Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Double vision of a double-crested cormorant. #WingsWideOpen #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 0200
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 19/05/2026And here’s today’s baby photo (taken with a tiny endoscopic camera threaded into the box). Unhatched eggs were not viable so these two get all the food! 🐛 Tracking on the Cornell NestWatch app. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 050
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I’ve posted about the chickadee pair that adopted the nest box in my urban garden. Two chicks have now been born and here’s papa with a takeout food delivery. #ScrollBack #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1140
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 16/05/2026A grey catbird taking advantage of a parking lot puddle to take an enthusiastic bath. #WaterDroplets #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2395
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026A brilliant scarlet tanager among the oak blossoms, a favorite tree for migrating birds. #FeathersInFoliage #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #ParkerRiverNWR 1150
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026A female hooded merganser (and her reflection) looking subtly beautiful. #FeatheredFemmes #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1301
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I’ve posted this fellow before but that gaze…unforgettable! #LockedOn #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1313
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 09/05/2026For today’s prompt, a borbing goldfinch, looking a bit judgy. #EFGH #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0203
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Pigeon guillemot #InMotion— bathing and fluffing its wings. Monterey Harbor 4/2026 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0211
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Going with the alt today—an iridescent Brewer’s blackbird. Love that bright yellow eye. #Black #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1494
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026From Merlin, the app of the Cornell Ornithology program. They have a very wide range across N. America. 010
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Three American robin nestlings showing glimpses of fluffy, #Dappled plumage in the dappled light of an early May morning. Cambridge MA. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2271
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Double vision 👀👀 but still #RockSolid, two black-bellied whistling ducks share a small stony perch. The one behind seems a bit camera-shy. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1273
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A royal tern hovers over the fish pier in Venice FL with wings #Stretched and tail fanned hoping to get lucky. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1281
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Sweet moment between parent and chick swallow-tail gulls. (Tail feathers of the other parent visible on lower right.) Galapagos 2023. #Parenthood #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0200
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026There were some fun sightings this month but I’m choosing this image of three fledgling acorn woodpeckers. Elkhorn Slough Reserve, CA. #BestOfTheMonth #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1250
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This wood thrush exemplifies #BeautyInBrown. The large eye marks it as a forager on the forest floor where there is little light. Tricky to spot but so rewarding to see. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2462
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026This year is my first attempt to attract nesting chickadees to my very urban garden. This little guy is making a #WellTimed visit to see if the nest is ready yet. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1280
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 26/04/2026When birds with #LongNecks (like this great egret) get an itch, it takes effort and good balance to reach and scratch it. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1351
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I’m no sparrow expert but I know they’re plentiful and often hard to distinguish in their habitats—except this white-throated sparrow who kindly posed for a photo. #CamoOrContrast #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0320
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Not the sweetest song to be sure, but in northern latitudes a welcome sign of springtime. #TheSongFactor #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2273
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Going with the alt today and this jewel-like lesser violetear. Costa Rica 2025. 🇨🇷 #Green #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0330
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This small-eared grebe has caught a tiny flat fish for breakfast. Monterey Harbor, California. #ComeEatWithMe #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0230
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026“Where the heck did I put my keys…?” Western bluebird. #ABCD #CaptionThis #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 5847
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Too far away to be a good photo but my first sighting of a cinnamon teal. Beautiful bird! Elkhorn Slough Reserve, California. #DucksOutOfWater #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1320
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Another from recent trip to Point Reyes—close-up of a male California Quail. #HeadShots #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1330
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A white-crowned sparrow perched on a native lupine plant. Point Reyes, California. #LeafAndLight #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 3340
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A pair of Clark’s grebes on a calm morning in Monterey Harbor California. #reflections #twosday #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0292
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A lucky spot—great horned owl—in Point Reyes CA. Large as they are, they blend perfectly with their surroundings. #JKLMNOP #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 87312
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Brown pelicans are not exactly #woodland birds but can nest in trees as this one demonstrates. Their dinosaur lineage is apparent when you see their #juveniles like this little fellow. Galapagos 2023. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1281
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026A red-bellied woodpecker disappears into its nest cavity leaving us only its hindquarters to appreciate. #birdbutts #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1282
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This spotted towhee on a #ManmadePerch would have qualified for yesterday’s #Blackheads if I hadn’t been too busy taking the picture. Point Reyes California. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0191
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Research scientist holds a whiskered screech owl during a volunteer stint in the Chiricahua mountains in southern Arizona. Amazing to capture, band, and collect data on several species of tiny forest owls and survey their habitat. 2022 #RareEncounters #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1232
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Couldn’t resist this masked cardinal from the archives. Related to tanagers more than cardinals, but undeniably striking in #Black&Red. Trinidad & Tobago 2024. 🇹🇹 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1053044
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026An early spring cardinal with just enough black to qualify for #Black&Red. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0251
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 05/04/2026On a recent trip to the gulf coast of Florida we were treated to many sightings of birds in their glorious breeding #Feathers like this great egret who might also qualify as a #BirdInABush. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1240
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One of the smallest—a female white-crested coquette. I love that the tip of her tongue sticks out as she approaches the flower. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 #SmallBirdsInFlight #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2659
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Song sparrow looking damp and disheveled in drizzly #Weather. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1290
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Wood storks are the only true stork native to the Americas. This one soars over the mangroves in coastal Costa Rica. 🇨🇷 #LargeBirdsInFlight #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0241
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026*Reality warning* A red-tailed hawk makes a full meal of a freshly caught rabbit. #Snacks #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1291
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Red-bellied woodpeckers are found across a wide swath of the US. This quizzical one was peeking out of its nest in Florida but I often see and hear them in New England, my home turf. #BestOfTheMonth #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1497
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026A pair of piping guan having a raucous territorial dispute at dawn. Endemic to Trinidad and critically endangered. We were lucky to see them. Apologies for the poor focus. #RuffledFeathers #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0240
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026A feisty great blue heron chick chomps on its parent’s neck. Kids these days, y’know?! #AdultsWithChicks #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 2583
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This Lesson’s motmot peeks from the foliage to display its vivid #blue facial feathers. Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0311
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This great blue heron has brought back a large tasty fish for its two chicks. #Eating #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 3642
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Two #Speckled purple sandpipers, and at least from this angle they both appear to be standing on #OneLeg. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 0190
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026On the vernal equinox, a song sparrow greets the Spring. #OpenBeak #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1342
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A downy woodpecker, one of my favorite (favourite?) #YearRound birds that also happens to be #Tricolour (tricolor?). #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 3512
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026A flamingo stretches for that last hard-to-reach patch of tail feathers. #Preeners&Scratchers #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 1434
Carol Beasley @beasleycl.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Indigo buntings—one of our most glamorous #Migratory songbirds. Pair was photographed in Costa Rica in March and single bird in Massachusetts in June. How do they do it? It’s miraculous! #BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶 6471