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“Well, oh the cuckoo, oh the cuckoo… Oh the cuckoo, she sings her song; But she never has hollered cuckoo, Since my lover's been dead and gone… Well, if you miss me, if you miss me, You can come home at any time; Just you lift your wings of ivory Fly to this lonesome home of mine…” Going CUCKOO over fantastic views of the otherwise cryptically shy Klaas’ Cuckoo!! You usually only hear these emerald green beauties rather than see them, so this was a lucky sighting! #cuckoo @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #chrysococcyx #cuculidae #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Wittedrif, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUc9u0Vq4_D/?utm_medium=tumblr

[trevelukb]

Green Sandpipers.. . . #trevelukb #sandpiper #wildindia #wildkarnataka #birdsofindia #birdsofindiansubcontinent #indianbirdsphotography #indianbirds #birds_captures #birdphotographer #birdphotographersofindia #birdphotos #birdphoto #birdingfromhome #birdingphotography #birding_lounge #sanctuaryasia #birdsanctuary #wildlifephotographers #birdsonearth #birdsofparadise #birdseyeview #birds_private #traveldiaries #photographylovers #birdwatchers #hyderabadbirdingpals https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ8PMogMmRL/?igshid=1uz2hasdn34h0

[birdsofvermont]

Mariposa Ottens created “Traveling Home” for this year’s art show, “Expanding Voices: Perspectives On Birding.” The artist shared how they had not left the state of Vermont once during all of 2020. Staying in one place for the first time in half a century. #PaperArt #StayingHome #BirdingFromHome #FeaturedArtist #ExpandingVoices #PerspectivesOnBirding #BirdsOfVermontMuseum #VermontArt #VermontArtist (at Birds of Vermont Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFUi9ML8ZI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[juliavdw11]

The past week in “morning update” journal vignettes. Mostly from inside the microcosm of my daily life, and not really looking outward. I tend to look more outward in my evening stream-of-consciousness notebook. Snippets? Pieces. As brought to you by Pelikan m400 fountain pen and KWZ Standard orange ink in Midori Diary, which is my favorite notebook to use for morning update journal. #penaddict #fountainpen #journal #midoridiary #pelikanm400 #kwzstandardorange #kwzorange #birding #birdingfromhome #sketches #drawings #artist #handwriting #calligraphy #cursive #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEmvBmjXb1/?igshid=jfagg671h1c8

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Pied Crow surveying one of the farm meadows from above! #crow @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #corvus #corvid #corvidae #passeriformes #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Wittedrif, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPtjHBKjZv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#WaderWednesday…This pair of Spotted Thick-knees (Dikkop) was hanging around the field/meadow in the recent rain…#thickknee #dikkop #shorebirds #waders @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #birdwatching #burhinidae #burhinus #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #farmlife (at Wittedrif, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIB2J5ogT7L/?igshid=1jokk97f2usik

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“You lookin’ at me?!” Three European Rollers showed up just outside the farm this morning…they are overwintering visitors from Europe, the Middle East, & Western Asia…& so beautiful to watch their pale blue wing plumage in flight! Thanks @ianpletzer for the heads up! @avibase #roller #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #coraciidae #coracias #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Wittedrif, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZKAhtAndrvB3BtsHwbn0XWhOyg7S4ETRu1900/?igshid=18kdtaqng3pme

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#SunbirdSunday…♂ Greater Double-collared Sunbird feeding on Lion’s Tail or Ear/Wild Dagga (Leonotis leonurus). #sunbird @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #UnconventionalBirdPhotography #birdtherapy #bokeh #wilddagga #flowers #leonotis #nectariniidae #cinnyris #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at The Red Tractor Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVsWVFg_jC/?igshid=j1wa0s7u0l0o

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#WoodpeckerWednesday This pair of Olive Woodpeckers is testing out various potential nest cavity locations on the farm, right near our house…Hoping for baby woodpeckers soon enough! Did you know? A woodpecker’s tongue is so long, it wraps onto their skull, & thus also serves as shock absorption! This fun fact will always remind me of @jerutter :) #woodpecker @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #picidae #piciformes #dendropicos #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at The Red Tractor Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLSmQRgbyU/?igshid=12jfowa9xjibb

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Guess who…is the owner of these brilliantly iridescent feathers? Swipe ➡️ for (perhaps) a bit of a surprise! . . . It’s the Hadeda Ibis, a bird (& it’s nasal scream/call) that’s practically a South African icon!! This one, affectionately called @pharrell, was raised by it’s parents on our roof. #hadeda #ibis #guesswho #feathers #iridescence #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #threskiornithidae #bostrychia #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGaqg78geG2/?igshid=whg48q46lj8e

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#SunbirdSunday…A female Amethyst Sunbird pauses momentarily, before fluttering off again to catch gnats mid-air, & grab some spiderwebs for nest-building! #sunbird #pause #perch @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #nectariniidae #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFaxAAgepy/?igshid=1vckl2bi7mtdw

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“WHACHU SAY ‘BOUT ME HUH?!” Cape Robin-chat, definitely exuding a #MondayMood / #caseoftheMondays…😹 #robinchat @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #gardenbirds #backyardbirds #angrybirds #grumpy #eyebrows #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjn-TkgkJk/?igshid=2sf1muaa7gis

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#SunbirdSunday…this little lady (female Southern Double-collared Sunbird) decided to come in for a brief visit…(safely caught & released back out to her male calling for her just outside, after this quick snap!) #sunbird @avibase #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #birdsofsouthafrica #cinnyris #nectariniidae #birdwatching #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPLrmfgkLD/?igshid=93dxlwkswg0c

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#UnconventionalBirdPhotography...if a Fiscal Flycatcher in an avocado tree among the power lines, & a Cape Wagtail perched on a television satellite dish doesn't quintessentially encapsulate the #birdingfromhome / #gardenbirding / #backyardbirding so many of us have been doing lately under the global circumstances, I don't know what does! While many of us around the globe still have limitations on outdoor activities on this year's #WorldEnvironmentDay...whether you are out adventuring in the wilderness or appreciating the flora & fauna in your own backyard, there's always a way to make & take #TimeForNature...it's all around us! #GardenWildlifeWeek #DiaMundialDelAmbiente #birding #birdtherapy #nevernotbirding #flycatcher #wagtail #gardenbirds #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBESm0DANPm/?igshid=19rm4rbbfwuy0

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After the recent rains, seems the whole local flock of about 100 Red-winged Starlings paid a visit today! #FeatheryFriday #starling #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #birdwatching #birds #sturnidae #feathers #lichen #moss #palms #strelitzia #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyE03NgS7x/?igshid=1gzfbs6p71l6t

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#LockdownBirdsZA Day 33, Garden buzzing after yesterday's rain!: Grey Heron screaming to wake me up, Red-eyed Dove, flock of no less than 15 Laughing Doves (pictured) all preening & foraging, Red-winged Starling, lots of Common/European Starlings feeding on the wild banana trees (all in fresh new "starred" plumage, & one with a leucistic/white tail!), Pied Crow, Black-headed Oriole, Greater Double-collared Sunbird, I think a Southern Double-collared Sunbird did a quick flit-by + "seep!", Fork-tailed Drongos warbling their heads off all day, & the characteristic wail of Hadeda Ibis. #FLOCKdown #birdingfromhome #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #dove #SAlockdownchallenge #lockdownbirdchallenge #lockdownbirdingchallenge #birdwatching #birds #gardenbirds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotograpy (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iZyeIgwqi/?igshid=s0qqalwwon9f