Black Turnstone, Bony's Gulls, Brown Pelicans and an upset Cal Gull round out our Oregon Coast #birding trip today.

We day-tripped to the coast today looking for Common Terns but only saw Caspian. #birding Dipped!

Crow friends on driftwood, Seaside, Oregon #birding

Its kind of late in the year for First of Year birds, but we ventured to the Oregon Coast today and saw our FOY Surfbird. #birding

“Hello?? Is this the party to whom I’m speaking?”

Well, I’m in a pickle now. What to do with this cucumber? Yowser! We try to pick them before they get this big, but this one was hiding. (How do you hide that thing??)

In case anybody is wondering—this is why I’m not #birding. Fixing the rotten porch stairs in back garden. Replaced all treads and risers and sistered up the stringers. I built these stairs 18 years ago and have learned a bit since. Makes me feel old. (Bushtits visiting fountain as I type this👍)

Band-tailed Pigeon with firewatch tower in background. Bohemia Mining District, near Cottage Grove, Oregon #birding

Bombus Vos and Ladybug

Savannah Sparrow, Finley NWR Benton County, Oregon #birding

Quick, three beers! 🪶

We went out #birding tonight but only photographed bugs. We did (finally!) see our FOY Green Heron. But too distant to photograph

I haven’t posted in a while & see I have a bunch of new followers. Welcome and thanks!!! ♥️♥️ Birding has been slow— we’ve had some house projects. Here’s a repost a crested(?) Helmet Shrike from Senegal in January. I’ll post again soon. Upcoming trips planned are Hawaii, Alaska and Argentina. 🪶

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #LifelnTheBalance, celebrating birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. Here's a Giant Kingfisher at the point of no return, seen Senegal last January. I have it on good authority that Alan is keen on Kingfishers...

White-breasted Nuthatch does yoga on the Ponderosa Pine. #birding #Montana

#Montana squirrels are the angriest and loudest squirrels. They were constantly scolding us for being in their habitat.

"Chicago!" California Quail has no self-doubt, nor should he. #Birding #Montana

Excuse the duckage overposting, but I had to share this Mallard chick. It was off on its own with no adult in sight. I'm hoping it found its family. There we sooo many duck chicks about. #birding #Montana

NOSH is the banding code for Northern Shoveler, which would seem to lend itself to some good proboscis jokes. I think a big nose is handsome, especially in waterfowl. #birding #Montana

A plain-looking duck from a distance, a Gadwall's beauty becomes evident as close range. #birding #montana

This is the time of year when you understand why they call Ruddy Ducks "Bluebills." I'm just starting to go through pics from our recent #Montana #birding trip. Stay tuned!

#Birdoftheday theme is #Grayday or #Greyday depending on your English… here’s a nice Oak Titmouse Cheers!

Kelli suggested a Chukar would be a better #RedBeak #BirdoftgeDay, so I will oblige her and share this lipstick partridge.

#RedBeaks is #BirdoftheDay theme. I’ll snatch this pic off my eBird of Heerman’s gulls I saw at Fort Stevens, Clatsop county Oregon in 2025. I call these guys “Lipstick Gulls.” They are klepto-parasitic feeders, stealing food from other gulls and terns.

I’m getting into #BirdoftheDay #Raptors theme late—having #Birded all day in The Bitterroot Mountains of Montana… here’s a favorite photo I took of a bemused Cooper’s Hawk. Cheers!

Help! I'm supposed to be photographing Pipits and Longspurs and these LB-Curlews wont stop giving such a show. Thankfully digital film is cheap! #birding #montana

You know your in Ag Country when even the coffee roaster is a John Deere #Montana The Rising Trout Cafe, Lewistown MT

I’m a one-trick pony. The weather is intermittent and we are going out to look for a couple birds we still need. The sky is amazing here!

I’m counting colors on this Green Jay, and I think it qualifies for #colorful theme for #Bordoftheday #Colourful Seen in Harlingen, Texas. 2019

Last one for tonight, a couple shots of Common Nighthawks in the afternoon, taken today, so hopefully not too late for today's #Birdoftheday theme, #inflight #birding #Montana