  {"id":6161,"date":"2021-03-29T11:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2021-04-01T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:33:36","slug":"calling-all-birders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Birders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding-hero.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption\">Andrew Forbes birding, photo by Liz Forbes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">Birding has long-been a popular hobby. But when COVID changed our lives last year, birding took on new popularity, as many people spent more time outside or actively sought new pastimes in the great outdoors. In our fall 2020 issue, we asked you, our readers, to share your birding photos and stories. Thank you to everyone who responded. We&#8217;re happy to share this fun collection of photos and stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to share your bird stories and photos, email them to <a>urimag@uri.edu<\/a>. As always, we encourage you to share your comments at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s bird research and alumni birders in the spring 2021 story, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/an-avian-affection\/\">An Avian Affection<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: Bird identifications, when provided, are from our readers or editorial staff, and are not expert identifications.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rosemary A. Zurawel Jahnke, M.A. 75, M.A. \u201982<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The thrill of seeing birds at my feeders has resulted in my setting up a camera and tripod in the family room.&nbsp;Here are a few of my favorites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/rosemary-zurawel-ibises-at-sydney-botanical-gardens-january-2020\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Two ibises with bills intertwined, in a lush tropical landscape\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Ibises-at-Sydney-Botanical-Gardens-January-2020-500x374.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6164'>\n\t\t\t\tIbises at Sydney Botanical Gardens, January, 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/rosemary-zurawel-rare-black-billed-gull-christchurch-nz-january-2020\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A black billed gull walking on a brick pathway\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020-364x204.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Rare-black-billed-gull-Christchurch-NZ-January-2020-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6165'>\n\t\t\t\tRare black billed gull, Christchurch, NZ, January, 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/rosemary-zurawel-eastern-bluebird-dover-nh-november-2020\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Eastern bluebird seated on a tree branch in the rain\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020-768x708.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020-364x335.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Eastern-bluebird-Dover-NH-November-2020-500x461.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6163'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern bluebird, Dover, NH , November 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/rosemary-zurawel-red-breasted-nuthatch-dover-nh-november-2020\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A red-breasted nuthatch at a feeder\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020-364x358.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Rosemary-Zurawel-Red-breasted-nuthatch-Dover-NH-November-2020-500x492.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6166'>\n\t\t\t\tRed-breasted nuthatch, Dover, NH, November, 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deb Cole \u201978<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI.jpg\" alt=\"An egret in flight seen from Ninigret Pond in Charlestown, R.I.\" class=\"wp-image-5820\" width=\"600\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-364x373.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-500x513.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Debra-Cole-Egret-RI-1000x1026.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 29, 2020, I retired from a lifetime of varied work experiences, the last 14 years of which were spent on the 溏心vlog免费B站 campus in the Controller&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had so many plans for my first year of retirement, but since the COVID pandemic was declared just two weeks after&nbsp;my last day of work, my travel plans came to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, I have always been an avid hiker, gardener, and outdoor enthusiast, so finding&nbsp;ways to occupy my time closer to home was easy.&nbsp;As a retirement gift, my hiking buddies gave me a now-treasured pair of binoculars for the many hours we would come to spend on the trails in the woods or on the water in search of all types of beautiful birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having more time to take in my surroundings, I have been treated to sightings of many birds that I had previously missed during the rush and haste of my prior workaday world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day in late September, I was out in my kayak enjoying the day when I spotted a group of great egrets.&nbsp; As I paddled towards them, I captured this beautiful shot of an egret in flight and was&nbsp;reminded that while I do love to travel, there is so much beauty close to home in little Rhody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two bluebirds perched at a painted birdhouse\" class=\"wp-image-5985\" width=\"475\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-1425x1536.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-1901x2048.jpg 1901w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-364x392.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-500x539.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-1000x1078.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-1280x1379.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-2000x2155.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bluebirds-scaled.jpg 2376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katherine McKiel Faella \u201980<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was an employee of the University for 38 years, working at the Academic Computer Center and University Computing Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been watching the birds in my backyard much more this year because&nbsp;of time home during the Covid Pandemic.&nbsp; One of my favorite sightings was this pair of Eastern Bluebirds spotted at my home in South Kingstown.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amelia Grimes \u201920<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Started filling the feeders again and spending time between classes watching the birds!