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The egret was hunting and had no time for photo-ops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6a15fdfb-45c3-4ba2-8e71-3bbc9d2f6d48/pevensey.JPEG podcast & blog - The Ragged Edge of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/8f2d9a8b-473a-4657-9546-bd1e89386a52/robin.JPG podcast & blog - The Ragged Edge of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6e1cdb91-1027-405e-b896-757507397e24/goose.JPG podcast & blog - The Ragged Edge of England - Make it stand out Pevensey Castle has existed in one iteration or another since the 200s. Romans, Britons, and Normans used it for defence, as did British soldiers in WWII. It was there I saw a European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and an Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca). http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2025/1/2/new-year-new-birds monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6aee22d4-f574-42b9-b943-fb39e7cef448/distant.JPG podcast & blog - New Year... New Birds - Make it stand out The point from a distance, with two birders standing by the Fred Bodsworth bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/cf1cd4c2-5991-43ec-aa2b-e2aaf21b1d4e/Whimbrel1.JPG podcast & blog - New Year... New Birds - Make it stand out Early morning at the point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a6ffcdac-c7aa-4673-aa64-83867625193b/directions.JPG podcast & blog - New Year... 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If you so desire. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/10/6/the-centrality-of-the-park monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/9811fefb-1c86-40a5-9bed-032175db462a/park.jpg podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out In the center of Central Park is The Ramble. image courtesy CentralPark.org — all other images, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3114f8d2-791c-46a6-a5d2-3c40de9059be/IMG_2008.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out A female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), rambling last April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4a0d1c0e-ca6b-44bd-8830-bfdbea80fc16/IMG_6100.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) in Etobicoke after six months in the north… ready for a winter down south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/722df02b-d31a-4560-83c5-9030fc4d6027/IMG_2002.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out Same (?) bird in Central Park, taking a long last look south before flying north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/126a913a-d40d-44c4-8f5d-827eb0a1dbee/IMG_6117.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out A Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) hiding in Etobicoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b21776f0-92c6-4e3e-99c6-dc8376bca9a6/king.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out The Ruby-crowned’s Golden-crowned cousin (Regulus satrapa) in Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/20ba1f27-2859-4654-b76e-f32cf8936d25/IMG_6163.JPG podcast & blog - The Centrality of the Park - Make it stand out A Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) in Etobicoke, making plans for Cuba and points south. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/8/30/pretty-bird-as-formidable-touchstone monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/448557c2-43d7-47de-acdb-2dffe33d4276/finch3_2024.JPG podcast & blog - Pretty Bird as Formidable Touchstone - Make it stand out An American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) on the shore of Lake Ontario, July 2024. 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A gorgeous Osprey photographed in Florida in 2017, from Cornell’s All About Birds website. © Kris Perlberg/Macaulay Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/8c1f9c84-b322-4639-9446-c235247a2bb3/kraken.jpg podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e7261803-5df4-4ed5-a19d-645eaaad83cf/2ddad9594cecf08e3d91f6c4994b813c.jpg podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b81c2219-9f7c-4f2b-8428-915f74263662/Seattle-Mariners-Symbol.png podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ffb9bff9-d49a-49bb-a9bc-a71776678332/18197326.jpg podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Lots of beautiful aquas and greens in Seattle sports logos, though that didn't stop the red 2017 Toronto Football Club from winning the MLS Cup in a freezing cold final against them. I attended that championship match with my soccer buddies. Sylvia Hotel image courtesy Vancouver's iconic hotel. Soccer image courtesy Sportsnet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/432a6401-6bfe-40c3-8496-d7bda3a3eb63/b5012a12-6c5d-4f42-adaf-dd524b704439.jpg podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out The Raven and the First Men, by Bill Reid, at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology. © Leszek Wrona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e0ac0bd4-4d74-4a6f-b4e6-570e5f2bfef9/nest.JPG podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/be65f651-2d91-4f2b-937d-1005180b2451/takeoff.JPG podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d6905a6f-674d-4c49-8ba9-29d26f3cf8c5/flight.JPG podcast & blog - Go Ospreys Go! - Make it stand out My feeble attempts to capture the majesty of the Osprey, here in Northern Ontario. I’d be proud to cheer for such a mascot. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/7/30/recently-read monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/85d6549a-dfa1-4207-9ff5-5825d8c23202/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-26+at+10.33.48_021b336e.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out A couple of paperbacks from the ‘light touch’ era of cover design. All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted are © John Degen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0ee7effa-d849-4a8b-b0bd-fdd7f123afa9/DSC02437.JPG podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out March 2017, before Big Ben underwent the extensive cleaning and repair that saw the tower scaffolded for several years, and just days before the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack that killed 4 and injured 50. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/78b26523-9513-47e4-badb-81bd7953dda0/IMG_4975.JPG podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out Old man returns to last place he saw his youth. Sadly, it was no longer there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/df84a266-cd3e-44f6-b449-33e4a365dc70/Duff2.JPG podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out May I recommend this wonderful novel by Maureen Duffy for a sense of London in those long-ago days? Best read over a pint or two at the pub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1722358698951-IZVTAKTG7AH7F54SQ3CQ/DSC02507.JPG podcast & blog - Recently Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1722358701609-07XWUJLS1B0XIVW5Z7O2/londoners.