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One hell of a bird for northern IL, 4 birds in total. Luckily I was one of the first people there after the alert went out so I was able to get some nice sunshine before the storm moved in. Lifer and year bird 240!

This was probably the best highlight of the trip. Now I know how good their camoflage actually in (Was about 2 feet away from it when I noticed it and the rest of my family just walked by. I never moved a muscle so I geuss it is a good deer. Very small

First time posting one of my drawings here, this time of a marsh wren I saw the other day.

Reference photo: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/64161791#_ga=2.266224143.1668601576.1652200025-1419510477.1643920310

This lovely is a year old. She was a fledge last spring. At that time there was a regular male and female -- both of whom left last fall. She remained fairly present on the alley and in and out of my yard most the winter except these last two months. She's now back, and, one day (as far as I know) there has been a male visitor, too. She's eating my own recipe of suet. I must say I feel flattered. The other side of the feeder is store-bought (though excellent quality) suet with some bugs in it. She never goes for it. She spent may minutes eating and in fact pulls out a good sized nugget -- most likely a pecan. Later she lets it go as presumably too big. Numbers 6 and 9 show her tongue out and there are a couple shots of her third eyelid. The last two images are prepping to and taking off with a nice 'red belly'.

Phinizy Swamp Nature Park; Richmond County, Georgia. January 1, 2022.

• Clouds and sun, high near 81. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
• Sunrise 7:32 am; Sunset 5:31 pm
• Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 59 minutes (+31s)
• Moon: 1.8% Waning Crescent