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Bjorkqvist's avatar

Six crows at sunrise here in central Arkansas.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Great. I suspect crows are more common where you are.

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Maria Race's avatar

Northern Cardinal in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Outstanding!

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Elise's avatar

An American crow fly-by as I pulled up the shade this morning, Michigan

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Wonderful!

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Anne Houle's avatar

Red Tailed Hawk in a suburb of Chicago.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Great way to start the year!

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Jenny's avatar

Carolina chickadee, Virginia ☺️

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Nice one!

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Bob Faber's avatar

A bright white bluejay in Hiram, Ohio.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Well that is an unusual Blue Jay!

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Bob Faber's avatar

I enjoyed your comments about juncos and the Holden Arboretum. I grew up in Chicago and ended up living next to the Arb.

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Robin B Mason's avatar

Blue jay

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Wonderful!

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Robert Provost's avatar

Tufted Titmouse outside of Boston!

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Excellent! A hard bird to come by in my area.

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Allison Sloan's avatar

Red bellied woodpecker heard in suburban northwest Arkansas. (Pileated seen on forested trail two days ago.)

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

That’s a great first bird!

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Deborah Deatrick's avatar

A whole flock of bluebirds asking for the their daily mealworm ration in Cumberland, Maine.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

How fantastic!

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Sarah Miller's avatar

24 house sparrows, more than usual, on my feeders

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

We have had some big groups of 20-plus lately.

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Beth Gabriel's avatar

Male Northern Cardinal!

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Nice! I heard one singing this morning, which is verrry early in the year for that.

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CherylK's avatar

An Anna's hummingbird at our feeder.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Nice one! No hummingbirds here.

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Jeanie Ransom's avatar

Glanced out my window and saw two large American crows, enjoying some suet that had fallen out of the feeder. I was surprised to see them in my suburban St. Louis backyard, but also delighted!

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

A New Year surprise!

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Heather Kohser's avatar

Black Capped Chickadee! By NY’s Day end we had a Cooper’s Hawk miss it’s meal at our feeder and then sit on our phone wire, then dived into a bush after Sparrows - missed again. ✨

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Eventful!

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Gina Leigh Wammock's avatar

I heard (but didn’t see) a golden-crowned kinglet in Pisgah National Forest here in NC!

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Nice way to start the day, Gina!

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Pam Karlson's avatar

Female Cardinal ... followed by male Cardinal outside our front picture window this morn!

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Great, thanks for sharing Pam!

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Anthony's avatar

I saw a bald eagle today.

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Amazing New Year’s Day bird!

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Anthony's avatar

Indeed! I saw it while I was driving to Chicago.

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Jim Fuerstenberg's avatar

we saw 9 crows in a neighbor's tree

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Great!

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Kim Harrod's avatar

A feeder potpourri of Northern Cardinal (male), house finch (male), and house sparrows, with a crowd of dark-eyed juncos and mourning doves underneath eating the leftovers! Suburban Chicago-style :)

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Bob Dolgan's avatar

Sounds familiar - the doves and juncos do the same here!

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