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#BirdoftheDay #BirdoftheMonth I'm going to copy @robcrank68.bsky.social and use a photo from Septembers past because birding locally this September would have led to heatstroke! Western Meadowlark, Alamosa NWR (CO), September 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Western Meadowlark sits on prairie grasses basking in the glow of the morning light.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #EFG A Pied-billed Grebe floating on water that appears to have been painted by Monet. #BrazosBendSP, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A small chunky waterbird with brown-gray coloring and a black stripe on its white bill (pied) floats on pond water with intricate ripples and reflections in many shades of green with touches of light blue and deep amethyst.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BokehBirds Blackburnian Warbler, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A warbler is perched on a small leafy cluster with its body stretching out horizontally across the image and appears to be peeking out from behind the leaves. The bird has a yellow-orange head and neck with bold black stripes on the crown and at the eye. The belly is a soft yellow with faint black lines and the wings are black with white markings. The background bokeh effect is blurred greenery with multiple soft circles of light.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bonus #BirdoftheDay posting because I missed yesterday when a #Green background was the theme. Northern Yellow Warbler on a bald cypress branch with an algae-covered pond in the background. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A bright yellow northern yellow warbler is perched on a twig of a green-leafed bald cypress tree with a green algae-covered pond in the background. The bird is backlit so the front is in partial shade, but his bright yellow plumage with chestnut streaks on the chest can still be seen. The cypress tree is covered with needles that are the color of new spring greenery. The pond is olive-colored.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Seabirds Common Murre, Sumburgh Head, The Shetland Islands, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A common murre is perched on a granite "step" on a coastal cliff. The bird is facing the camera so the white chest and belly are prominently on display. The head and collar of the bird are a dark chocolate brown and the eyes, beak and feet are black. The bird appears very stocky and barrel-chested in this photo.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Borb I'm not saying that this Northern Fulmar is a #borb, but if it was human, it would be shopping in the husky section at the department store. Seydisfjordur, Iceland, July 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A chunky white bird flies low over the water. It is white with black tips on the wings and gray on the tail. To me, it somewhat resembles a large submarine sandwich.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Raptors This Osprey renders the "Stay Back" sign unnecessary in this instance. Bolivar Flats, March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

An Osprey, looking over its shoulder, is perched on a fence post on which a sign is attached reading "Please share the beach. STAY BACK from nesting bird area."

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Redheads From the archives, a male Golden-fronted Woodpecker shows off his red crown. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Golden-fronted Woodpecker is perched on the side of a tree, leaning forward with his head facing the camera. Although the head and body are mostly light gray, the bird has a splotch of red on the crown, a splotch of gold directly behind the beak and a patch of gold on the belly. One wing can barely be seen; it is a black and white pattern. The background of the photo is blurred greenery and small branches.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #LightandShadow Long-billed Thrasher, Laguna Atascosa NWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Long-billed Thrasher is perched on a small limb. It is mostly in the sunlight, but shadows intrude. The bird's yellow eye and bold dark streaks on its white chest and belly make it stand out. The face is gray and the wing and tail are a warm brown. It has long legs and a longish curved beak.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #CaptionThatBird (An inside joke for my #Astros friends) "I don't care what anyone says. Orlando Palmeiro was safe!!" #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A group of five Black Guillemots are perched on a rock ledge. One of them looks particularly agitated, leaning forward with wings flapping, beak wide open and one leg in the air as if ready to stomp its foot.

For context on the caption, the final out of the 2005 World Series between the Astros and the White Sox was a called base-running out at the plate on Orlando Palmeiro. Many Astros fans thought he was safe. The phrase "Orlando Palmeiro was safe" became a bit of a meme in the Astros Twitter Community.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Elegant Something about this Mourning Dove seems elegant to me. #YMMV #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A dove is standing on a wooden fence post with blurred greenery in the background. The dove's small head, chest and body are a light buffy pink color with a small streak of yellow feathers down the side of the throat. The wings and tail are a mixture of gray, buff and brown (with a touch of pink and yellow mixed in and a few black spots on the wings). The eye is dark but is outlined in pale blue. The beak is dark and curved downward slightly and the feet are dark pink, almost red. From head to tail, the bird is long and slender with a somewhat pronounced chest.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Paridae Happy #FeatheredFriday, Y'all!! Black-crested Titmouse with Spanish Moss, Santa Ana NWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A titmouse is perched leaning forward and downward on a small branch covered with Spanish Moss. There is more Spanish moss next to the bird. The bird itself is, as the name implies, black-crested. It also has a black eye and beak. The face, throat and wings are gray, the belly is white and just a touch of chestnut coloring is visible just below the slightly raised wing.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdswithBerries Female Bay-breasted Warbler surrounded by clusters of berries. Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A small warbler is somewhat shaded by the dense foliage surrounding her. She is perched somewhat sideways on a shoot of a bush full of leaves and small deep red and green berries and is leaning forward as if getting ready to grab a berry. Her head is gray and her belly is white, but you can see a splash of the bay color at the throat and toward the side that gives this bird their name.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An impulse purchase from @mincingmockingbird.com that now decorates my birding hat.

