loon is their bird of the year
Thanks for posting this, Janet! Such a fun watch!
Thank you again! 🙏
Sandhill Cranes going on a walkabout. #birds #birding #sandhillcrane #Algoma #northernOntario
Thank YOU! Much appreciated.
Thanks Becky!
Thanks for the repost, Lori!
Thanks Gwen!
Thanks very much Glen!
I'm so sorry to hear that but am impressed that you still have a sense of humour! Enjoy those ducks while I end up with warbler neck.
I'm humbled and proud to present the feature article that I wrote for @aba.org's Sept issue of Birding mag, in which I describe the joy that birding has given me as a form of wellness in coping with a chronic disease and chronic pain. Many thanks to ABA and in particular to @birdizlife.bsky.social
Cedar Waxwings scarfing down apple blossoms back in May in northern Ontario. Over a span of about four days they completely stripped the tree. #birds #birding #waxwing #cedarwaxwing #Algoma #northernontario
Great footage, Jim!
They even hang out here until early October. Hardy wee birds!
No photo of Loshi today for #caturday, instead posting this meme which amused me, as it is 100% accurate!
It is a great word, isn't it! To be honest I only learned it in the past year or so.
These photos I took back in May show why Chimney Swifts are referred to as "flying cigars!" #birds #birding #ChimneySwift #HamOnt
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Eastern Gray Squirrels come in two morphs, gray or black. Around this area, the black variants seem more common that the gray.
A squirrel splooting its way through the hazy, lazy dog days of summer! #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #squirrel
A Blue Jay doing a little sunbathing in my backyard spruce tree #bluejays #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt #Bobsbackyard
Interesting, thanks!
Thanks!
Poetry in motion. A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering while she has some nectar. Zoom in to check out her tiny feet! #birds! #birding #hummingbird #Ancaster #HamOnt
Nice! Is that what you call a Jenny wren?
Tiny birds with big attitudes and a very, very loud voice!
Yes! Hey, big boy!
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Yesterday I opened my house wren nesting box to clean it out, and was super impressed with the beautiful nest that had been constructed inside it. Here's a shot of one of my backyard Northern House Wrens, and two of its nest. #Bobsbackyard #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt
Lovely!
Thanks! I realize I got very lucky with my first book, and the odds of lightening strike twice are very low!
The expression on the chickadee is priceless!
Love the chickadee's expression! "Well, hello there!"
This is pretty neat. I had captured a cute pose of a chickadee perched on my Metalbird Canada chickadee ornament, and offered it to them for use in their advertising. They took me up on it! #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt
You might have noticed that I used a hashtag #Bobsbackyard. I am just finalizing a coffee table type book of all my backyard birds and about to seek a publisher. Everything from scarlet tanagers, rusty blackbird, evening grosbeaks, redpolls, wild turkeys, Lincoln's sparrow and many more. Very birdy!
Funny you say that - I've had many a day when I was out hiking local conservation area trails, and not seen much. Return home and my backyard is just hopping!
My backyard Indigo Bunting back in May. #birds #birding #indigobunting #Ancaster #HamOnt #Bobsbackyard
Thank you! It sure is.
Thank you very much! 😀
Thank you Gwen!
Thanks! Probably safer to withhold judgement until after having read it! 🤣
Thank you @aba.org and @birdizlife.bsky.social for the opportunity to write an article on my discovery of the health benefits to birding. #Birds and #birding have helped me to cope with my chronic #Lyme illness.
Where abouts are you located? Most likely it is a migrant passing through, which is probably what triggered it as rare.
Fall migration is on, and some warblers have made their way from their boreal forest breeding grounds in northern Ontario and kindly stopped over here in Ancaster before they continue on further south - like this Cape May Warbler #birds #birding #warblers #Ancaster #HamOnt
Cool! Thanks for posting this!
Common Loon family at camp in northern Ontario a couple of week ago. #birds #birding #loon #Algoma #Northernontario
Saw them at Pontiac stadium in April 1977. Hearing Kashmir live.....I peaked too soon!
