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urimo.bsky.social @urimo.bsky.social · 13h

Another Caspian tern with #WingsOpenNotFlying for #BirdOfTheDay.

A Caspian tern with a black cap and bright red-orange bill, wings raised high, mid-step on a pebbly shoreline with soft blue water blurred behind it.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. #RedWingedBlackbird Sibling 1, who has just climbed over Sibling 2, is informing Mom that she has let it down. Mom is over it. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #fledglings #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

A mother Red-winged Blackbird stands on a post and stares at the camera with the dead-eye despair of a parent who has been awakened one too many times at 3 a.m. by a screeching youngster with a voracious appetite for caterpillars. One of her offspring sits on the fence beside her, completely checked out, while Sibling 2, who has just climbed right over the oblivious Sibling 1, screams in Mom's face as it stretches out its wings and yearns for the bottomless hole inside it to at last be filled.

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TimBert @timbert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #LongBeak Here is a long beak, about to spear something with it.

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Matt @droniecarp.com · 03/10/2026

Sound of the marsh. 🎶 Male Red-winged Blackbird calling from the reed line, flashing those fiery red-and-yellow epaulets against the morning green. #Photography #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #Nature #BirdOfTheDay #RedWingedBlackbird #Songbirds

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julielfrost.bsky.social @julielfrost.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A pileated woodpecker, one of my favorites (yes, I do say that about every bird), for Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Black&Red, any bird with black & red in its plumage. #Birds #Photography #Woodpeckers #Wildlife #NatureTherapy #BirdLife

A male pileated woodpecker sits on a large branch looking upward toward an out of frame female.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, so here is my good friend the #RedWingedBlackbird enjoying a nice orange background on literal Hallowe'en. He has somehow made his feet extra cute. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #wildllife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

A male Red-winged Blackbird, a jet-black bird with bright red and yellow shoulder patches, sits on a clump of red sumac berries and sings. Its background is a creamy orange.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I managed to get my #harp more or less into tune for approximately five minutes. The humidity has been extremely dramatic lately. #improv #music youtu.be/A7BpoqNhuOw

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A Bit of a Wander: Improv 2,617 (Ogden lever harp)

YouTube video by The Improvyssey

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Violet @fetchingviolet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From Helen Bennett today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. Alt: #YellowElements the colour yellow found on a bird. Saddle‑billed Stork #birdphotography #birds #storks

The photo shows a Saddle‑billed Stork standing near shallow water. Its head, neck, and upper chest are glossy black with an iridescent sheen, while the body and wings are bright white. The bill is long and straight, colored red with a black band across the middle and a distinctive yellow “saddle” plate at the base.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestBeaks. The beak of the #NorthernShrike is not dramatically large or colourful. However, that little hook gives this songbird an edge in its hunting, allowing it to function somewhat like a tiny bird of prey. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #shrikes

A Northern Shrike, a greyish-white songbird with a black eye mask and a distinctive beak with a little hook on the end, perches on a twig and poses somewhat fluffily against a deep blue sky.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In a new It Never Rains comic, we have a sound effect. itneverrainscomic.com/20261002.html

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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme of #Vivid, a Wood Duck! (His eyes are are a bit of an unusual colour, too. I'll post a pic of a different one with the regular colour in the comments.) #birds #photography #ECK

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VL-ADventitious. @adventitiouswords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And...Issue Five is now live! www.adventitious.net

WPA style poster with blocky lettering reading October's Bright Blue Weather in orange and blue at the top on a black background. In the main image, a cartoon young boy in a blue bow tie reads a book that shocks him while ghosts, bats, detectives, and a witch flying over a haunted house play as shadows around him on a blue background. At the bottom in a curly font, A good time to Read!

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franceflo.bsky.social @franceflo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From @atlanticbirding.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White;l Alt. is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours A prothonotary warbler perched, couple weeks ago. #migration2026 #birdsoftheworld #birdsSeenin2026 #texas #warbler #naturetherapy #birdohotograph #birds #aves #oiseaux

An adult male prothonotary warbler perched on some twigs .
It has gorgeous yellow head and body with greenish back and blue-gray wings.
Facing left .