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4fb54cfb-07cd-4e1f-9898-bb3b6ce780f1/225.JPG podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out Why are these people walking past a bookstore? I don’t understand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1722358806979-8FHZS5ZZ0GIOHK9DLOGM/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-26+at+11.43.44_aa5d4da9.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1722358813794-75M6VWVLO4V52K495J85/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-26+at+11.43.43_a2751f64.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1722358820567-PF88783OI0O0ZFOEHXLX/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-26+at+11.43.43_1c55183a.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d633655b-0b26-4538-a5c8-d0560059b806/Beryl.jpg podcast & blog - Recently Read - Make it stand out Author (and trenchant columnist), Beryl Bainbridge. © Jane Bown, 1981 http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/7/19/where-is-this-grid-you-speak-of monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/fadf6125-e324-45ce-a314-ac082bf2b28a/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-18+at+16.03.31_c7986961.jpg podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out A black bear (Ursus americanus) comes a bit too close for comfort. I was in the car, shooting photos through a lowered window, and this is with a long lens… but these creatures move a LOT faster than you think they might. All photos in this posting, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/568faaf8-91b6-46c4-b2a9-71338ad58163/green+warb.JPG podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out Okay, I did manage this shot of a Black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens) that was using my campsite for nest-material gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/846838d0-7d3f-496a-82c1-202237693600/WhatsApp+Image+2024-07-18+at+16.03.31_c82c5673.jpg podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out Camp coffee, books, and birdsong. Heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/9d3ab4c3-b37e-4896-a803-674c8c4d88d1/woman.JPG podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out Old Woman Bay on Lake Superior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/258adfd5-cb84-4f24-87fb-7ff743ee914b/wawa.jpg podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out High Falls of the Magpie River at Wawa, Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f72ec73d-9004-46e0-866b-5aff2b951b2e/Harris.jpg podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out North Shore, Lake Superior — a 2024 photo by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/48d770a9-ebb3-4b55-ae11-3dfb84d957cb/Lawren-Harris-North-Shore-Lake-Superior-1926.-Oil-on-canvas-40-14-x-50-18-in.-102.2-x-127.3-cm.-National-Gallery-of-.jpg podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out And... North Shore, Lake Superior, a 1926 painting by Lawren Harris. (Oil on canvas 40 1/4 x 50 1/8 in. (102.2 x 127.3 cm). National Gallery of Canada; Purchased 1930. ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. Photo ©NGC. Photo by Pauline Adamek.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0f3ef6dd-eb58-4236-a1c6-70b02b94509a/takeoff.JPG podcast & blog - Where is this grid you speak of? - Make it stand out A Garden River osprey takes off for some fishing. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/7/14/currently-reading-the-worm-forgives-the-plough monthly 0.5 2024-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f7ed5420-fb1b-49b0-bd67-6a55f6228877/plough.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough - Make it stand out Recently purchased at Parry Sound’s fabulous Bearly Used Books while travelling north (into bear country) for a blissful week of very remote work. (All images in this post, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4852cf45-1133-4f8b-a499-8578b2cb5534/army.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough - Make it stand out British land army poster. Public domain image from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/83020037-7a89-4fa1-a629-b714adb976c9/cotswolds.JPG podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough - Make it stand out A typical Cotswold scene. Bliss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1720978174428-R42ZOEP3PF2Z4UDL5IUL/woolpack.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1720978184035-1B0S0XL8KECPTRE9DDNQ/lee.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1720978191109-25XP6Y8YS027TK6D53YZ/pete.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/31866d3b-8de2-4071-812b-77f9713ca487/passage.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/baa51d1f-becc-4e46-8fb4-c5f861bc7e17/libris.jpg podcast & blog - currently reading: The Worm Forgives the Plough - Make it stand out Thank you for the book, Mr. Fells… wherever you may be. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/6/28/tracking-the-trumpeter monthly 0.5 2024-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1eed444b-35fa-4193-8f92-6ddf1d2d63e8/IMG_3851.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out An untagged Trumpeter swan with cygnets in Oro-Medonte, Canada. — All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted are © John Degen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1fb894ad-42d1-45aa-a385-8190a0f12965/IMG_3502.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out A Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) in the sour cherry tree I planted for my folks a dozen years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/9aae026c-a3b9-4bae-9125-79dfe5c46663/church.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out The Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church, as painted by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/7b614f0d-0d6e-4a06-90fb-7962e69518b7/gros.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out This photo of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak took a lot of patient searching on a very busy rural road. Thanks to everyone who slowed down when they saw me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/efb79baf-3839-47e0-ac1d-9ac9ff18f2d3/rump.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out A Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) displaying its most distinctive feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d8fe4196-d0f3-469e-aeea-0fea0102e699/IMG_3866.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out The lone Trumpeter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f0f43ee1-a4db-400b-9eb8-ac6113491c2c/IMG_3874.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out A family of Trumpeter Swans. I will not tell you exactly where I saw them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/33d91432-03ce-4fd2-b1c4-53feb77b6558/IMG_2459.