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Is it maybe related to this? I didn't know the movie was a book first...

The cover for the DVD of VeggieTales's "Lord of the Beans"

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoreBirds, defined as "any bird on the shore", so I'm going to take that as license to post birds at a lakeshore, even if only one might be generally categorized as a "shorebird". #photography #birdphotography #birds

Two large white mute swans, two Canada geese, and a small Black-headed gull gather along a pebbly shoreline at the edge of a calm lake. These are a few birds of the huge crowd of birds found around the docks at Bowness-on-Windermere, which is a small extended tourist trap occasionally masquerading as a town in the English lake district.

📍 Bowness-on-Windermere, England, UK
📷 f/7.1; 1/1000 s; 100mm; ISO 1000

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingDown: "any bird looking down/head lowered" An Eastern Kingbird from early August, head lowered so that you can just see a tiny spec of the orange crown stripe that pops up when they're angry. #photography #birds

A close-up photo of an Eastern Kingbird perched on a rusted metal railing against a clear blue sky. The bird's head is angled downward, looking intently below. It has dark grey and brown feathers on its head and back, a bright white chest and belly, and a tiny orange patch visible at the center of the top of the head.

📍 Riverfront Promenade, Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 400

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, any bird with Brown in its plumage. Here's a nice little Carolina Wren I was able to catch quite close last week. #MicroFourThirds #photography #birds

A close-up shot of a Carolina Wren (a small brown songbird) perching on a thin, angled tree branch. The bird faces slightly to the left, showing a slightly curved beak, a prominent white streak above its dark eye, a fluffy buff-white chest, and brown streaked feathers on its back and head. Green leaves and a soft blue sky are blurred in the sunlight-dappled background.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400mm; ISO 250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today #Ducks&GeeseInFlight is the #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here's a Common Merganser shortly after takeoff from back in February when we still had some ice floating on the river. #photography #birds

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay today and her theme is #Green: any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. Going back in the archives to middle of last year, here's a very green bird and rather green background. #birds #MicroFourThirds #photography #OutMyOfficeWindow

A dark iridescent green hummingbird perches on a twig with its back to the camera against a backdrop of blurred lighter green foliage. The shot is framed so that the bird is in the center of the top-right quadrant of the image.

📍 Burlington County, NJ, USA
📷 f/5.6; 1/20 s; 300mm; ISO 500

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Like this? I'm just slapping it in with Gimp; I also am not skilled in these programs but H-level ECC on the QR code gives you lots of room to play with.

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It seems like you're using H-level ECC on that image, so at that point you could even do this and it'll still scan:

A QR code with a big-ass icosahedron (D20) shape in the middle of it.

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, I'm going with the alt. theme of #GardenBirds ("any bird that you might see in your garden") because I don't have any new wading bird photos for the main theme. A female Downy Woodpecker in my actual back garden. #photography #birds #OuMyOfficeWindow

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Often when I post a Northern Mockingbird for the #BirdOfTheDay, it's because of its singing, but although "crooners" is the main theme today, this photo is for the is alt theme of #Eating. #birds #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueWater, birds surrounded by Blue Water. I saw this Mallard Duck couple out having breakfast on the river early yesterday. #birds #photography #microfourthirds

Two mallard ducks swimming from left to right across calm, deep blue water in bright sunlight. In the lower-left foreground, a female mallard with mottled brown feathers and an orange-and-black bill leaves a gentle trail of ripples. In the upper-right, a male mallard with a bright yellow bill and dark head swims ahead, both birds casting subtle reflections on the surface.

📍 Delaware River, Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/4.6; 1/640 s; 161 mm; ISO 100

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel ("Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot"). This is such a comic book cover pose I had to use it, even though it means posting the same bird two days in a row. #birds #photography

A Northern Mockingbird perched at the very tip of a thin, leafy green branch against a softly blurred, bright green background. The bird is angled slightly to the left with its head turned to the right, showing off its light gray chest, darker brownish-gray wings, long tail, and distinct yellow eye.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8; 1/1000 s; 400mm; ISO 1600

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies ("any bird against a blue sky") I think I've shared other shots of this mockingbird, but not this one. #birds #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good morning; today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying ("birds with their wings open when not flying"), with an Alt theme of #Blue. This female Mallard drying off that I shot the other day might work as a two-fer. #birds #photography #microfourthirds

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #BlackandRed A bit late today, but here's one of the standard two North American birds for the theme: a male Red-winged Blackbird.

