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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For #Black&Red - this Slate-throated Redstart was a shocking rarity in San Francisco back in 2024, by far the most northern record ever of this Mexico-and-further-south species. (The red form here is the Mexican one - it's orange and then yellow further to the south.) #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A Slate-throated Redstart - black (and gray) with a bright red belly and maroon cap, perched on a fallen tree, just slightly obscured by a bit of foliage in the foreground.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

The trans women in sports panic has got to be one of the GOP's most successful manufactured culture war campaigns. Somehow they got a lot of people who would otherwise say they support trans rights to somehow fear "fairness" in sports. It's a non-issue.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A wonderful and rare diving bird - the Junin Grebe, found only on Lake Junín high in central Peru for #TheDivers and #BirdOfTheDay . There's just a few hundred of these beauties left in the world, suffering from habitat loss and pollution. #birds

Junin Grebe - a brilliant red eye on a black and white diving bird.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A spectacular Versicolored Barbet from central Peru for #BirdOfTheDay and #Redheads. This is the "Blue-chinned" group, maybe a separate species from its relatives to the north and south. #Birds

A "Blue-chinned" Versicolored Barbet with a brilliant red head (and chin, and breast-band), plus a blue lower chin and headband, and a yellow breast and moustache.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I mostly delete #Silhouette photos, but I think drongos mostly come pre-silhouetted - here's a Black Drongo from Taiwan. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A perched and calling Black Drongo (aptly named, though nearly all drongos are black)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This pair of Andean Geese were in the highlands of central Peru. #Mamas&Papas, probably - plumage is identical for males and females, but the males are visibly larger. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A pair of Andean Geese - likely a male on the left, a female on the right.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This Tree Swallow (probably a male, but maybe a very bright female) was proudly displaying its #Iridescence for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

A Tree Swallow in full "cheep" sitting on a metal pipe fence

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An Orange-breasted Myzomela from Fiji atop a (not-native-to-Fiji) Calliandra for #FlowerPower and #BirdOfTheDay #birds

An Orange-breasted Myzomela perched atop a flowering Calliandra.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This male Violet-throated Starfrontlet was incredibly acommodating in Húanuco province, Peru, for #BirdsUpClose and #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds

A male Violet-throated Starfrontlet sitting at eye-level just a few feet away. It's his perch and no one's gonna tell him otherwise.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Dippers are classic river birds, for #Coastal&River and #BirdOfTheDay. So a duo, an American Dipper from the US, and a White-capped Dipper from Peru. #birds

A young American Dipper doing its thing in a stream

A White-capped Dipper on a rocky perch in a stream

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme, a young male Lazuli Bunting chomping on #NaturalSeeds. #birds

A young male Lazuli Bunting- prominent blue face, but still a lot of brown on the back and crown - enjoying some grass seeds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay, one of the great birds of South America - a quite #Yellow Golden-backed Mountain Tanager in the high-altitude #Woodland (elfin forest) of central Peru. #birds

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager - gold back and belly, chestnut streaking and a bright blue cap.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This Rufous-crowned Sparrow still shows some small raindrops on its tail - it meets #RainyDayBirds for #BirdOfTheDay. #birds

A Rufous-crowned Sparrow showing off its subtle beauty on a rainy day.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I adore owls too! For #BirdOfTheDay, two #AwesomeOwls from opposite ends of my birding life - one recent digital one, and one ancient one from analog film. #birds

A Collared Scops-Owl playing coy in Taiwan

Madagascar Scops-Owl (this one once called "Torotoroka Scops-Owl") - a film image from 2000.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For #BirdInABush and #BirdOfTheDay, a trio of vireos - IDs in the alt text. #birds

Puerto Rican Vireo peeking out from a bush

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For the #Warblers theme of #BirdOfTheDay , this lovely Citrine Warbler from the central Andes of Peru. #birds

A Citrine Warbler perched on a thin horizontal twig.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A multi-colored Orange-breasted Fruiteater from Ecuador for #MultiColour and #BirdOfTheDay. #birds

Orange-breasted Fruiteater, a gorgeous cotinga found only in the western Andean foothills of Colombia and Ecuador

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #EmeraldBackdrop – Images where the background colour is green. So, a literal Emerald - Cozumel Emerald - against a green background. #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Both #Grey and #RedBeaks for #BirdOfTheDay - the incomparable, fabulous, one-of-a-kind Kagu of New Caledonia! An old photo on ancient equipment, but a fresh memory. Conservation work has stabilized and modestly increased the population size of this flightless bird. #birds

A Kagu, just standing there in front of me in real life.