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out This Common Loon (Gavia immer) chose the waters off my folks’ place as a hunting ground. I would often see it while swimming, and hear it most mornings as part of the dawn chorus of birds around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/efd4ec65-727b-4230-8108-bedee5043013/IMG_2587.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out A very scruffy Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)… in an Oro swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e145e178-5160-44af-960f-3623eda24eb1/turtle.jpg podcast & blog - Tracking the Trumpeter - Make it stand out One of several turtles I helped cross the road at a spot that should really be signed as a turtle crossing. 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Lake Simcoe at sunset, from the water. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/5/11/rambling monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3d0e4c4e-7817-4fe3-a0f8-ae2bfe6b278a/starling.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out Just one of the almost hundred million descendants of the original European Starlings released into Central Park NYC in 1890. All photos in this posting, unless otherwise noted are © John Degen 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ce56f758-ad8d-4eb2-b241-d43d4062a42c/Yankees.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out Yankee Stadium, where a flock of Blue Jays from Toronto beat the NY Yankees at their Home Opener on April 5th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a008a38d-4f29-4d24-9cff-dccd9e246dfa/blueJay.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) makes a great catch on an acorn in Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/db787c4d-f228-431d-b62e-a8fedcf13252/ramble.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out The Ramble, which became world famous during the early pandemic for an ugly confrontation, is a haven for birds in the middle of an impossibly busy city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/85534f07-75de-43ec-876a-48c659c08870/starling2.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out This starling, named Mortimer, became my friend just north of the Met. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/375472f0-02fd-48ff-a11d-cbfc131fe481/king4.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out It is so rare for me to be able to photograph a Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) because they flit about so quickly and nervously. But this urban bird was fearless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0ea76cc7-f162-4b95-bee9-bd4029cc771e/card.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out A female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) in the city so nice they named it twice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/24dfa4c4-5aa4-4dfa-8191-a675b00ce545/throat.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out One of many, many White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) near a feeder station in The Ramble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f24ad729-7789-47d8-9a02-9224cf7ede06/IMG_1931.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out An Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) attracted a LOT of excited birders near Belvedere Castle in The Ramble, including another Canadian. We recognized each other by our accents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0fc638d3-2ec6-4099-8caf-3cb237740f35/NYPL.JPEG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out One of my favourite buildings in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a96448d9-1ef3-4d28-8d60-0cc624edf54c/book.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out This is The Book (and Bird) Room after all. New York Public Library reading room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/cad82bbc-43d1-40d4-9f3c-464df44e25ca/parrots.JPEG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out The Carolina Parrot, sadly extinct, but memorialized in this window at the NYPL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a589623f-a41b-4886-9a51-648d17b62c7b/tall.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out Spring was audacious in Central Park in early April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/833ec2f5-c05e-41d0-ba9c-26e0df21dc9c/central.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out This not-super-accurate Bald Eagle statue sits atop the entrance to Grand Central Market in midtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/8ea1bdab-aa5b-4db4-b157-1adba91b203c/falconer.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out The Falconer, a sculpture by English artist George Blackall Simonds, stands at the bottom of The Ramble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/95169f13-0f37-4b6e-9af6-4bf4e4ddc519/bench.JPG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out A surprisingly comfortable bench built into a rustic fence at Belvedere Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2b561c2a-c47a-44b0-8617-bad48d0e0f76/king3.jpg podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out Couldn’t resist including this shot of the Golden-crowned Kinglet in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1e82b3bb-295b-41c7-bdd8-a13d66a4d62d/highline.JPEG podcast & blog - Rambling - Make it stand out Your humble reporter, with his classic frown-smile (can’t explain it), in High Line Park in Chelsea, Manhattan. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/3/27/interview-with-a-birder-bicycle-guy-slow-steady-north-shore-birding monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/dce83f84-fe2c-4702-b8dc-8f6616ad10a1/IMG_5449.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus). Just one of the many elusive species Tony has seen that I have not. All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted, are © Antony Ward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/9eccf15d-77e7-470e-9a94-6f5f62642a05/IMG_5444.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out Now entering Thessalon… the slow-birding capital of Lake Huron’s north shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/765cc8cc-8874-4118-a782-f5be4f4bd8f6/IMG_5445.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out One of Thessalon’s famous northern channel sunsets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e8d0b1db-0664-459d-bcf5-b6dce6bd1cf3/IMG_5446.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A handsome Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) on the northern edge of its breeding grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/25229b95-7fb0-4ea5-b595-a4d8271159af/Ross.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A Ross’s Goose (Anser rossii) visiting town in a flock of Canada geese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/fccd83c5-3a80-4c24-a33c-ac29e5c1e62b/IMG_5450.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out Ummmm… I don’t think that’s a bird. A Black bear (Ursus americanus) checks out Tony from afar. Not afar enough if you ask me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1b04514b-36a7-463f-accf-d4d1ef082d86/IMG_5452.