A pin on the band of a sun hat showing a bird with a red head and a black throat on a teal background. In a black circle around the bird are the words in white, "I poop on fascists."

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Silhouette This silhouette of a Great Blue Heron reminds me of the dinosaur ancestry of birds for some reason. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Great Blue Heron is shown in silhouette perched precariously on the small limbs atop a bare tree. The bird is leaning forward with neck stretched out, emphasizing its small head and long neck. The background is a gray sky and the overall effect is very monochromatic.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Mamas&Papas I don't know the parental status of this pair of Blue-winged Teals, but I was happy with the photo as they tend to be very very skittish and uncooperative models around me. #AnahuacNWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A pair of blue-winged teals is standing closely together in shallow pond water with the male slightly behind the female. The female is mostly a patterned brown and buff on the body with a brown head that has a slightly darker cap and eyeline. Her bill is black. The male has a dark gray head with a thick white stripe in front of the eye and a black bill. The male's body is also mostly patterned brown and buff, but it has has black wings and tail. A tiny bit of blue on his wing can be seen peeping out in the photo.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #AngryBirds Some serious "get off my lawn" vibes from this Great Kiskadee. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Great Kiskadee stands on a thick branch with legs spread wide, wings akimbo and beak open, staring directly at the camera. The bird has a black head with a white "headband," white chest, yellow belly and underparts and a warm brown on the wings. The background of the photo is blurred vegetation.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsinAbstract Black tern flying over water barely reflecting the first light of a new day. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

The photo is very dark. A black tern is centered in the photo, flying with head down and wings spread as it hunts for an early breakfast over water that is barely registering the light of a new day. Rather than sparkling reflections, the light reflections are very subdued, giving the water an almost flat effect.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Mouthful Happy #FeatheredFriday!! This Neotropic Cormorant definitely had a mouthful after a very successful fishing trip! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Neotropic Cormorant has just surfaced from an underwater fishing expedition and has a large fish in its mouth. There is water streaming from the fish and dripping from the bird's head, showing just how recent the catch was. The water is rippling out in waves around the bird and the water with reflections looks Monet-like in shades of green and gold and maroon.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #ABCD Nesting Black-legged Kittiwake, Skalanes Nature Reserve, Iceland, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A short, stocky gull with a white head, yellow bill, gray body, mostly black tail and short solid black legs and feet stands atop a nest. The backdrop is a black rocky cliff wall with a bit of greenery off to one side.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsinGreen (alt theme) Red-crowned Amazon, Estero Llano Grande State Park (TX), March 2026. It was a real treat to see this beautiful endangered bird in the wild. It is on the Red Watch list due to the illegal pet trade and loss of habitat. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A large green parrot with a red crown is perched on a small branch. The bird is hunched over with its head slightly up, giving the photographer a bit of a side eye with its large amber eye. The background of the photo is blurred greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Borbs (alt theme) "Do these feathers make my butt look fat?" Sanderling, Bolivar Flats (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Sanderling standing in shallow surf water with its back to the camera and its head turned to the right. A little round body with a little round head and a longish straight bill, the bird's feathers are a mix of brown and buff and tan and the water is also a brownish shade.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #SittingonWater Great Crested Grebe, Kinderdijk, Netherlands, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A Great Crested Grebe floats along on a canal in The Netherlands. The bird has a black crest, angular white face, a reddish-brown neck, long white throat and a body of mottled brownish-black and white. The grebe's eye is a dark amber and it has a thick black streak between the eye and the long pointed dark reddish-black bill.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdNaps This family of Barn Owls is having a bit of a siesta. #AnahuacNWR (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Three Barn Owls (plus one hiding away in the corner) sit in a cutout eave of a pavilion. All have eyes closed.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Thrushes (alt theme) Wood Thrush, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A wood thrush is shown perched at an angle on a small branch with its back to the camera and its head to the side. The photo was taken in a heavily wooded area so the lighting is on the moody side and the thrush's rusty head feathers take on a slight greenish tone from the dim light and heavy foliage. The dark eye is accentuated by a white eye ring. The face is black with white spots and the neck is white. The tail feathers are fluffed out.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay #ItsAllWhite This Reddish Egret white morph really knows how to wear white! South Padre Island Birding Center (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Reddish Egrets normally have a dusty rose head and neck and a blue-gray body, but this white morph is all white (well, the feathers anyway). The bird has a light blue mask and a long two-tone daggerlike bill (pink at the base and black at the tip). It can't be seen in the lighting of the photo, but the legs are electric blue (part of its breeding colors). The egret is standing on a dead branch in shallow brown muddy water.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsUpClose A male Bay-breasted Warbler in the early morning sun, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A warbler is perched on a small branch, facing forward but with his head tilted up and to his right as the early morning sun bathes him in soft light. The birds crown is a reddish-brown (bay) color and the face and eye are black. The bay coloring continues down the throat and flanks while the neck and belly are white. A tiny bit of one black and white wing can be seen as well. The background is blurred greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Parenting #Blue I love it when I can knock off both themes with one photo! A Tricolored Heron tending to the nest, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A tricolored heron is standing on the edge of a large nest, leaning over with its long light blue bill poking into the nest next to two light blue eggs. The heron is feathered in soft shades of blue-gray, lavender and white. The background of the photo is blurred greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Coastal&River Happy Feathered Friday!! Alan's pick of a coastal theme gives me a great excuse to share yet another Atlantic Puffin pic. 😄 Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A puffin is perched on the edge of a cliff among grass and wildflowers. Beyond and below, you can see blurred sea, surf and a bit of land. The bird has a white front and face, a black neck, back and crest, a large multi-colored beak of reddish-orange, yellow and black and yellow-orange feet.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #NaturalSeeds I had to hit the archives for this one. This Northern Cardinal doesn't seem to have missed many meals. #BrazosBendSP, February 2025 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It is currently 96 degrees at 7:24 pm. The low tonight might get down to a balmy and humid 80 degrees. Make it stop.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did someone say #WaterfallWednesday? (Maybe it was just me talking to myself again.) Waterfall at the Briksdal Glacier Area in Norway, July 2026 #travel #photography #originalcontent 📷

