Difficult

Tracking the Turkey Vultures on as they wheeled and soared on this windy day was difficult. I was fortunate to capture this image.

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Heralding

Heralding the arrival of a new day, the approach of autumn, and the approach of migration, a flock of Canada Geese flies across my field of view.

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Hunts

A Northern Cardinal hunts for tidbits.

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Not a Turkey Vulture

As one Turkey Vulture glides overhead, another banks vertically.

What was going on? Aggression? Play? Collision avoidance? For the hell of it? Impossible for me to say; my attention was on the viewfinder. More importantly I’m not a Turkey Vulture.

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Welcome

The first major flight of Turkey Vultures is a most welcome sign that spring is here.

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Bird bath

Despite a day of freezing rain, sleet, and rain, four bathing Pine Siskins are joined by an American Goldfinch.

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Forage

House Sparrows forage in a cedar bush.

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Dives

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

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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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