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out Another close encounter. This time with a local Bobcat (Lynx rufus). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/900f1936-1dfe-475a-99a9-d0d26be6469f/IMG_5451.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) stopping by on the southernmost edge of its eastern range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/34c2ea50-a17a-409e-9eb8-641f88fe333f/IMG_5447.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A beautiful female Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in the sweet pea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b3a25920-73ed-40d0-b6d5-78c74d4c996c/IMG_5448.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) dissolves into the bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a67ede40-7373-4600-bf29-3732af479166/IMG_5442.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) pretty far out of its range, and just kind of hanging out in Thessalon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/588abbb0-4287-4746-843c-01e38f2071bc/IMG_5453.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder: Tony Ward — Slow, Steady, North-Shore Birding - Make it stand out A majestic Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) with classic bowtie and surprised expression. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/2/28/an-extra-blog-post-for-a-very-extra-bird monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1a7c3db0-de44-4ccb-b726-2e376a3a4834/IMG_0910.jpg podcast & blog - An Extra Blog Post for a Very Extra Bird - Make it stand out Bullock’s Oriole quite far from home, enjoying some good Canadian hospitality. (All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c22f8429-155c-40ad-9739-d7abc81f2309/IMG_0884.jpg podcast & blog - An Extra Blog Post for a Very Extra Bird - Make it stand out The classic upside-down slurp of an oriole at a jelly feeder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/33f6d4be-8789-40b2-8cae-6ec542d20424/range.jpg podcast & blog - An Extra Blog Post for a Very Extra Bird - Make it stand out Range map of the Bullock’s Oriole (thanks to Cornell’s All About Birds site) showing this bird doesn’t get much into Canada at all, and certainly not to Ontario in the east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/17b919ab-3bd0-401f-a9dd-a612a575c1fa/IMG_0913.jpg podcast & blog - An Extra Blog Post for a Very Extra Bird - Make it stand out Delicious grape jelly is a quick hit of energy for the insect hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3af8aafc-db37-4be4-91ab-376f0b6b53b4/IMG_0915.jpg podcast & blog - An Extra Blog Post for a Very Extra Bird - Make it stand out Safe travels, little friend. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/2/24/the-white-owl-in-the-belfry-sits monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/81051601-2a0b-4c22-9888-d26ac9d465ca/IMG_0117.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out A Long-eared Owl having a snooze very near the end of one of my birding hikes. All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/bcd63fcc-d45d-436a-971c-a0fd95ec4d28/IMG_0573.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out This recent page ripped from the Bird a Day calendar I received for Christmas from my mother-in-law shows the very owl I was looking for and still have not seen. Dammit. © Roger Tory Peterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/8b1e8b85-b85c-4f69-955e-d03d542af52a/IMG_0574.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out The Snowy Owl’s North American territory, as shown on the back of that page ripped from my Bird a Day calendar. © Roger Tory Peterson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/bf97e090-cc0c-49fe-b406-6ca8cda00a30/IMG_0159.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out I learned that owls like to keep an impossible tangle of limbs between themselves and cameras. Makes sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c130e811-6d51-4560-91c2-2514c5b092ef/IMG_0162.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out There is no side-eye like a Long-eared Owl side-eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4a88a990-8221-4e3e-9f23-2539b1b8faf8/IMG_0110.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out The Long-eared Owl was high enough in its tree to feel comfortable napping, despite being fairly exposed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/aa4d1dff-1fc3-43ee-97ce-b9d72ca2fc20/IMG_0594.jpg podcast & blog - The White Owl in the Belfry Sits - Make it stand out Thank you to NYC photographer David Lei (@davidlei on Instagram) for this classic photo of the majestic Flaco. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2024/1/20/a-disquieting-winter-of-rarities monthly 0.5 2024-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a7c4da08-1f15-4d34-bb00-5018e4a9116d/IMG_9093.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out A Red Phalarope, far from home, was a celebirdy for a week in Toronto’s west end. All images in this post, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f443f0f2-510b-454a-bf79-87174368f3f0/eider.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out A female King Eider enjoying freshwater crayfish for a change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2a1cd985-f7c5-407a-ba19-c8a5c1ac8f2d/Eiderrange.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out As you can see by this range map (thanks to Cornell University’s All About Birds site), my Eider (marked with a red x) was spotted many hundreds of kilometers from where it should have been, and paddling in the wrong kind of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ac714e71-289e-4d44-95d7-c041c7a57d0d/IMG_9908.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out Insect-eating Gray Catbird where no insects are active. What?! I have added dried mealworms to my feed, so it should be good for the season. You do what you can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f49273b6-f320-46a2-941f-15cb4271e0b3/catbirdrange.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out The Catbird at my feeder is well within its breeding season range (red section), but this is not breeding season. It really should be enjoying the insects of Florida and Central America right now. © All About Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/616dee76-e848-4b9d-a1d4-1431cbf6d2a5/IMG_9961.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out A Fox Sparrow showing winter camouflage best adapted to snowless thickets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/782381f1-a714-4bcf-bbd2-61e7a7e238b8/IMG_9972.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out Close to its wintering grounds… but not quite. The White-throated Sparrow decides to stick it out up north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3b03e7c3-3d97-4662-8d39-d3102f158b64/climate.