A waterfall rushes over craggy rock formations with greenery (and more boulders) on either side of the falls. The backdrop is a mountainous granite wall and the glacier can barely be glimpsed over the waterfall. The sky is cloudy.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Woodland #Yellow A female Summer Tanager looking pensive. High Island, TX, April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A female tanager is perched on a jumbled end of a dead branch looking down slightly. The bird is a dull yellow with darker wings that have a green-brown-yellow shading to them. The background of the photo is blurred greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What a gut punch. Not Dolly! Not now.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #ReflectionsAndShadows I know I'm not following @alan678.bsky.social's instructions, but I thought this photo was way cooler without the actual bird. 😉 Shadow of a Common Gull, Bergen, Norway, July 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A shadow of a bird coming in for a landing on a gray boulder surrounded by grass.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #ThinPerches Since it's such a small bird anyway, this Blackburnian Warbler had no trouble hanging on to a new leafy shoot this spring. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A small warbler is perched on new spring foliage in a tree. The bird is quite beautiful (IMHO) with a black and yellow face and head, a yellow-orange chest, a white belly with black spots on the sides and black wings with some white markings. The background is blurred greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #Simple Juvenile Eurasian Oystercatcher, Akureyri, Iceland, July 2026. The bird will eventually have the red eye and the reddish-orange bill of the adult. More in alt. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A black (head, uppers, wings and tail) and white (lowers) bird with a yellow beak (dirty at the tip from digging in the dirt) is walking across a grass lawn on its pale pink legs. I saw this bird at the Akureyri Botanical Gardens digging in the flower beds. Before this, I had only seen oystercatchers at the shore on the rocks. It surprised me a bit, but I enjoyed getting the close look.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Another #Critterday post from my recent trip. I had seen humpback whales before but I had never gotten a good look at anything but the tail. But this time I got a look at the rostrum, splashguard and water emerging from the baleen. See alt for details. #travel #nature 🐳 #photography 📷

The front part of a humpback whale can be seen skimming the surface of the water shortly before diving. The front part of the skull that makes up the upper jaw is called the rostrum and can be clearly seen with sea water filtering through the baleen (the whale's filtering system that it uses to catch food while expelling the water). The baleen can't really be seen, but I found it cool to be able to see the process. Behind the rostrum is a small hump. This is called the splashguard and helps keep water from entering the blowhole (which is directly behind the splashguard but unseen in the photo). Anyway, I geeked out a bit on this and when down a rabbit hole just trying to figure out what I was seeing.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #ColourfulCharacters More proof that adolescence can be very unkind. This molting juvenile Summer Tanager is at an awkward (yet very colorful) stage of his existence. High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A tanager with splotchy red and yellow face and chest and mostly yellow belly and wings is perched on a small branch surrounded by spring greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #SunnyDayBirds A Green Heron on an algae-covered pond, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, April 2026 #birds #featheredfriday #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

The heron is perched on a fallen branch sticking out of a green algae-covered pond. The heron is mostly charcoal gray (head and body) and deep chestnut (throat and chest), but the gray of the back shows somewhat iridescent green in the bright sunlight. The legs are long and yellow. The beak is long and black.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#BirdoftheDay #BirdNameG (alt theme) Greylag Goose, Kinderdijk, Netherlands, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Two Greylag Geese are swimming on a canal amid lily pads and water lilies. The goose in front is at a slight angle to the camera and has a gray head and chest, mostly brown neck and back and white tail feathers. The bill is pinkish-orange. The other goose is blurred and facing away from the camera. The background is bushy greenery.

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jayne @jayneh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For a little #WaterWednesday distraction, Gullfoss Falls, Iceland, July 2026. #travel #originalcontent #photography 📷

A wide waterfall with mist rising drops twice in a deep canyon with green hills on either side. Off to the left and below the photographer's viewpoint, there is a trail that winds down and out to a viewpoint just above the falls with a number of people on it. The sky is cloudy.

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