A Red-winged blackbird perches delicately on a thin twig extending out from a bare branch. The background shows plant leaves from other trees, and beyond that the sky is a dull gray.

📍Palmyra Cove Nature Preserve, Palmyra, NJ, USA
📷ƒ/8; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 400

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks ("any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape") I don't think there's anything better for that theme in my photo roll than these Oystercatchers I saw in the UK in April. #birds #photography

Two oystercatchers forage along a muddy, twig-lined bank at the edge of a calm wetland. The shorebirds feature black heads and upper bodies, bright white underbellies, pink legs, vivid red-orange eyes, and long, straight, bright orange beaks.

📍 Reading Green Park Business Park, Reading, England, UK
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400 mm; ISO 1250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White ("any shot in black and white") A White-breasted Nuthatch outside the office window from early last month. #birds #photography #microfourthirds

A high-contrast, black-and-white photograph of a White-breasted Nuthatch clinging head-first to rough, heavily textured tree bark. The bird is positioned vertically with its body angled downward and its head pointing toward the lower right. Its sharp, straight bill points down, and its pale cheek and dark eye are clearly visible against a dark band across its nape.

📍 Burlington County, NJ, USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400mm; ISO 16000

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, meaning September 2026. Going with another image of the Red-tailed Hawk I shared for the #Raptors theme earlier this month. #birds #photography #microfourthirds #LookingAtYou

A Red-tailed Hawk perches atop a metal post against a plain, overcast gray sky, looking directly forward with wide, intense yellow eyes. The bird's feathers are mottled brown and white along its back and wings, with a lighter, speckled chest. Its yellow foot and sharp dark talons grip the perch firmly above a white structure.

📍 Madison, WI, USA
📷 f/10.0; 1/320 s; 264mm; ISO 250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). So here's a Great Blue Heron seen a few weeks ago locally. (At a bit of a distance) #birds #birdphotography #photography #microfourthirds

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds ("any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background; bonus points for any bokeh balls') I've posted this mockingbird before, but I don't think I've posted this shot. #birds #photography

A Northern Mockingbird perched at the top of a leafy green twig, staring directly at the camera with a sharp, stern expression against a brightly lit, softly blurred green background.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400mm; ISO 1250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds with an alt of #Airborne, so like many people today I'm posting a gull in flight. Specifically, one of the Ring-billed gulls that have now returned for the season from their breeding grounds up north. #birds #photography

A young Ring-billed Gull flying directly toward the camera against a clear, solid blue sky. Its wings are fully spread and arched downward in mid-flight, displaying white undersides, gray wingtops, and dark tips. The bird's head and yellow beak are angled forward as it glides.

📍 Delaware River, Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/800 s; 364mm; ISO 100

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't have a recent photo for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme ("Borbs", birds looking plump) that I haven't already used for a BOTD, so I'm going with the Alt theme of #Brown, birds with Brown in their plumage. House Sparrow (female), just hanging out. #birds #photography #birdphotography

A small female house sparrow sits in a tree surrounded by green leaves, body aiming towards the camera but head turned to look left. The bird is, from this angle, mostly a uniform light brown with some darker shades of brown on the top of the head and in a rough line behind the eye.

📍Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 ƒ/6.3; 1/640 s; 400 mm; ISO 1600

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay today, the theme is #TheDivers ("any diving bird") Here's a Great Cormorant from Reading from this past April. #Birds #UKbirding #Photography #BirdPhotography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors; any bird of prey. This is a Red-tailed Hawk I saw a few weekends ago. I was supposed to be there getting new photos of my nieces, but I mean if this bird just shows up of course I'm going to take some shots of it too. #birds #photography #birdphotography

A close-up of a hawk perched securely on a rusty metal pole against a solid, overcast sky. The bird of prey is facing right, displaying mottled dark brown plumage on its back and wings, and a mostly white chest and belly marked with brown streaks and spots. Its thick yellow legs and sharp black talons are firmly wrapped around the metal fixture.

