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There are so many bees.

I was on the Nova Scotia Bird Association site trying to figure out exactly what bird this is.

I'm pretty sure its in the Scolopaciadae family, but there are a few that look really close to the same, so if you know what it is, send me a note on …

This is the first time that I took a wander to the beach with the new 100-400mm RF lens. The last time I was here it was late summer and low tide. I think the combination meant there was a lot of little birds grazing in the sand.

It was …

But no Blue Jay. He was coming in really close yesterday, but never when I had my camera on me.

Because why not.

Now this one is long dead-headed, but it was still a pretty picture.

But not too active.

Crows are one of my favourite birds to watch. They have really cool habits and routines.

They are also one of the birds that I have a very hard time taking a picture of. They really don't play nice with with auto-focus, and they don't stop moving very often, so …

More bucket tulips.

The flowers are popping now, the apple blossoms are almost full out and the lilac trees will all be open this week.

I tend to just call them french fry birds.