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Birder Guy

@birderguy

Longtime birder, vegan, environmentalist, liberal, Rotarian, Family Physician

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Apr 29, 2018, 12:52 AM UTC

Shaquem Griffin Seahawks Draftee and Amniotic Band Syndrome

I am really excited about the Seahawks pick of Shaquem Griffin in the 5th round of the NFL Draft today. I'm excited for lots of reasons, not the least of which is that I think he will really help our…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Apr 29, 2018, 12:27 AM UTC

Birding 4-27-2018

American White Pelicans. Today was the day I moved to one bird away from the 253 in the 253 club. This "club" is made up of birders who have 253 species of birds on their Pierce County, WA life list,…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Apr 26, 2018, 11:22 PM UTC

BIrding 4-26-2018

Great Blue Heron Another sunny day today, and migration is starting to pick up. First stop today was at the middle waterway on the Tacoma Tide Flats. A small flock of Least Sandpipers were the best b…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 12, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

New Account

I've been posting as @Birderguy for a month or so and have decided that the user name @birdbanter better describes my interest and content. I want to develop a blog where there is interaction between…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 12, 2018, 2:06 PM UTC

Changing Accounts

Hello. I'm Birderguy, and have decided I prefer to go as Birdbanter on Steemit as this more accurately discusses my interests and direction of posts. If you follow birderguy please consider following…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 11, 2018, 2:58 AM UTC

Port of Tacoma Birding

Birding in the Port of Tacoma area can be excellent, but the juxtaposition of good birding in small bits of habitat mixed in a heavily industrial area can mean looking for beauty in areas that are ea…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 10, 2018, 6:11 AM UTC

Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Okanagan

In winter Sharp-tailed Grouse often feed high in birch trees on the catkins. Each winter one of the hard-to-find species in Washington State is the Sharp-tailed Grouse. They are on the state endanger…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 7, 2018, 6:45 AM UTC

Storm Petrels

A Fork-tailed Storm Petrel pattering on the water seen on a pelagic birding trip on the Monte Carlo on a Westport Seabirds trip. Storm Petrels are small pelagic birds, many species rarely seen from s…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 6, 2018, 12:05 AM UTC

Cryptic Birds

Most birds, in addition to evasion use camouflage as a part of their strategy for avoiding predation. In the tropics many brightly colored birds blend into the multi-colored forest with all of the fr…

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Birder Guy
@birderguy Mar 4, 2018, 8:31 PM UTC

Urban Raptors

Peregrine falcons are exciting to watch. This Peregrine is just taking flight. The landscape of our planet has changed dramatically in the last few hundred years, and even more so in the last century…

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