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Declan Troy@troydeclan.bsky.social |
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Alaska based biologist and photographer.
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Another beast named Spix inspired me to look up who was Spix. Johann Baptist von Spix was a german biologist who led an expedition to Brazil in 1817.
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How do you tell them where to chomp?
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A Bluethroat doing an aerial display. You never know what will come out of their mouth as they are accomplished mimics. Nome #Alaska
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thanks, it was nice to be looking down on it
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Looking down on a Bald Eagle as it patrolled the Alaska coastline for leftover salmon harvested by brown bears at the. McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, #Alaska
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It took me quite some time to get to one of the special places, everything seems to happen at the same time, but once I made it I couldn't get enough.
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According to the metadata the focus point was about 30m away. That's a particularly good place for bears, that trip we peaked at almost 60 bears in view at once!
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Let's see your Silhouette Pics! Brown bears loitering outside my campsite as darkness approaches. McNeil State Bear Sanctuary #Alaska 🦊
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Those yellow legs would suggest lesser black-backed gull.
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If you see this, quote reply with something wintery from your portfolio! Alone in a snowy landscape. Sitka deer concentrate near the shore in coastal #Alaska when deep snow makes movement and foraging difficult in the forests. They often forage on kelp in the intertidal during winter. 🦊
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White-capped (Shy) Albatross, the 5th new albatross for me from my South Atlantic expedition this spring. At sea, west of South Africa. 🪶🦑
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Dr Hoo, eh?
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Great-winged Petrel, another new seabird for me from my South Atlantic excursion earlier this year. At sea, southeast of Tristan da Cunha 🪶🦑
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A wild rose with an introduced pollinator. Anchorage #Alaska #PollinatorWeek 🌿
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Spectacled Petrel cruising the South Atlantic west of Cape Town. One of the more distinctive looking petrels. 🪶🦑
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love that hanging foot
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You're our resident videographer. I trust you are up to the challenge 📽️
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Tree Swallow, notice the feather tufts in front of the eyes. Presumably to keep bugs and such from damaging the eyes. I'd like to see some slow-mo video to see how these operate in flight so that the birds can see where they are going! Anchorage #Alaska #Birds
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Interesting. I remember cedar waxwings as being extremely late nesters (like August). Obviously in your area they get down to business much earlier.
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Floofed yes. Chaotic, well this Willow Ptarmigan thinks every feather is exactly where it wants it. Chugach State Park #Alaska
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All it needs is the elusive green flash
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No mow May ends and the lawn mower comes out in a flash. Good thing the fledglings stood up (barely) for their friends the bees.🐝
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They are most (?) places and a new one for me but locally they were very numerous.
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Never, you don't miss a thing!
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Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross cruising the South Atlantic off Tristan da Cunha. 🪶🦑
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4!!!!!!
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Great Shearwater cruising the South Atlantic over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. 🪶🦑
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Blackburnian seems to describe the bird even if it is named after a person (who had nothing to do with the bird).
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Sunrise in the South Atlantic near the Mid-Atlantic Rift. Red sky in the morning..... 🦑
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WHen it gets too hot in the tropics sometimes a helpful butterfly ( Mimosa Yellow, Pyrisitia nise) will come to the aid of a turtle (Yellow-headed Sideneck, Podocnemis unifilis) to act as an umbrella. Madre de Dios #Peru #WorldTurtleDay 🐢
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Toes? Wattled Jacana has toes to spare. They ain't called lily-trotters for nothing. #Peru #ToeTuesday 🪶
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Here's a bridge we came to near Balsas #Peru. It had washed out and was under repair but the work crew put some wooden planks over the worst of it and our driver inched his way over. Birding adventures!
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I don't think that's a burrowing owl 🧐
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Now you have more time to look for bird, bugs, and bogs.
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A nice splash of color amongst the tussacs
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We've got birds on fencposts. Here's a Long-tailed Meadowlark looking a bit fancier than its northern relatives. Falkland Islands
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Solid cloud cover here too and there is a very narrow window where it would be dark enough even if it were clear. Gonna miss this one.
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On good tides near Anchorage so much water comes in that it forms a "tidal wave." This bore tide was last month but conditions are once gain getting right for a few days. Girdwood #Alaska
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King Penguins with some Oakum Boys (the chicks) mixed in. From a brief stop last month on South Georgia 🪶🦑
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We have short-bills back (but we have a different short-bill than you get) but no long-bills yet.
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Yup to dowitchers. I'd want a better look to tell which one (but I lean to long-bills)
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I can't assess if there is a pair but you certainly have eastern phoebes.
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Drop something #yellow from your gallery! The Yellow-tailed Oriole, found in central and South America #Peru 🪶
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Red foxes were meant to been seen in snow, really makes them stand out.
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A pair of Flightless Steamer-Ducks. The last time I passed through Tierra del Fuego I had only poor looks at Steamer-Ducks and couldn't tell if they were Flightless or Flying. Much better looks this time and all I could identify were Flightless.
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South American Terns, along with recently fledged young, were gathering in large groups along the Beagle Channel #Argentina More to come as there were still many chiks yet to take wing in some colonies. 🪶🦑
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If you like skuas you'll love (or hate) the Southern Ocean. Several species, the exact number is always in flux, but identification can be a challenge. This one, the Chilean Skua is pretty easy. Tierra del Fuego #Argentina 🪶🦑
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I don't know why the image isn't showing but here it is again....
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Screamers are related to ducks and this Southern Screamer wanted me to have little doubt by showing off its swimming skills. Most times I've encountered screamers they have been on land or in trees. Buenos Aires #Argentina 🪶
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Tired of having only one kind of mockingbird to watch/hear (1 is more than I usually have)? Well head south where there is more diversity. This is the Chalk-browed Mockingbird which I saw many of during a recent passage through Buenos Aires #Argentina 🪶
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