Sunday, February 7, 2021

Winter beatuies

The appropriately named Harlequin Duck:

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It's one of most striking and distinctly patterned birds out there:
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Even their backs are beautiful!
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This crazy-hair dude is a Red-Breasted Merganser:
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You see the energy that goes into a duck dive:
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Mute swans: common, even invasive, but so graceful:
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Great Blue Heron keeping a lookout
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Savannah Sparrow:
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One of the weirdest beaks out there: White-Winged Crossbill:
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Their beaks are special-made for extracting seeds from pine cones:
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A cute Barn Owl peeking out of her home:
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A young Red-Tailed Hawk (when they are young, their tails are gray):
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A confiding Bufflehead:
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