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/amelia-grimes\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A small bird with yellow and black on its head, standing at the base of a tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/amelia-grimes-wren\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A small wren perched on a post with a kayak in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-wren-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/amelia-grimes-titmouse\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A titmouse upright on a feeder filled with nuts\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/amelia-grimes-titmouse-2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A titmouse perched on a branch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-titmouse-2-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/amelia-grimes-chickadee\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A chickadee on a branch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Amelia-Grimes-chickadee-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ray Edler, parent of Leigh-Rae Edler Pukel \u201994 and Kira Edler Jastive \u201900<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, I decided&nbsp; to spice up daily walks on Bristol&#8217;s east shore along Mt. Hope Bay with my Nikon 3500 in search of sea birds, and was more blessed than I ever expected&nbsp;to be by many&nbsp;stunning air creatures in our midst.&nbsp;My first find on a lovely May afternoon was of glossy ibis inhabiting the marshland of Bristol&nbsp;Landing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-ibis2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Glossy Ibis in a grassy marsh landscape\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2-364x324.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis2-500x446.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6153'>\n\t\t\t\tGlossy Ibis is not seen often north of Montauk, NY\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-ibis-3\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A glossy ibis, silhouetted against the blue sky, in flight\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3-364x248.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Ibis-3-500x341.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6152'>\n\t\t\t\tGlossy in flight\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/version-2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Flying-Ibis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A glossy ibis flying towards the camera with reeds behind it\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Flying-Ibis.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Flying-Ibis-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Flying-Ibis-768x714.jpg 768w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Osprey-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Osprey-4-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Osprey-4-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Osprey-4-364x155.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Osprey-4-500x213.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6156'>\n\t\t\t\tOsprey homeward bound with catch in talons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-male-osprey\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Male-Osprey.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A close up of the head and folded upper wings of an osprey, feathers being rushed by the wind\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Male-Osprey.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Male-Osprey-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Male-Osprey-364x353.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6155'>\n\t\t\t\tMale Osprey guarding nest\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-great-blue-heron\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A great blue heron standing in the water next rocks with brown seaweed\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-364x430.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-500x591.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6149'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Blue Heron\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-great-blue-heron-takes-flight\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A Great Blue Heron taking wing over the water with a rocky shoreline below\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight-364x426.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Great-Blue-Heron-takes-flight-500x585.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6148'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Blue Heron takes flight\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-blue-beauty\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A great blue hero, seen from behind, flies over rocks towards the water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty-364x217.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Blue-Beauty-500x299.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6141'>\n\t\t\t\tBlue Beauty\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-egrets-dance\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Two egrets, with wings raised on a grassy bank, give the appearance of dance\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance-364x324.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Egrets-dance-500x446.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6143'>\n\t\t\t\tEgrets dance\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-double-crested-cormorant\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A cormorant perched on a rock with its wings outstretched\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant-364x275.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Double-Crested-Cormorant-500x378.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6142'>\n\t\t\t\tDouble Crested Cormorant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-running-on-water\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A cormorant with wings outstretched, takes flight in the water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water-364x267.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Running-on-water-500x366.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6157'>\n\t\t\t\tRunning on water\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-liftoff\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A cormorant taking flight over the water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff-364x191.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Liftoff-500x263.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6154'>\n\t\t\t\tLiftoff\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-hunting\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hunting.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A close-up of a bird&#039;s head while hunting\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hunting.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hunting-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hunting-364x146.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hunting-500x201.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6151'>\n\t\t\t\tHunting\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/house-finch\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A perching house finch with reddish feathers looks straight at the camera\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch-768x902.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch-364x428.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/House-Finch-500x588.