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Mr Garden @mygardenuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any shot in black and white Alt. is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours. Here’s a beautiful Collared Dove for the main theme. #birds #Blackbirds #Nature #Garden #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky

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Phil @phil137.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay #Black&White The only b&w photo I could find - a raven at Portland Bill

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baysideviews.bsky.social @baysideviews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I had a number of good shots this month. I like this Forster's Tern, especially since they seem to have recently departed for the winter. #Birds #ChesapeakeBay #ECK #photography #Tern #birdphotography #naturephotography #Canon #CanonEOSR7

A Forster's Tern atop a piling on the Chesapeake Bay

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I love #CedarWaxwings, and I find the awkward teenage ones especially charming. This one sat in this spot and stuffed its face with every available berry. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

A young Cedar Waxwing, a brown bird with a streaky breast, a yellow tail tip, and a white eye mask, perches on a branch and tosses a bright red berry down its own throat.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In a new It Never Rains comic, mysteries cause PANIC. itneverrainscomic.com/20260930.html

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Glen G @gleng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Morning #bird A Great Egret with his new prize at the Gilbert Riparian Area in Gilbert Arizona. #birdoftheday #ECK #EFG

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lynnguini.bsky.social @lynnguini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay #EFG #Watercolor #Watercolour #TraditionalArt #ECK #BirdArtAndArtists G is for #GreenHeron. Looking down from a little bridge over the water, I love how the feathers glow in the sunlight

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Yvonne Redknap @yredknap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #EFG, I have a Great Blue Heron. #Photography #Birds #Wildlife #ECK

A great blue heron is standing perfectly still in a small pond. There it a lot of underwater growth in the pond and numerous water lilies are floating on the top. It is a cloudy day, so the water looks very green as it reflects the trees and reeds that surround the pond.

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Tony Allen-Mills @taminf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Sorry Fabulous, it's that #BirdoftheDay crowd again. They want something beginning with F." "Is that why you're pointing your thing at my feet?" "No Fab, it's because you're a Flamingo". "But how will anyone guess that?" "Trust me on this one, Fab..." #EFG #Photography #Birds

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The funny thing is that I'm playing this little piano while sitting on a full-size piano bench. I have to lean over quite far. #improv #music #ToyPiano youtu.be/7hZ5M9totgU

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Alas, the Tea Is Getting Cold: Improv 2,613 (Schylling toy grand piano)

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Allison Richards @PC2DC @pc2dc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From Helen Bennett today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background.

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Squatlo Bob @squatlobob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Bird of the Day theme is "bokeh", so let's try to find a shot with a nice blurry, soft background. How 'bout a mallard in-flight over Murfree Springs wetlands? #BirdoftheDay #bokeh #mallard #MurfreesboroTn #inflight #birds #blueskybirds

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jocelyngould.bsky.social @jocelyngould.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Alt: theme #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! 🪶❤️ Here are my choices. #birds #ukbirds #birding

European Robin Erithacus rubecula, Burton Mere Wetlands. 21st April 2026.

European Robin Erithacus rubecula sunning on fence, back garden, 25th May 2024.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a new It Never Rains comic, Rose gets in touch with her inner child. itneverrainscomic.com/20260928.html

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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For Sunday #Stunday, a female Wood Duck floating on water coloured with psychedelic reflections of reeds. #birds #photography #ECK

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Clavain @nclavain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For AB's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #InFlight, here is a juvenile Little Blue Heron doing a flyby at Carp River Conservation Area in Ottawa, Ontario, showing off its white plumage. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #ECK

Juvenile Little Blue Heron flying right to left, wings in upward V and legs extended, grey sky background

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urimo.bsky.social @urimo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An #Airborne white-capped albatross for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Seabirds. These magnificent birds can exploit the wind gradient above the ocean—repeatedly climbing into faster-moving air and then diving back downwind, gaining energy from the wind rather than flapping continuously.

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An American white pelican leisurely fishes at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #Stunday #BirdOfTheDay #Seabirds #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #nature #wildlife #BirdsSeenln2026 #wildlifephotography #pelican #pelicans

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franceflo.bsky.social @franceflo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. The Alt theme is #Green I choose this kookaburra pair, I was lucky to see, back in January in Beerwah ( Australia) #kookaburra #australia #wildlife #birdsoftheworld #birdphotography #nature #canon #BirdsSeenin2026

A pair of laughing kookaburra perched on willow branch , facing each other .

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Lori @lorilorikeet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs, two Black Oystercatchers taking a quick break from their namesake activity on the Marina del Rey jetty.

2 black oystercatchers standing on a rock near the water, with beautiful pink feet, bright red orange beaks, and bright yellow eyes rimmed with red.

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