📍 Madison, WI, USA
📷 f/10; 1/320 s; 364mm; ISO 200

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, "any bird with a Red on its head/beak". Male house finches fit the theme well. #birds #photography #birdphotography

A male House Finch with a bright red head, crown, and chest perches on a dark, twisted utility line running diagonally against a clear blue sky. The bird's back, wings, and belly feature streaked brownish-grey plumage, and it is angled slightly to the left while looking upward.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 320

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LightAndShadow, "any bird capture that has both". Yellow Warbler female spotted during her southbound migration a month ago. #birds #photography #birdphotography

A small, bright yellow bird perched on a bare, diagonal tree branch against a clear, solid blue sky. The bird faces toward the left, and sunlight casts thin shadows from the surrounding branches across its side and wings. A few out-of-focus bright green leaves frame the top right and bottom right corners of the photo.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400mm; ISO 640

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Elegant, so I tried "elegant" as the search in my photo-archiving software (immich) and it showed me cats. So many cats, and a few women in long dresses. But basically just cats. (Continued in alt) #birds #pigeonsky #birdphotography #photography

An all-white Rock Pigeon stands on a rock. The background shows some out-of-focus posters advertising a lake cruise, I think.

📍 Bowness-on-Windermere, England, UK
📷 f/4.5; 1/3200 s; 127 mm; ISO 500

... So anyway, when I did filter the software down to where birds started showing up for "elegant" by filtering on camera type (most of my bird pictures are taken with my standalone camera, and my phone camera takes more cat pictures), the first several pictures it presented were all low-light things with lots of noise. Eventually it presented this bird in a different pose, so I went searching for the picture I knew I had of this bird in a better pose.

Anyway, the conclusion is that AI is not ready to curate my bird pictures, at least not the cheap kind that can be incorporated into open source software I run on my own machine.

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My niece is really into bugs; when I visited recently she pointed out different bugs she wanted me to photograph, including bringing one to me at one point. #bugsky #photography

A grasshopper balanced on a child's left hand. In the background, slightly out of focus, one can see a sparkly dress with purse strap being worn by the child in question.

A yellow and black bumblebee on a very fibrous pink flower, with out-of-focus green in the background.

An orange and black beetle walking over some green plant with small white flowers. I think my niece called it a stinkbug, but I can't remember.

A small brown moth in the middle of a bright orange flower. Other flowers and greenery are visible around the rest of the picture.

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The most recent photo I have for today's #BirdOfTheDay is for the Alt theme of #Pigeons&Doves. #birds #photography #pigeonsky #birdphotography

A Mourning Dove hunts around in the grass. The bird is lit by early morning light from the side, and is facing to the right while looking at the camera.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400 mm; ISO 400

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay I'm going with the alt theme of #BirdyLongLegs ("Any bird with legs that look way too long for its body") Juvenile moorhens flop their legs and ridiculous feet around like something out of a Jim Henson fever dream. 🪶 #birds #photography

A juvenile Moorhen (Common Gallinule) with olive-brown plumage and long greenish legs walks across a gray asphalt road, lifting one leg mid-step while looking directly toward the camera.

📍 The Rush Nature Preserve, Cambridge, England, UK
📷 f/5.6; 1/500; 300mm; ISO 1250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Silhoutte. (aka #Silhouette) Here's a European Starling in silhouette from July. #birds #photography 🪶

A silhouetted bird perches on a thin, diagonal utility wire against a plain, light blue sky. Thick black power cables run parallel across the upper-left and lower-right corners of the frame. The bird faces right with its head tilted slightly upward, its sharp beak raised, and ruffled throat feathers catching subtle backlighting.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/7.1; 1/1000 s; 300mm; ISO 100

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. From this past May. #Birds #Photography

Two adult Canada Geese walk down a dirt path with a young yellow gosling, walking away from the camera. The gosling is closest to, and partially under, the adult on the left. The adult on the right has his head turned so that one eye is looking back at the camera. The scene is a sunny day, though the path is mostly shaded.