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out This chart from NASA shows the rapid increase in average monthly temperatures from 1880 until 2023… the warmest year on record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a05ae4e1-4e27-4360-b9ff-408c1cbc340d/IMG_0029.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out This Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) had a lot to say as it flew over me and some other birders last weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4f0c3483-f75d-4734-bc80-d99d9e030805/IMG_0032.jpg podcast & blog - A Disquieting Winter of Rarities - Make it stand out Trumpeter flyover on the north shore of Lake Ontario. A triumph of species rehabilitation. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/12/20/hawkwatch-2023-the-raptoring monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/fa3d36d8-dd3f-4b20-9ce3-27164e3d5273/hawkfeather.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out A hawk tail feather spotted on one of my dog walks in Etobicoke. All photos in this blog posting are © John Degen 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/26f2b0e6-6110-49fe-9e6c-71d75e0f0446/air1.JPG podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out US Navy Blue Angels practicing above Lake Ontario ahead of the 2023 CNE Air Show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/629dbc1f-eac3-4e48-8647-3ea934d09765/redtail.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out A Red-tailed Hawk surveying Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit for something to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c27dc71b-fa5b-49fa-872a-7914740c2d11/IMG_5500.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out A model of a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire I built while I had Covid. This little baby now flies from copper wire in my northern workshop, where I occasionally bash it with a ladder while moving things around. Tough little aircraft, the Spitfire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1b22f871-e79f-44cc-8711-b1abfcda1d20/IMG_7829.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out Toronto’s Hawk Hill doesn’t look like much, but during migration season it is host to many a nerdy crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c0a67212-1842-426a-8178-2955f58d878a/IMG_7826.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out While I didn’t see a whole lot in the air my first stop at Hawk Hill, I was greeted by this Cooper’s Hawk just hanging out like it owned the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1962d468-3c00-4d85-b4ea-0901197e51be/hawkwatch.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out My single contribution to 2023’s (official) raptor count. A Red-tailed Hawk soaring above High Park in early November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/613b743e-3c20-44c6-b2b6-bd7241b900de/Happy+Holidays%21.jpg podcast & blog - HawkWatch 2023 — The Raptoring - Make it stand out I officially made it to 200 bird species identified in 2023 on December 3rd, when I encountered a Long-eared Owl in Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Etobicoke. Not bad for my first year at this game. Happy holidays everyone! http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/11/10/with-snow-comes-snow-buntings-and-knowledge monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/56c2c8d7-4b49-45fe-8585-db6ffc40f9ce/kerfuffle.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out A kerfuffle of Snow buntings at Peace Park in Thessalon. All photos in this post, unless otherwise noted are © John Degen (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e410d553-32a5-4b18-bcd8-cbbd775875d6/range.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out Range map of a very northern bird. Thanks to Cornell Labs’ All About Birds for the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/19bae29a-a78a-4b76-92a1-78c0fba431ab/bunting3.JPG podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out Note the fuzzy leg warmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2d85eb91-5c86-4c3d-9be3-e04eee1e1eef/missile.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out Distinctive white-edged tail pattern on that bunting missile launching away from the annoying photographer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/33826c21-a267-47bf-be04-4a9e0b918e2c/close.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out I’m hoping this persistent flock of Snow buntings stays in Thessalon for the winter. I shall toss seeds on the ground generously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/774ecaf6-0f71-482d-b6a4-5749a53875b6/calendar.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out The highly coveted 2024 book (and bird) room calendar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/97d2a808-3550-4a05-a25f-15526dbb5344/cal2.jpg podcast & blog - With Snow Comes Snow Buntings… and Knowledge - Make it stand out Memories of a year filled with birding discovery. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/9/28/this-is-not-a-bird monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6cb2d79a-8eb5-4ce5-9db9-4e0d2776dbc8/IMG_7482.JPEG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out Ceci n’est pas un oiseau. Le Retour (Return), by René Magritte, in the Magritte Museum in Brussels. (All images, unless otherwise noted, are Copyright John Degen, 2023. I took the photos of the artwork, but the art itself belongs to its own copyright holders.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0a485d9e-c560-466c-98db-75ce7588f013/magpie.JPG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out A Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica), dressed appropriately formal, behind the European Parliament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/7f0e36b7-96f4-4816-a0bf-d6580d7e9788/egypt.JPG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out The wildly patterned Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is in most of the waterways of Brussels, many banded, so they seem to be citizens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3a9edf48-bd3f-41e4-8977-09f9e442caa4/birdy.JPEG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out One of many depictions of the famous Le Chat comic character, by Phillippe Geluck in the Parc de Bruxelles. Note the small bird making life difficult for Le Chat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e1b1961e-4201-49f8-b013-05ef53309e4d/art.JPEG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out A dove and an owl depicted in bold relief by Marnix D'Haveloose outside a Belgian library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/412232cd-4e1c-47f5-bf69-9316a8f33ea5/eagle2.JPEG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out Magritte’s Le Voleur, 1967 is a bit more conventional, though one does imagine the eagle stretching out and swallowing the hot air balloon whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1cf37114-510a-4f2c-addf-256c6affe115/shoe.JPEG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out Magritte’s Dieu n'est pas un saint (God is not a saint) depicts a bird absconding with a shoe… as one does. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/600ae02d-718d-48f0-8b09-f14537b81ca2/heron.JPG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out The small central lake in the middle of the Bois de la Cambre is home to a beer hall on an island, and many a Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/05d121d0-101b-4e6f-bac4-88163f0b957f/para.JPG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out A couple of Rose-ringed parakeets take a very brief break from screeching about the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ac49193a-7ea1-4592-ade2-7f0255a02fb9/moor.JPG podcast & blog - This is Not a Bird - Make it stand out This charmingly ridiculous Eurasian moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) used its comical big green feet to run right up to me as I strolled the Bois. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/8/19/patience-persistence-and-a-heron monthly 0.5 2023-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6f92f942-5e2b-41ac-9fc6-8978b0212e4d/seed.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out Things you look at when the bird you want to see is nowhere near. Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) gone to seed. All images in this posting, unless otherwise noted, are © John Degen, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6686d3be-d705-4aed-b83e-a156f17dacf9/goldfinch.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out An American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) feeding on spruce cones. Spotted while actually trying to see a heron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/cb7eafa5-3be8-4df7-be23-ba8fde992863/fox.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out A Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), no doubt first seen by Tony (Camera Guy), but then seen by me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/cd9de2a9-e591-4611-8762-9f3cbb6389d6/heron1.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out The best I could do for a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) photo before talking with Tony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/af0a7afe-814f-4c8b-b6ea-5e903d78ea25/drawing.jpg podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out My Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), drawn from a bird I spotted at the Genelle St. wetlands in Thessalon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d7223965-18ba-4693-a3a4-62f4b83fe924/baybreast.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out A surprise — this Bay-breasted warbler (Setophaga castanea) perched and posed for me as I set out on my heron hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2019a91f-ce94-4a6e-923f-abaeb273cfbf/heron4.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out When you hang out in algae-covered ponds, you want to be preening your feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/421bab39-d36e-41ac-b269-0779fbf1571c/heron2.JPG podcast & blog - Patience, Persistence, and a Heron - Make it stand out Great blue heron. Finally. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/7/26/puffins-elude-me monthly 0.5 2023-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ac1f441c-47b9-4b75-88fd-3d2cadb461e6/oyster.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out A pair of Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) on one of Iceland’s black sand beaches. (All images, unless otherwise noted, are Copyright John Degen, 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a613a1d4-8dd7-4343-b76b-4647db99c693/coast.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out The south coast of Iceland in late June. Many impressive hunks of lava rising from the North Atlantic. No puffins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/325ff9db-afcb-4454-8cd5-ddd09ed1070c/puffins2.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out Puffins as sweater-adornment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/47f6a95e-5a81-4a25-ba22-1576c81b3705/puffins.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out Please do not feed the hard, indoor puffins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3cf4461d-bdcd-41d4-9ba3-ec7dce2a2593/gunnar.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out Gunnarshús — union headquarters, publishing office, event space, and writing apartment all in one. Take the #14 bus to and from downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2f9f43e6-36e9-4f7f-aa52-ce95d2d00d21/Julia.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out My lovely wife, Julia, at the village of Vik, on the southern coast. Historic spot for sheep markets, according to a book I’m reading right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/df0f7c8c-fe2c-4d01-9849-a839815d8e13/ronaldo.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out I couldn’t NOT include a photo of Cristiano Ronaldo (and friends). It’s not every day you wander by a football stadium and see the world’s highest-paid player. This was a Euro Cup qualifier between Iceland and Portugal. Portugal won, on a late goal by… who else?… #7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/603ef481-08fb-41b5-989f-ca5f736a884a/whimbrel3.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out One of many whimbrels I saw, enjoying the Icelandic early summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e6a54259-291a-458c-9620-c2dec1adf145/whimbrelflight.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out More graceful in flight than you might guess, given what must be a heavy bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/682b6dc7-c5d8-4604-ade4-6f531313c367/redwing.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out A Reykjavík robin — aka a Redwing, putting up with all the tourists until winter comes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/331436a5-ce30-491b-bc00-97d747885e01/tern.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out The Arctic tern arrives when summoned, apparently. Try it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b62e857f-9a92-41bb-93dd-59f214fe9835/height.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out Waiting for this place to come on the market. If it does, come visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0e0b7642-0edc-4c9c-87f2-07f1af970db1/godwit.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out You might think this is another whimbrel, but it’s a Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) instead. Similar goofiness; straighter bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b81da27b-2df7-4ef4-8283-fb7bbb17c214/eider2.