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6139'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Noble House Finch (Bristol)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/ray-edler-hummingbird\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A hummingbird, with it&#039;s beak in the blossom of a delphinium flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird-364x363.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Edler-Hummingbird-500x498.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6150'>\n\t\t\t\tHummingbird (Bristol)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/version-2-3\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A goldfinch sitting on the branch of a pine tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch-364x207.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Ray-Elder-House-Finch-500x285.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6158'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Goldfinch (Bristol)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Michelle-Curreri-Cardinal-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal perched on a budding branch\" class=\"wp-image-6179\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Michelle-Curreri-Cardinal-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Michelle-Curreri-Cardinal-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Michelle-Curreri-Cardinal-364x485.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>Cardinal, Michelle Curreri<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Michelle Curreri, M.A. \u201900<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I often see and hear cardinals. If I am lucky, I can take a photo before it flies away.&nbsp;This red cardinal visited me at my office on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus. He chirped until I turned around. He is such a beautiful bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bob Schachner \u201960<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These photos were taken in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, Arizona. We enjoy the wildlife here, and every now and then a photo op appears. The variety of birds here is surprising despite the desert climate. We have retired here and normally travel back east for the summer; this year the pandemic prevented that. I have enjoyed photography with focus on wildlife as we traveled.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/bob-schachner-coopers-hawk\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Coopers-Hawk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Coopers Hawk in front of dark green foliage\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Coopers-Hawk.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Coopers-Hawk-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Coopers-Hawk-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Coopers-Hawk-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6174'>\n\t\t\t\tCoopers Hawk\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/bob-schachner-gambels-quail\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Gambels-Quail.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gambels Quail perched on a cement surface\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Gambels-Quail.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Gambels-Quail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Gambels-Quail-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Gambels-Quail-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6175'>\n\t\t\t\tGambel&#8217;s Quail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/bob-schachner-road-runner-2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Road runner, perched on a cement surface\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-2-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-2-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6176'>\n\t\t\t\tRoad Runner\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/bob-schachner-road-runner\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Road runner perched on a cement surface with light green foliage behind it\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Bob-Schachner-Road-Runner-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6177'>\n\t\t\t\tRoad Runner\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Forbes \u201996<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a lifelong birder, I&#8217;ve always appreciated what studying birds and nature adds to my life (so much so that I made a career out of it!). This year was difficult for obvious reasons, which made birding especially important as a way to disconnect, even for a little while, from the day-to-day challenges of pandemic-induced isolation from my temporary home office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Forbes looking through a monocular on a tripod at the shore of a lake.\" class=\"wp-image-6173\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Andrew-Forbes-birding-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Covid pandemic did require some changes, particularly related to travel and avoiding crowds. To adjust to this, and have some fun doing it, our office decided to do a &#8220;Quarantine Green Birding Challenge&#8221; through which we all tried to detect as many species as we could in 2020, while only using our feet or bicycles to bird around our residences. For me, I gained a very different appreciation and familiarity for many of the green spaces close to my home, and I was able to learn about a few other great birding spots nearby that I had, quite frankly, dismissed before for other better-known locations further away. My personal highlights were seeing a Northern Saw-whet Owl at a nearby city park, and challenging myself to a 24-hour &#8220;Big Day&#8221; marathon by bike, where I was able to record 128 species of birds, while traveling over 40 miles by bicycle and 9 miles by foot from sunrise to dark.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m proud to say that as of this writing, our small group has seen over 200 species of birds (combined) close to our homes this year. It was also great to see and meet so many people and families out and about that were trying out birding for the first time in 2020. I hope that they continue to enjoy this pastime once the pandemic is in the past, and that it adds as much to their lives as it has to mine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Andy Forbes is deputy chief, migratory birds, region 3 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bloomington, Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Red tailed hawk baby on the ground, seen from above\" class=\"wp-image-6178\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Donna-Gierveld-Red-tailed-hawk-baby-500x667.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Red tailed baby hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donna Gierveld \u201977<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been watching the birds more than ever since the pandemic began.&nbsp; We even had a visit from a bald eagle!