📍 Palmyra Cove Nature Preserve, Palmyra, NJ, USA
📷 f/8; 1/1000 s; 400mm; ISO 6400

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds, so of course I went digging through my American Robin photos. He may be more of a general grump than angry yet, but don't test him. #birds #photography

A close-up photograph of an American Robin perched on a bed of dry straw and scattered twigs. The bird has a vibrant reddish-orange breast, slate-gray wings, and a dark charcoal head with delicate white markings around its eye. It is turned toward the camera with a plump, attentive stance, illuminated by soft natural sunlight.

He may be more of a general grump than specifically angry, but I wouldn't try pushing him off.

📍 Delaware Canal State Park Bristol PA USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400mm; ISO 1250

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInAbstract defined as "From motion blur, obscure angles, or contrasting textures, anything goes". Well okay then. Here's a Grey Heron from St. James Park in London in a photo that I think fits the theme. #birds #photography

A large grey heron captured from behind as it plunges headfirst into a pond covered in bright green algae. Its head is completely submerged while its tail feathers stick up in the air, and its wide grey and black wings are outstretched on both sides with motion blur as water splashes around it in bright sunlight.

📍 St James Park, London, England, UK
📷 f/4.2; 1/320 s; 120mm; ISO 100

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful ("any bird with anything in its beak") Here's a Rose-ringed Parakeet working on a beech nut, balancing on one foot while using the other like a hand. #birds #ukbirding #photography

A parakeet with bright lime-green plumage perches high in a beech tree, a small piece of beech nut in its beak. Surrounded by green leaves and small fuzzy seed pods, the bird grips a branch with one foot while raising a small nut to its hooked red beak with the other. A clear, pale blue sky shows through the dense canopy in the background.

This bird was right above the spot where all the tourists were taking pictures while standing on both sides of the prime meridian marked on the ground.

📍 Greenwich Observatory, London, England, UK
📷 f/5.6; 1/640 s; 300 mm; ISO 320

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have a series of random bird pictures that are not great as photos, and not unusual birds, but that somehow project moods, or that one could easily imagine moods with. Anyway, first #BirdMoods picture: (punk) Rockin' Robin. 🪶 #birds

An American Robin with feathers fluffed on his head in a manner reminiscent of a mohawk haircut perches on a bare tree branch. The bird's red chest is speckled with white feathers. The background is a light grey sky.

📍 Burlington NJ USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 400

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, any bird whose colour changes with light on them. I often forget that the necks of standard-color Rock Pigeons exhibit iridescence. #birds #photography #pigeonsky

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD and the alt theme is #RSTU, so I figure this picture of a Black-capped Chickadee and a Tufted Titmouse counts as a two-fer. #birds #photography #ECK

A Tufted Titmouse and a chickadee perch on opposite sides of a tube feeder filled with sunflower seeds against a soft brown background. On the right, the titmouse faces left, showing its gray crest and peach-washed flank. On the left, the chickadee perches with its back turned, highlighting its black cap and white cheek.

📍 Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lennox, MA, USA
📷 f/6.3; 1/640 s; 400 mm; ISO 1600

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdBuddies: two different bird species sharing the same space. I thought there was going to be some bird drama when this duck swam up to stand on part of the submerged tree the cormorant was already on, but they were both cool with it. #Birds #photography 🪶

A Double-crested Cormorant and a Mallard Duck standing on a mostly submerged tree branch in the middle of a river, both facing to the right. The duck's feet are hidden under the water, but he's clearly standing on something just under the surface; the part the cormorant is standing on is well above the surface. The lighting is early morning, but well after dawn, coming from the right.

They just stood there, present but ignoring each other, like two guys next to each other at a bar watching the game.

