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05-01-2013, 02:27 AM
Lots of birds today!
Okay, a few. A few birds today.
Common ones.
Shut up.
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Spoiler![[Image: yellowcap_zps5666499a.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/yellowcap_zps5666499a.jpeg)
First up is a golden-crowned sparrow. He was very wary of me through the whole shoot.
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SpoilerThen there's an evening grosbeak!
![[Image: grosbeak_zpscee794ab.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/grosbeak_zpscee794ab.jpeg)
"Quit takin' pictures of me."
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Spoiler![[Image: groserbeak_zps7b5623ae.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/groserbeak_zps7b5623ae.jpeg)
"I mean it. Get outta here!"
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Spoiler![[Image: grosestbeak_zps208b0bc0.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/grosestbeak_zps208b0bc0.jpeg)
"... Fuckin' kids."
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Spoiler![[Image: finchparty_zpsbadce075.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/finchparty_zpsbadce075.jpeg)
American finch party! This gaudy fellow gets alllll (both) the fine ladies.
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Spoiler![[Image: finchpartytwoelectricboogaloo_zps8eb1c0a2.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/finchpartytwoelectricboogaloo_zps8eb1c0a2.jpeg)
These juvenile males on the other hand are finding the club a disappointing cloacafest.
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Spoiler![[Image: starling_zps93ccb375.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/starling_zps93ccb375.jpeg)
Just a starling, but I thought it was a funny picture.
Where's the face certificate, Obirda?
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Spoiler![[Image: grosbeaks_zps8b4a4877.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/grosbeaks_zps8b4a4877.jpeg)
Get out of here, Cassin's finch! This is
grosbeak territory.
Interesting to note: evening grosbeaks show strong sexual dimorphism, so all of the ones I saw today were male. This is unusual, since they usually travel everywhere in mated male-female pairs. Has society's decay brought us so low that even the birds are living in sin? Write your congressman today.
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SpoilerBut enough of that. I've long felt that this thread is too exclusionary. Why only focus on
half the story? This thread has plenty of birds, so now it needs some...
![[Image: beehive_zps17bf1472.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/beehive_zps17bf1472.jpeg)
Bees!
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Beeees!
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Spoiler![[Image: beeondandelion_zps63f70356.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/beeondandelion_zps63f70356.jpeg)
Bees covered in pollen!
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Spoiler![[Image: beeonwisteria_zps7ecc7a26.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/beeonwisteria_zps7ecc7a26.jpeg)
Bees may not be the wisteria's preferred pollinator, but that just means they have to work harder.
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Spoiler![[Image: upsidedownbee_zpse9afef35.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/upsidedownbee_zpse9afef35.jpeg)
Go home, bee, you're drunk.
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Spoiler![[Image: yesthisisabee_zps22fdbc47.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/yesthisisabee_zps22fdbc47.jpeg)
This is a yellow-and-black bug on a flower, so it's a bee. QEB.
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SpoilerSpeaking of, here's the wisteria that appears in a couple of these pictures.
![[Image: wisteria_zpsa57a335e.jpeg]](https://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/CeramicOrange/wisteria_zpsa57a335e.jpeg)
It's a pretty reasonable plant.
