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A couple winter cardinals from a couple months ago.

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Redpoll

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Cooper's Hawk
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Ruby-throated hummingbird

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The sparrows have finished building, and populating, their nest. Momma sparrow has been busy feeding the nestlings. Papa sparrow even got in on the feeding action.

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We've been enjoying watching this sparrow couple build a nest in this moss birdhouse. Quite the builders, they've stuffed it with twigs and grass. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #birds #backyardbirding #sparrow

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A little blurry, but excited to capture my first photo of a Baltimore Oriole. Have been putting food out for a couple weeks and finally had a visitor today. Hope he comes back for more! #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #birds #oriole

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Male house finch hanging out on the smoke bush. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birds #backyardbirding #housefinch

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I've always taken our robins for granted. I enjoy seeing photos of their European brethren, but have only recently had a newfound appreciation of our local robins. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #Robins

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Dark-eyed Junco

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red-breasted nuthatch hanging out on a pruned branch. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography

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This Cooper's Hawk has been hanging out the backyard a lot more recently. You know he's arrived when the birds in the yard go scattering. Photo from a few weeks ago, before the snow. #TwitterNatureCommunity #birdphotography #birds

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The juncos have been loving the snow. #birds #birdphotography #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Haven't seen much of the blue jays this winter, so was happy to see this fella. He made his presence known, in typical noisy fashion. #birds #birdphotography #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Male house finch getting a drink. #birds #birdphotography #TwitterNatureCommunity

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Male northern cardinal #birds #birdphotography

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I've decided to start posting photos of birds from my back yard. My wife and I have become bird nerds these past few months and I've enjoyed photographing them.

Here's our most prolific visitor from this past summer, the goldfinch. Photo is from June.

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[Verity Milligan @VerityMilligan]

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Fell a little in love with this tree in Sutton Park. It looked as if it was reaching out into the morning light with a magical, autumnal quality. #birmingham #autumn

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

What part of “this is the greatest skyline in America” don’t you understand? Panorama view of Friday’s spectacular Chicago sunrise. Click photo see whole image. #sunrise #weather #news #ilwx #chicago