Consider

A White-breasted Nuthatch seems to consider the best way to help itself to this suet block.

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Dives

A White-breasted Nuthatch lets go and dives toward a bird feeder.

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Watchful

A House Sparrow keeps a watchful eye on me as it cracks open a sunflower seed.

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Poke

Two House Sparrows poke among landscape rocks for sunflower seeds.

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Gleaned

The goldfinches have gleaned many of the seeds out of this sunflower head in our front yard.

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Difficult

What I think is a juvenile American Bittern has been a difficult bird to capture, all summer long. I waited it out and finally photographed him waiting for small fish, or a frog, to wander close enough to be snatched up. It was a difficult shot – up-sun, with colours, glare, and a fence between us. I decided to take the shot, might get nothing better.

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Peek

I got a good peek at an American Goldfinch visiting the nyger feeder.

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Wheeling

When a thunderstorm approached recently, a number of Turkey Vultures took advantage of the gusty winds, soaring, wheeling, and skating across the sky. I derived a good deal of pleasure watching them.

If a Turkey Vulture can feel something like the human emotion of pleasure, each one must have felt it.

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Insignificant

Large as they are, Turkey Vultures become insignificant motes when set against the background of All Things.

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Watched

This Red-winged Blackbird closely watched me to ensure I did not approach too closely.

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