Poor Zep! Hope it's a full recovery. PS fantastic name. My favourite band.
Thanks very much!
No, not really - they seem to be obligate migrants (hard-wired). Their median departure date from my area at the west end of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario is September 8th.
I know, right? It's so easy to know the exact date they arrive in the spring, but much harder to know when they left - I find the numbers slowly dwindle until there is only one, and then, one morning, none. Refilling the jelly these days is hazardous - have to fight through a horde of wasps!
A labour of love!
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it! Jealous.
Wow! Gorgeous.
Thanks, such beautiful birds!
Florida, Central America, Caribbean, northern South America. Lucky birds get to escape our winter!
It's heartbreaking to think that the Baltimore Orioles will be departing in about two weeks, and won't be back until early May. These flying jewels have had another very successful breeding season, with up to about 10 different individuals visiting my feeders #birds #birding #orioles
Thank you! I appreciate you saying that. I enjoyed it too! I might run another round of warblers in a few weeks - there are 16 more species that I've seen and photographed this year in Ontario. And then maybe sparrows!
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Can't trust electronic voting!
Thanks! We make sure my worlds don't collide - when my partner takes Loshi outside, she has him on a collar and leash.
😅My dad was a high school VP and science teacher, and by mid-August every summer you could see his stress levels rising (school returns after Labour Day)!
For those who celebrate #Caturday, here's Loshi in December 2017, on his first birthday.
And the winner is.......Ovenbird. Thanks everyone for playing along! #birds #birding #warbler #ovenbird
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The winners of the three preliminary rounds were Blackburnian, Ovenbird, and a tie between Cape May and Golden-winged warblers. It's time to choose the champion. Please name your selection in a comment. Thanks everyone who has been playing, it has been a fun and interesting exercise! #birds #warbler
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? 🤣I'm glad I'm running this game and not playing it - I love them all!
Unfortunately there is no edit function on Bluesky, hopefully it will be added someday. In the meantime, not to worry - I'm fluent in typo!
Thanks!
Final warbler cage match, round 3! Please vote your fave in a comment. Cape May, Cerulean, Golden-winged, N. Parula. Thanks to everyone who voted in rounds 1 & 2 - if you missed them, it's not too late to go back and vote in them too. Tomorrow will be the championship round #warbler #birds #birding
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Warbler cage match round two! Please vote your favourite in a comment. Canada, Mourning and Nashville warblers, and Ovenbird. Thanks to everyone who voted in round one yesterday - if you missed it, it's not too late to go back and vote in it too. #warbler #birds #birding
Warbler cage match! For those who want to play, name your fave in the comments. Hopefully enough play to get a clear winner. We'll do the same the next 2 days with 2 more sets of 4, and on Friday pit the 3 winners for a grand champ Black & white, Blackburnian, Black throated Green, Tennessee #birds
Love it! Great capture Mary.
Never a dull minute in #Bobsbackyard - this just happened. Momma Wild Turkey and her poults #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds #birding #wildturkey #turkey
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There's been a lot of Blue Jays shenanigans in my backyard lately - 5 or 6 youngsters coming to the feeders, but then begging to be fed when they are more than capable themselves. I'm not sure, but at times it seems they are begging to each other, not to adults #birds #Ancaster #HamOnt #Bobsbackyard
Thanks!
Kind comments like yours make this all worthwhile!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you. Rafting in Haines would be magical, you probably saw dozens of them!
A few days ago I posted a close up photo of this bald eagle. Here it is in all its glory, along with two shots of a nest on the shoreline by camp. #birds #Birding #Algoma #NorthernOntario #eagle #Baldeagle
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In my next life, I want to come back as a cat and live like Loshi does! Happy #Caturday!
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At camp last week, I watched this Yellow-rumped Warbler drop rapidly to the ground, and snag a juicy green caterpillar. He then proceeded to tenderize it by bashing it against the log he's on, before eating it. #birds #birding #Algoma #NorthernOntario #warbler
So very cool!
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I love this! Please keep updating us! 🙏
Thanks Glen!