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out A Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), from which come the softest of all downy feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/428048ee-a4e8-4d37-a0d0-2ca42e7976c0/blackheaded.JPG podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out A Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) scans a Reykjavík pond for foodstuffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2e0546d6-1d3e-4eb7-9662-78e182ce1ee9/42121525.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out image courtesy Flatiron Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/08df2408-4003-4133-9bca-ddfa7fad278b/sinead.jpg podcast & blog - Puffins Elude Me - Make it stand out Rest in power, Sinéad O’Connor. You made the world better. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/7/5/the-birds-international-edition monthly 0.5 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/cfbd0ccb-8786-4c8a-98cb-817efef3c618/eagle.JPG podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out A whimsical/terrifying pub sign in St. Giles’, Oxford, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0b92a849-63d0-4104-8162-241de7754cfd/rook.JPG podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out A Rook (Corvus frugilegus) in silhouette on the Cotswold Way in Gloucestershire, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d90ddbfe-3011-4960-b9ef-2e99a884371b/cots.JPG podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Follow the signs from Chipping Camden to Painswick. Do not stop for heatwaves... or maybe do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/56032ba8-98ea-4200-b22a-03579e36af2c/finch.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Sorry for the poor photo quality. My camera was packed away. An American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) in the departures lounge at Pearson International. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/689ad7f1-e9fc-4e32-8377-358610ea16c4/stone.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Recently-retired Pete looking for birds along the Cotswold Way. Not really… but he put up with my near constant bird-chatter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/23c8aa17-c90e-46af-8912-0e2272295e48/carrion.JPG podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out A Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) just being all appropriate to the setting in Brompton Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1a26f081-d3d9-4e75-a5c7-37d04a7355b3/EurasianBlueTit.JPG podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out A very curious Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) over the Thames river in Oxford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/7efeb7f3-43a7-4fa4-b237-2ede4bb293c5/Hailles+owl.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out An owl painted onto the interior wall of the 12th-century Hailes Church in Gloucestershire, UK. That church was a cool escape from England’s epic mid-June heatwave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b605b89a-fb2d-4787-9217-00e96eb9f7bf/yellowhammer.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out This Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) took a while to reveal itself on the hill above Broadway, Gloucestershire, but when it did it posed like a pro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2955484f-955d-4063-afa0-1fee9840ff5b/woolpack.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Not a bird… just your trail-weary correspondent enjoying a pint in poet Laurie Lee’s favourite pub, in Slad, Gloucestershire, UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4126aa42-e010-4b11-a810-0cd5055ab682/splendour.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Just one of Iceland’s approximately 10,000 waterfalls. Look closely to see birds on the cliffside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2e55ce18-436f-4b62-9812-1b36fe3bb8fb/laxness.jpg podcast & blog - The Birds… International Edition - Make it stand out Independent People, by Halldor Laxness, Iceland’s Nobel Prize for Literature laureate. A book about sheep, more sheep, some birds, and the grim and fierce folk who live among them. And sheep. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/5/30/protecting-the-bobolink monthly 0.5 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/09f99307-90cc-4828-9ab4-86306b8300bb/bobolink4.JPG podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink Disappearing grasslands threaten an intrepid migrant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/897a0bda-4517-4581-9fe7-ad8a25fb7677/female.JPG podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink - Make it stand out The best I could do in capturing the elusive female bobolink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ef308c7b-131a-4139-b326-386363539d95/range.jpg podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink - Make it stand out Thanks, as always, to Cornell University’s All About Birds for this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/3569d0c1-0b60-4319-8465-093a54cfd67f/bobolink3.JPG podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink Tallgrass prairie was the traditional breeding ground for this endangered adventurer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/5e1efc80-c5db-446a-8f9e-502767aa086a/bobolink2.JPG podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink Donate to the Nature Conservancy or your favourite bird charity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1682107394492-MYCSYHS7H3BQHXC1DOSC/52239782.jpg podcast & blog - Protecting the Bobolink - bird book noted http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/5/16/bags-of-birds monthly 0.5 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ae45fe72-71b5-4030-938e-10726c0a277d/yellow3+%282%29.JPG podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out A Yellow Warbler after a very long flight from (possibly) Venezuela. May fly farther north. May stay and eat more bugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a9448551-ff81-4669-a748-ca4a9106a9f0/yellow+rump.JPG podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out A Yellow-rumped Warbler not showing its rump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/e753d3df-505b-4f15-89b3-fa17b3668a67/TTP-WayfindingSign-Primary-2048x1190+%282%29.jpg podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out The man-made Leslie Street Spit in Toronto — home to tonnes of old concrete, a natural reclamation, and thousands of birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/24a8454e-763e-4dad-93f5-3ff7e62b1ecc/TTPBRS.JPG podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out Said closed; was open. NB: No pets allowed in Tommy Thompson Park, and no motorized vehicles (including e-bikes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/d7c7bf01-602f-4689-9116-95e41cf6f4b7/band3.jpg podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out A fresh catch of live birds, hanging in their soft cloth bags, waiting to be IDed, banded, and released. