American Goldfinch

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Don't wait for people to be friendly.

Show them how.

- Henry James

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Goldfinch & Redpoll

 

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Dining out with friends is always tastier

when the conversation is better than the food.

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Canada Goose

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Grown-ups know that little things matter

and that relationships are based on respect.

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House Finch

Photo by Barry Wallace

There is one word that may serve

as a rule for all one's life: reciprocity

                                                          - Confucius

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Mallard Duck

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy,

even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.

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American Crow

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Don't be yourself.

Be someone nicer.

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Great Blue Heron

Photo by BarrytheBirder

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody.

It saves so much trouble.

                                                 - Rudyard Kipling

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Cowbird

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.

It may be the only sunshine

she or he sees all day.

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Double-crested Cormorant

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

It's nice to be important

but it's more important to be nice.

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Common Yellowthroat

Photo by BarrytheBirder

A good character is the best tombstone.

Those who loved you will remember.

Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

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Rufous Hummingbird by Dave Kemp

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

Thank you to Dave Kemp from Vancouver Island for these Rufous Hummingbird photos.   Birder Kenn Kaufman in his 2000 book Birds of North America says the Rufous 'hummer' is the most widespread hummer, reaching south from Alaska in summer, passing down through British Columbia and wintering in southern Mexico.   Of all the western hummers, this is the one that strays most often to the east, where numbers live along the Gulf Coast every winter.

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Rufous Hummingbird by Dave Kemp

 

Rufous Hummingbird

Photos by Dave Kemp

Thank you to Dave Kemp from Vancouver Island for these Rufous Hummingbird photos.   Birder Ken Kaufman in his 2000 book Birds of North America says the Rufous is the most widespread western hummer, reaching southeast Alaska in summer, passing down through British Columbia, and wintering in southern Mexico.   Of all the western hummers, this is the one that strays most often to the east; small numbers live along the Gulf Coast every winter.

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Black-capped Chickadee

Photo by Barry Wallace

Never look down on anyone

unless you are helping them up.

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Northern Cardinal

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

Treat everyone with politeness,

even those who are rude to you, 

not because they are nice 

but because you are.

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Blue Jay...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Today I bent the truth to be kind, 

and I have no regret,

for I am far surer of what is kind 

than I am of what is true.

- Robert Brault 

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Northern Harrier

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Don't let those who take advantage  

of your generosity 

stop you from being generous.

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Eastern Bluebird

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Carry a heart that never hates,

a smile that never fades,

and a touch that never hurts.

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Red-winged Blackbird

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Compassion is language the deaf can hear

and the blind can see.

- Mark Twain

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American Kestrel (female)

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Kindness is in our power, 

when fondness is not.  

- Henry James

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Green-winged Teal...

Photo by Dave Kemp

Green-winged Teal

(Anas crecca)

This photo is by Vancouver Island naturalist and photographer Dave Kemp, whose bird photos I have featured in this space on numerous occasions.  The photo shows a resting Green winged Teal (female) with an open eye on photographer Dave.   Great lighting and colour capture, Dave.

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