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Author: Nicolas Demers

A Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon subspecies) is sitting on a branch of a bare tree. It is very floofed out, and surrounded by long brown seed pods. There are a few little brown seeds on its beak

1 January 2026

Year 9: Hug Your Darlings

Rarities and commoners, tender moments and hungry moments

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Closeup of a pigeon's head and upper chest. The body is facing me, but the head is turned camera right. It is very floofed out

6 December 2025

Red-hot robins and poofy pigeons

The whole gamut

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An American Bittern in "compact" mode (neck fully retracted) standing around and glaring at the world. It is surrounded by brown grasses and reeds

29 November 2025

Fast and flashy vs. slow and discreet

It takes all kinds

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A pond surrounded by brown reeds in golden hour, under pretty, wispy clouds

15 November 2025

A brief spot of golden hour

I think the heron liked it

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Two Bald Eagles on a fallen tree, off in the distance

8 November 2025

Seeds, needles, and faraway eagles

And weird ducks!

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A Chestnut-backed Chickadee is hanging on to a vertical twig

26 October 2025

Walking around two little lakes

Mundane little guys and a rare little guy

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Front of the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary 2026 calendar, showing a male Cinnamon Teal

13 October 2025

I’m just here for my calendar

Oh and there are birds too I guess

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A Dark-eyed Junco on a wooden fence, with a bunch of little seeds in front of it

7 October 2025

Reifel on a Tuesday

Just because?

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A female American Bushtit in a bush, facing me, looking camera right

5 October 2025

A bushtit’s many angles

All directions adorable

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Coquitlam River, in low somewhat golden light light, and some wispy clouds reflected in the still water

4 October 2025

Splashy ducks and golden light

Vignettes of a river

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A California Scrub-Jay -- a beautiful bird with blue head, greyish cheeks and back, blue wings, white throat, white "eyebrows" and white belly

27 September 2025

The blue vagrant

The parking lots not taken

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A view of the north jetty under a cloudy sky

21 September 2025

Out on the jetty

Frogs and snails and two-toned starlings

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