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A beautiful Red Fox vixen and her five sassy pups. 3/24/2024.
What a pleasure to watch this beautiful mother fox take care of her litter by nursing, providing food (a rabbit and a squirrel although...
tateperez
Mar 25, 20241 min read
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A beautiful Eastern Screech Owl couple! 3/16/2024.
It was an absolute pleasure watching these Eastern Screech owls as they shared their roosting spot. From their size and behavior, I am...
tateperez
Mar 25, 20241 min read
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Northern Shoveler at Horn Pond. 3/14/2024
A frequent birding friend, Carol M., and I decided to meet up at Horn Pond in Woburn, MA on Pi day to see if we could get some good shots...
tateperez
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Spring Short-eared Owls. 2/24/2024.
I couldn't resist one more visit to Cumberland Farms IBA with Melinda P. to see the Short-eared Owls before they started their trek back...
tateperez
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Bald Eagle vs. Goldeneye. 2/4/2014.
My ebird alert had reported a rare Barrow's Goldeneye in a very nearby location in Mansfield, MA and, as it was only 15 minutes away, I...
tateperez
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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Sapphires and Emeralds- precious gems of the birding world. 1/11/2024
On a recent trip to Costa Rica, I saw over 200 different species, quite an amazing feat in such a short time in such a beautiful country....
tateperez
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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People and Favorites, Costa Rica Focus. 1/9-1/19/2024.
How do you pick the best of the best on a dream vacation taken with your husband in the land of Pura Vida, Costa Rica? We had such an...
tateperez
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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Trogons and Motmots, Costa Rica. 1/9-1/19/24.
The birding tour that Jose and I took with Costa Rica Focus was called, "Tracking the Trogons" and track them we did! We were able to...
tateperez
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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Hummingbirds, Costa Rica. 1/9-1/19/2024.
Living in Massachusetts, I get to see one species of hummingbird during the spring and summer, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. While I...
tateperez
Jan 28, 20241 min read
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Kingfishers, Costa Rica. 1/9-1/19/2024
I remember the first time that I ever heard the "rattle" of a Belted Kingfisher as it perched above the water, and I have been hooked...
tateperez
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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Honduran White Bats, Costa Rica. 1/9-1/19/2024
Jose and I took an amazing trip to Costa Rica on 1/9 for ten days of intensive birding with Costa Rica Focus which entailed walking up to...
tateperez
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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Favorite Photos of 2023 and the winner is...the Northern Wheatear! 1/01/2024
I have assembled a collage of some of my favorite photos for 2023 and, in spite of the fact that I love photographing owls, raptors, and...
tateperez
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Short-eared and Long-eared Owl Mecca! 12/26/2023
The end of 2023 was filled with excursions to photograph Short-eared Owls in the late afternoon sun. These beautiful owls are my...
tateperez
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Hole Hopping Owls! 11/12/2023
It is that time of year when Eastern Screech Owls hop from hole to hole. They are not establishing territories, finding a mate, or...
tateperez
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Fall Duck Migration and Vagrants. 11/03/2023
Fall Duck migration is a new birding opportunity for me as I always see late October and November as a dead time while I await other...
tateperez
Nov 11, 20231 min read
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LeConte's Sparrow- a rare find! 10/28/2023
I have certain locations that I check on ebird to see what my fellow birders and photographers have seen and Broad Meadow and...
tateperez
Nov 11, 20231 min read
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Northern Wheatear! A vagrant at Plymouth Beach! 9/28/2023
A day after seeing the beautiful Hudsonian Godwit, another lifer turned up, the Northern Wheatear! This little bird, however, was...
tateperez
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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Hudsonian Godwit! 9/27/2023
September is a great time to see unusual birds that are moving through on their way from their northern Arctic breeding grounds to their...
tateperez
Oct 7, 20231 min read
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Shorebirds are migrating through! 9/20/2024
September is the month for shorebird migration, and I visited Gooseberry Neck and Allen's Pond down in Westport to see what were on the...
tateperez
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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Clapper Rails and Sora- the elusive birds. 8/22/2023
The Rail family includes birds such as Clapper Rail, Virginia Rail, King Rail, Sora, and the Coots and Gallinules. This group is...
tateperez
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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