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Activity 1, two habitats near me and what I observe: The pond always attracts waterfowl, I captured these sequences of a hooded merganser in the company of a family of wood ducklings https://youtu.be/PlchtFyRJ78?si=bNtNN-Ze2dJkTGYs My property, adjacent to the pond also attracts a variety of non-aquatic birds. See them in this video.
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Various Wild Birds Feeding (Activity 2) These are various bird species at our feeders last winter. Specifically drawn to dried soldier fly larvae.
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Activity 1 Female Cardinal at the feeder. Not so much a "bird cam" as a dslr at the feeder with flash units pre-set and fired wirelessly. Freezing temps resulted in snowflakes on the beak. I didn't use the app to identify, as the female cardinal in Pennsylvania is very easy to pick out.
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Activity 4 I had fun watching a wood duck on our pond. She had ducklings behind her on the water. The curious identification challenge was that one of the ducklings was not a wood duck. You guessed it, it was a merganser duckling. The mother merganser must have put some of her eggs in the wood duck nest box and this was the fun result.
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Activity 3, a favorite bird that I see (and photographed) that I see in my neighborhood -
Cedar Waxwings. They are incredibly beautiful to me and are sneaky as they go about their foraging activities. I'm always excited to see them since they never come to feeders and you have to find them. Extraordinary-looking birds indeed.
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For Activity 1, I'd have to say that the Albatross, of the Oceanic Birds, was the most impressive as I've observed them while at sea. I had no idea that they would or could go for 5 or more years without touching land. Their ability to drink seawater by using its salt glands to discharge salt really impressed me also. For Activity 2, very easy for me here as we have so many groups represented right here on my rural property. I've photographed more than I can recall. We also raised ratites. So, photos - First would be Anatidae
In this case, the male wood duck that I photographed right here on our pond.
The next group would be - Columbidae
A mourning dove.
Third would be... Trochilidae
Male Ruby-throated hummingbird
Cedar Waxwings. They are incredibly beautiful to me and are sneaky as they go about their foraging activities. I'm always excited to see them since they never come to feeders and you have to find them. Extraordinary-looking birds indeed. 
In this case, the male wood duck that I photographed right here on our pond.
The next group would be - Columbidae
A mourning dove.
Third would be... Trochilidae
Male Ruby-throated hummingbird
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