&nbsp;This was the cutest guy I ever met on one of my walks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tom Pizza \u201970<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During my career as a civil engineer I was fortunate to have traveled and worked in the Caribbean, Europe, South America, Africa, the western U.S., and Hawaii with&nbsp;many wonderful and&nbsp;unique experiences for which I express gratitude&nbsp;to 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sharing some bird photographs of mine. Some are older, but I enjoy photography and it is a good outdoor activity, especially now.&nbsp;The coast is easily accessible from here (Thousand Oaks, California), as is Channel Islands National Park, which is such an amazing and productive place, although the concession boat trips had been temporarily suspended until a week ago. Looking forward to heading back out there.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-hummingbird\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A close-up of a hummingbird feeding at bright red, trumpet-shaped flowers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird-364x260.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Hummingbird-500x357.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6185'>\n\t\t\t\tAllen&#8217;s Hummingbird, Thousand Oaks, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A pelican in flight with hillside houses in the background\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon-364x260.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-pelican-malibu-lagoon-500x358.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6192'>\n\t\t\t\tBrown Pelican, Malibu Lagoon, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-island-jay-santa-cruz-island\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A key perched in a densely foliated bush\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island-364x321.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Island-Jay-Santa-Cruz-Island-500x441.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6186'>\n\t\t\t\tIsland Scrub Jay, Santa Cruz Island, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A bird perched on a sprig of a budding bush\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup-364x353.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-closeup-500x485.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6187'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack Phoebe, Malibu Lagoon, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A small tern on a beach partially glossy from the water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern-364x237.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-tern-500x325.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6188'>\n\t\t\t\tPlover, Malibu Lagood, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-malibu-lagoon\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Two ducks standing at the shore in the grass\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-364x270.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-malibu-lagoon-500x371.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6189'>\n\t\t\t\tMallards, Malibu Lagoon, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Osprey landing on a nesting platform with a fish in its talons\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri-364x291.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ospreys-watch-hill-ri-500x400.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6190'>\n\t\t\t\tOspreys, Watch Hill, R.I.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-ventura\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A small sea bird walking on the sand\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-ventura-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6195'>\n\t\t\t\tWillet, Ventura, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-raven-santa-cruz-island\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A raven seen in profile perched on a rock next to a sprig of berries\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island-364x234.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Raven-santa-cruz-island-500x321.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6194'>\n\t\t\t\tRaven, Santa Cruz Island, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-pelicans-santa-barbara-channel\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Two pelicans in flight over the ocean\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel-364x260.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-Pelicans-santa-barbara-channel-500x357.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6193'>\n\t\t\t\tBrown Pelicans, Santa Barbara Channel, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A gull in flight with a blurry ocean and cliff landscape in the background\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-santa-cruz-island-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6183'>\n\t\t\t\tWestern Gull, Santa Cruz Island, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/tom-pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A gull in flight in front of sparkling water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-6182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Tom-Pizza-gull-flight-santa-cruz-island-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-6182'>\n\t\t\t\tJuvenile Gull, Santa Cruz Island, CA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johana Rotterova, Post-Doctoral Fellow, 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography, Coastal Institute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These photos were taken in Narragansett and North Kingstown, R.I.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-6161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/johana-rotterova-common-eider\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A duck swimming in the water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-6198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-common-Eider-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-6198'>\n\t\t\t\tCommon Eider, Camp Cronin Fishing Area, Narragansett, RI, October 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/johana-rotterova-flicker\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A flicker perched on the trunk of a tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-6199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Flicker-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-6199'>\n\t\t\t\tYellow-Shafted Northern Flicker, Sunset Trail, Narragansett, RI, November, 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/johana-rotterova-mourning-doves\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A pair of mourning doves resting on a tree branch\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-6200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-Mourning-Doves-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-6200'>\n\t\t\t\tMourning Doves, North Kingstown, RI, September, 2020\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/calling-all-birders\/attachment\/johana-rotterova-sandpiper\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-sandpiper.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A sandpiper on a rock, pecking\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-6201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-sandpiper.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2021\/03\/Johana-Rotterova-sandpiper-300x200.jpg 300w, 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