📍 Delaware River, Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 320

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Herons&Egrets Photo from about a week ago of our local heron (Great Blue Heron) stalking around the island that's in the middle of the river, so a bit of a distance shot. (~500 ft aka ~150 m) #birds #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Pigeons, I'm going to go with this Common Wood Pigeon from outside Cambridge. #birds #ukbirding #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast (light birds against dark backgrounds or vice versa) with an alt. of #Thrushes, so here's my twofer: an American Robin on the snow. #birds #photography #twofer #forJanet

An American Robin stands on snow, with its feet not sinking into the hard crust at all. The bird is facing left, slightly away from the camera so that mostly the color you see is its dark gray back and head, but its deep red-orange breast is still visible. Its head is turned slightly to the bird's left so that the head is facing left and ever so slightly towards the camera. The background snow has a few flecks of tree detritus and a half-buried twig visible, but it's mostly just a dull white.

📍 Burlington County, NJ, USA
📷 f/7.1; 1/640 s; 300 mm; ISO 640

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For today's #ItsAllWhite theme for #BirdOfTheDay, I present this #pigeon couple. A bit before this photo, I saw what was pretty clear courting behavior between these two as the male pigeon puffed out his ruff and spread his tail wide while following the female. #pigeonsky #birds #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #BirdsOfAFeather; as I don't really have something that fits the main theme, I offer this flock of Ring-billed Gulls from February.

A flock of seagulls (specifically, Ring-billed Gulls) flying in a loose V-shaped formation across a pale, overcast blue sky. The birds stretch diagonally from the top right down toward the bottom of the frame, their wings mid-flap against the plain background.

📍 Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 f/8.0; 1/640 s; 400 mm; ISO 3200

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsUpClose. Here's a Herring Gull up close; the whole picture is 19MP according to my photo software, so only just barely cropped.

A photo of the head and neck of a European Herring Gull. The characteristic red blot on the bottom of the beak is just barely visible, which probably tells someone who knows about such things information about the bird's age. The background is out-of-focus sand and small pebbles.

📍 Bowness-on-Windermere, England, UK
📷 ƒ/7.1; 1/3200 s; 200 mm; ISO 2000

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm going with today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Blue, not so much in the scene, but in the bird. #birds #photography

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, "any bird captures you admire the most out of your August 2026 Collection" August includes the last few days of our UK trip, so two of those, but then I saw this gorgeous Northern Yellow Warbler shortly after we got back. #birds #photography

A Rose-ringed Parakeet in a beech tree eating a beech nut that it pulled off the tree. I like this series for showing how the bird did this: plucking the beech husk off the tree with its beak and then balancing on one foot while using the other like a hand to hold the husk as it dug out the nut. Some of these shots turned out not as sharp as I'd like, but I think this one is pretty good.

📍 Greenwich Observatory, London, England, UK
📷 ƒ/5.6; 1/640 s; 300 mm; ISO 320

A Gray Heron in moss-covered water right after it caught and quickly swallowed a fish (hence the wet head/neck). Unfortunately, my shots of it diving and then with its head up swallowing the fish were too zoomed in and cut off lots of what I'd want out-of-frame. I like this one though.

📍 St. James Park, London, England, UK
📷 ƒ/4.2; 1/400 s; 120 mm; ISO 100

A female Northern Yellow Warbler perched on a small bare branch with her mouth partially open. The background is about 3/4 out-of-focus green leaves with a clear blue sky behind the leaves. I'd never seen this species locally and I think I got lucky to catch it on migration to places further south.

📍 Riverfront Promenade, Burlington, NJ, USA
📷 ƒ/8.0; 1/1000 s; 400 mm; ISO 800

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm sorry. Would you like an emotional support bird picture? I've got cute, resilient, gawky in a cute older-juvenile way, slapstick...

Juvenile European Robin in Cambridge, UK. (cute)

Pigeon in Manchester who has been through a rough inner-city life (the other leg isn't hidden; it's completely missing) but still looks fabulous. (resilient)

Juvenile Moorhen from Cambridge looking just a bit oddly proportioned with those giant feet. Also, why are they green? (gawky juvenile)

Pigeon wire landing failure in Manhattan. (slapstick)

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today’s main #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Coastal&River ('any coastal or river birds") with an alt theme of #Rocky ("any bird capture with a rock in view") I knew I'd have a two-fer somewhere in my Lake district photos. Juvenile Herring Gull. #birds #photography #ukbirding

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