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6fc0ad9e-3ab3-4fd9-96aa-42b54edfd393/band.JPG podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out A Veery thrush gently and expertly handled by a Toronto and Region Conservation Authority worker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/4654cedd-71a7-40b6-9ca7-b0d5a9b14095/band2.JPG podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out Look, it’s the same Yellow Warbler from the top of this posting… well, unlikely, but a remarkable resemblance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/f47981f4-8063-48d2-a904-d696ec0114c4/IMG-3956.jpg podcast & blog - Bags of Birds - Make it stand out Somebody loves the Pine Warbler, clearly. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/4/26/interview-with-a-not-very-serious-birder monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c9ca34c4-60c8-499f-81f1-8b3666118ddd/chonky.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a (not very serious) Birder - Make it stand out “An Amateur Guide to Ornithological Nomenclature” Pencil on paper. Drawing by Lisa Kimberly Glickman, with helpful anatomical labelling by author Susan Glickman . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/7c356c97-4dac-4a0d-8bbc-50dda2ca612f/329039480_912097606909283_20401811041962332_n.png podcast & blog - Interview with a (not very serious) Birder - Make it stand out “Featuring My Fabulous Feet: Purple Gallinule.” Graphite on paper, 2022. Susan Glickman’s graphite drawing of the Purple Gallinule that unexpectedly visited her neighbour’s garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b677c482-a8ad-4556-9f6d-9f4b7b1bce61/339437837_1246200515987395_6473997122450594299_n.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a (not very serious) Birder - Make it stand out “Fallen Angel.” Oil on canvas, 2021. Susan Glickman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ed0ffbf5-6ee7-46a7-a371-e11ff85ae327/339389981_811452007217325_4728849399192119396_n.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a (not very serious) Birder - Make it stand out “How To Be Red.” Oil on canvas, 2022. Susan Glickman. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/4/20/more-cowbird monthly 0.5 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/0b746805-d884-4abc-9b24-d59c44fb9f25/cowbirdmale+%284%29.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird - Make it stand out Glossy brown head, fearsome beak, fond reminiscence of working with cattle… yep, must be a cowbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/61a3bed7-5db7-4015-bce3-ca840a0d0e20/range.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird - Make it stand out Thank you to Cornell’s All About Birds site for this image. A widespread species is the cowbird, but not too northerly in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2eead509-d128-4b8b-9c9c-e4608a4b971d/cowbirdfemale+%282%29.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird - Make it stand out A female Brown-headed Cowbird. The fake news media would have you believe she’s looking to plant an egg in your nest (actually, that’s absolutely what she’s planning to do). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1682107394492-MYCSYHS7H3BQHXC1DOSC/52239782.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1682107399882-EYV0IO9RALVMUP4NU3T9/18803640.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1682107533066-RYZ7ZI89EQ2GQOIOO7T2/543888.jpg podcast & blog - More Cowbird http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/4/9/season-of-the-hawk monthly 0.5 2023-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/2318003e-1c93-44f0-81a5-96a23b4af541/Coopers5.jpg podcast & blog - Season of the Hawk - Make it stand out One of “my” Cooper’s Hawks. Get your own hawk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/5f7192b4-115f-46d3-b85a-3791e9d966ba/kinglet.jpg podcast & blog - Season of the Hawk - Make it stand out A Golden-crowned Kinglet. Also known as a “light snack” for a hawk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/ebb7f20b-3a5e-4060-a410-9d4e3e206252/Coopers4.jpg podcast & blog - Season of the Hawk - Make it stand out I’m a Cooper’s Hawk, and I approve this stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/7a9d6d80-26d7-40e3-ad65-b6040394e889/coop3.jpg podcast & blog - Season of the Hawk - Make it stand out A storm-proof Cooper’s nest, apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c57547da-02b5-498e-bf6f-c1e287f392b2/Coop1.jpg podcast & blog - Season of the Hawk - Make it stand out Don’t worry about me, puny human — go do something about climate change. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/4/1/on-being-rare monthly 0.5 2023-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/b35a6813-dc37-45bb-b1cb-3d06ae3ddadb/hoaryredpoll2+%282%29.jpg podcast & blog - On Being Rare - Make it stand out A distant shot (sorry for the blur) of a little bird that made many people very excited in late March. The Hoary Redpoll everyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/6f91564d-3a99-4e71-9756-55dbec54998f/ceph.jpg podcast & blog - On Being Rare - Make it stand out One of my finds from Lake Ontario. A crinoid with some small brachiopods embedded nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/77b24ce6-92e8-4b48-ab33-372ab833574a/dog.jpg podcast & blog - On Being Rare - Make it stand out Not my dog, Birdy, but a reasonable facsimile of her mood on this very same beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/5676ab3b-faa5-432c-a2d4-c03317d783d1/range.jpg podcast & blog - On Being Rare - Make it stand out Hoary Redpoll range map courtesy allaboutbirds.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/a01b1cb2-9839-4f75-b4c3-9644032d65af/hoaryredpoll1.jpg podcast & blog - On Being Rare - Make it stand out Another slightly blurry shot of the Hoary Redpoll, showing its distinctive tiny beak, frosty front, and red splotch. http://www.jkdegen.com/blog/2023/3/19/interview-with-a-birder monthly 0.5 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/c1e43b49-62bd-419e-9d01-73adb634583e/Jack1.jpeg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder - Make it stand out Jack Illingworth attempting to blend in, so you don’t see him. (image courtesy Jack Illingworth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/fb52aed8-5195-41a6-bcb1-b0d5a40e4b7e/bear+%282%29.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder - Make it stand out A trail cam shot of a black bear near Jack’s parents’ house in Neebing, Ontario. (image courtesy Jack Illingworth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/9975ac29-205e-4544-86df-4d3a750d4565/shrike.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder - Make it stand out A northern shrike on the hunt. (image courtesy Jack Illingworth) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5505f60ce4b0f9921cd5be03/1b3fadd0-5433-4026-9773-dc952657f787/Neebing+%282%29.jpg podcast & blog - Interview with a Birder - Make it stand out A drone shot of the Pine River house in Neebing where Jack originally emerged from the woods. The big lake (Superior) in the background. 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