Notices by Dennis Wilkinson (djwtwo@mastodon.social)

One of the other regular visitors to the feeders.

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@jeridansky @wilpercy Both of these stories are awesome. Thank you *both* for sharing. (I'm my own family's geneaology nerd, and I love fortuitous findings like this when they happen.)

@wilpercy @jeridansky But when I was a kid in the '70s, we were watching some WW2 documentary, and my mother practically jumped off the couch and said "that's my father!" in one of the scenes. I've been looking for that footage off and on ever since without luck (no one in the family remembers the title of the documentary, and TV Guide archives have not been helpful—too much to search).

@wilpercy @jeridansky My recent discoveries have mostly been less happy (stories of family violence, in fact.) But a few years back I discovered I'm not the only person in my lineage with a patent when I stumbled on my 3x-great-grandfather's patent for a removable handle for a cross-cut saw.

A Tufted Titmouse perched on the feeder hook, waiting his turn.

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Female Northern Cardinal hanging out in the back yard in the weekend's snow.

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One of our backyard feeder visitors during the weekend's storm: a House Finch puffed up against the cold.

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Belted Kingfisher in flight out at DNRT's Ocean View Farm reserve over the weekend.

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The Cuypers library of the Rijksmuseum, filled with books on art and art history, the largest of its kind in the world.

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A Killdeer giving a little screech at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond Sanctuary.

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The fluke of a humpback whale (which the naturalist aboard our whale watch identified as "Owl") off Cape Cod.

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A Willet at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary, about to grab a snack.

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A painted turtle out at Burrage Pond; this little lady was one of at least four I spotted out depositing a clutch of eggs trailside somewhere in a single afternoon.

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A Willet at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond sanctuary.

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Well, Fred, he's down there again, but I'll be damned if I can tell what he's up to.

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"The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering.

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."

(Plus, bonus photographer reflected in eyeball.)

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Yellow Warbler warbling out at Gooseberry Island today.

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"See, Carl? That's the guy I was telling you about. Always with the camera."

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An Eastern Bluebird launches from his perch.

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A pair of Yellow Warblers hopping along a stone wall at Mass Audubon Allen's Pond today.

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