A young Kagu (with markings on the wing)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

For #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets, a Cormorant triple-header: Pelagic Cormorant in front, a (blurrier) Brandt's Cormorant and then a Double-crested Cormorant behind that! #BirdOfTheDay #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A Northern Boobook from Lanyu Island, Taiwan for #EyeOfTheWild and #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A Northern Boobook staring, eyes wide, as if it caught me doing something shocking.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The theme is #Triplets for #BirdOfTheDay - this set of Red-masked Parakeets in my backyard fits nicely. #birds

Red-masked Parakeet, one adult and two young birds.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Are you looking at my rear?" Why, yes, sir, apologies, ordinarily wouldn't but you see it's #ButtShots day on #BirdOfTheDay? This Mikado Pheasant is not amused. #birds

A male Mikado Pheasant, walking slowly away

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Are things looking up? Hard to say these days, but this Northern Flicker sure was, for #BirdOfTheDay and #UpOrDown. #Birds

A male "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker looking up. Probably just drinking, actually (like most birds, he can't drink without tilting his head back to let the water run down)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rocky - here's a Vesper Sparrow perched atop one. #birds

Vesper Sparrow perched atop a rock, with its telltale chestnut lesser coverts visible.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#BathTime in the backyard for #BirdOfTheDay - three very splashy birds! (IDs in alt text) #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Orange. I have but one choice, the most orange bird there is. Behold the Orange Dove of Fiji! #birds

Orange Dove - a dove that is very, VERY orange. (And a green head)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

For #Ebony&Ivory, black-and-white plumage, a pure play - Black-and-white Warbler, photographed in my backyard (well out of range). #birdoftheday #birds

A Black-and-white Warbler perched head-down on a tree.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The eyes might not be red (that's bare skin), but the feet sure are! Swinhoe's Pheasant from Taiwan for #BirdOfTheDay, #RedBeakFeetEyes. #birds

Male Swinhoe's Pheasant, a ridiculously plumaged bird with red, blue, aqua, white, black, maroon...

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A Black Oystercatcher for #RedBeaks and #BirdOfTheDay. What a fabulous schnoz! #birds

Black Oystercatcher - all black body, with a bright red bill, staring yellow eye, and pink legs.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This smart Black-bellied Plover (Grey Plover for the Brits) was #OutForAWalk on Cozumel for #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds

A Black-bellied Plover in its winter plumage - a time of year when the British name of Grey Plover is far more apt!

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This Black-winged Stilt surely has #LongLegs for #BirdOfTheDay - though even with the legs just 3 colors so it's a pass on the alt theme! #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#TheGathering - of Short-billed Dowitchers and #BirdOfTheDay. Two shots so you can check out the whole bird - underside shots are very useful in IDing this vs. its lookalike cousin, Long-billed Dowitcher! #birds #photography

A flock of Short-billed Dowitchers, showing you their uppersides

A flock of Short-billed Dowitchers, showing you their undersides

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This Puerto Rican Vireo peeked out of the foliage for the #HiddenInPlainSight theme of #BirdOfTheDay. #birds

Puerto Rican Vireo - not a particularly showy vireo

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A Least-er Grebe (immature Least Grebe) going about its day for #Podicipedidae and #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

An immature Least Grebe floating by lilypads

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

There's all-time greats, and then there's the one and only Sonny Rollins. A staggering legacy of unparalleled music. RIP, Colossus.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This Taiwan Yellow Tit is a a #BirdOnTheWire, and with #T twice is a triple qualifier for the #BirdOfTheDay themes. #birds #photography

Taiwan Yellow Tit on a wire, bright yellow below and dark above with a punk crest

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Birds keep giving me the stink eye - is it something I said? #BirdOfTheDay #StaringStraightAtYou! (IDs in alt text) #birds #photography

White-throated Sparrow (white-striped form)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A Red-winged Blackbird, singing its beautiful(?) song for #BirdOfTheDay and #SingForSupper. #birds

A male Red-winged Blackbird singing his heart out from atop a pole

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This young male Lazuli Bunting is one of my recent favorites for #ScrollBack #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #photography

Young male Lazuli Bunting - a full adult would have an entirely blue head.

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A Townsend's Warbler perched in (I think) a Toyon for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FeathersInFoliage. #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Two hawks in the fountain, an elegant adult Cooper's Hawk and a goofy young Sharp-shinned, for the #BirdOfTheDay theme- #Raptors #birds

Young Sharp-shinned Hawk, skinny legs and all

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This female Greater Scaup was stretching her wings for #InMotion #BirdOfTheDay. #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay, I'll take the alt theme, #Black, and this Greater Antillean Grackle that let me get very up-close-and-personal. #birds

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #insectivores, so here's an insect being "vored" by a Northern Yellow Warbler. #birds

A Northern Yellow Warbler with a tiny insect (OK, arthropod, no idea exactly what's in the bill)

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Adam Winer @awiner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme: #Petals&Perches . Meeting the brief: an Sulphur-breasted Myzomela from Fiji. #birds

Sulphur-breasted Myzomela on a bottlebrush-like plant

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