Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birdinghttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mma2tpwtb22bUnreal. A pair of Black-throated Blue Warblers visiting a feeder for Oriole's grape jelly! The females are rarely seen, very skulky, and so different from the males they were initially thought to be a different species. Thanks to my good friend Alice for sharing them with me! #birds #birding #HamOnt19 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma2tpwtb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mm5hqu7xms26Last week I finally saw a Wilson's Phalarope, a lifer. Pretty bird! #birds #birding18 May 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5hqu7xms26https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mm2b366w7s2mHere's a brief clip of the male Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in action. Sorry for my shakiness! #birds #birding17 May 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2b366w7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mm27uy7hoc2mThis was the cutest things I have ever seen! A pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers building their nest, taking turns, working on the nest for about 20 sec each time. She's gray, and he's bluish-gray, with Angry Bird eyebrows. They are slightly bigger than a hummingbird. Video next. #birds #birding17 May 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm27uy7hoc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlyb7p4fes2kHere's a short clip of the American Woodcock doing its sexy little moves while preening. Such an interesting bird! #birds #birding #woodcock16 May 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyb7p4fes2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mly6txpgxs2kAmerican Woodcock! I usually only see (well, barely see) these "timberdoodles" at dusk, so to see this one in broad daylight was quite a thrill. My next post will have a video of it shaking its booty while it preens. #birds #birding16 May 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly6txpgxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlxroidnk22kIt's #caturday morning of a long weekend. Loshi can barely contain his excitement!16 May 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxroidnk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlxpvdcunc2kWhat a delight to watch my favourite bird, a Wood Thrush, build her nest at eye level about 10 metres off the trail that I was on. #birds #birding16 May 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxpvdcunc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mluzicsfrc2sPalm Warblers singing and posing! #birds #birding #HamOnt15 May 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluzicsfrc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mltlwcngh226What a beautiful setting for a beautiful warbler, the Northern Parula #birds #birding #HamOnt14 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlwcngh226https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlsohqtpwc26White-eyed vireos are gorgeous birds that we unfortunately only see as vagrants during migration as we are north of their breeding range - in the spring they are "overshoots" that went too far and eventually turn around and have a reverse migration south to where they should have stopped. #birds14 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsohqtpwc26https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlq4p5hp7k27My first Scarlet Tanager of the spring! #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt13 May 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq4p5hp7k27https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlnfje3po22oHere's a splash of spring colours in our backyard - a Baltimore Oriole and an Indigo Bunting. #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt #Bobsbackyard12 May 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnfje3po22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mll5q3e3ps2aSince the female N. House Wren declined to use our nesting box, it is available. A pair of chickadees checked it out. Finding the opening too small, one started chiseling away, pecking at it like a woodpecker. That was too much work and it gave up! #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds #birding11 May 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll5q3e3ps2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlj73vz2sc2yIt seems like the boys have finally decided to be on their best behaviour. They are taking a break from fighting and are actually dining together. Must be because it's mother's day! #Bobsbackyard #mothersday #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds #birding10 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj73vz2sc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlikxwplpc26In honour of Mother's Day, here is an adorable Killdeer baby, and a photo of its hardworking, extremely protective, loving mom. Hats off to all moms for all that you do! #birds #birding #mothersday10 May 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlikxwplpc26https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlg34h6uws26I honour of #caturday, here's a Gray Loshi-bird - oops Gray Catbird - and Loshi himself having a snooze!09 May 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg34h6uws26https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlfztc6npc26Nothing says spring like returning birds singing their hearts out on their territory! Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-winged Warbler, Brown Thrasher, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Northern Yellow Warbler. #birds #birding #Migration #springmigration09 May 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfztc6npc26https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlekhhxsgc2lIndigo Bunting in #Bobsbackyard. I filmed this through the window, so unfortunately you don't get to hear him singing. #birds #Ancaster #HamOnt08 May 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlekhhxsgc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mldiezxgnk2lYesterday's backyard bird of the day was a male Orchard Oriole, the first one to visit since 2022. Such a handsome fellow! #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt #Bobsbackyard08 May 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldiezxgnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlbzmnpto22nA huge thanks to all of my followers; I am humbled and grateful to now have over 10k of you! For those new, I go birding every day and love to share my passion. Birding is a great form of mindfulness to help to forget your aches and pains. Here I am "in the zone", focused on #birds!07 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbzmnpto22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlb3d6zkhc2ePost 3 is of other birds vying for my attention yesterday - a Northern Flicker, a female Purple Finch, and a White-crowned Sparrow. #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds07 May 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb3d6zkhc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlb2xo34s22ePost 2 of yesterday's backyard birds features the arrival of the first female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. She has lots of suitors - there were three males in the yard. #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds07 May 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb2xo34s22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3mlb2nklsm22ePost 1 of 3. Yesterday there were 3 males and a female Indigo Bunting at my feeders, as seen in the first photo. The second photo features Ukrainian colours - the yellow and blue of an American Goldfinch and an Indigo Bunting, along with a Pine Siskin. #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds07 May 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb2nklsm22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml6zlyokts2kI love our provincial flower, the trillium. Like so many beautiful plants that flower in the spring, they don't bloom long enough! #notabird06 May 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6zlyokts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml6s532qlk2bDouble your pleasure, double your fun! This morning I've got three Indigo Buntings so now on a mission to get them all in one frame. #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt #birds #birding06 May 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6s532qlk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml6jz45zsk2jYesterday 2 male Baltimore Orioles chased each other almost constantly. One got so tired he sat on our weather beaten fence for a long time. I wondered why they were so aggressive, when in flew my answer - the first female has returned. Game on, boys! #birds #Bobsbackyard #HamOnt #Ancaster #Birding06 May 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6jz45zsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml4vdyfn6s23I got home from birding and there were 2 male Indigo Buntings on my feeders! The 2 had just come close enough to get them in one frame when they got scared off by an oriole. I never thought I'd get mad at an oriole! Pretty happy with this one though! #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt05 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4vdyfn6s23https://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml42kjymi22hYesterday being a great birding day, part 2. I was thrilled to see this Summer Tanager in Guelph, an "overshoot" that has migrated too far north beyond its normal range (as far north as roughly mid-USA). The only completely red bird in North America! #birds #birding05 May 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml42kjymi22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thebirderbob.bsky.social/post/3ml3zyih2d22hI was pretty lucky with birding yesterday, going 2 for 2 for some regional celebrities. First was getting great looks at this Red-headed Woodpecker. #birds #birding05 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:gj6c53lkyv5use2k5cunnj6a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3zyih2d22h