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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #WingsOpenNotFlying | #Willet For today's theme, my mind turned to the Willet which transforms from rather drab to uniquely beautiful when its wings are raised. #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #allenspond

A Willet stands in a salt panne, looking left with wings raised

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Black&White | #BlackandWhiteWarbler Shot in color, this photo required the least amount of B&W conversion. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark

A black and white Black-and-white Warbler is perched on a black and white tree trunk.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #EFG | #EquatorialAntpitta In a nature preserve in Pichincha Provice, Ecuador, I got a good look at this lovely tailless wonder.

A solid rufous anpitta stands facing the camera, its taillessness hidden by a round ball-shaped body.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Seabirds | #AmericanHerringGull From day two of a massive nor'easter, I present a photo from a previous storm where waves drove gulls off the beach. #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts

A wave pounds the shore, chasing a small flock of American Herring Gulls toward the camera.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Pairs | #LeastTern Courtship on the beach. Nothing says "I love you" like a dead fish.

A boy meets a girl on the beach, presents her a fish, and the rest is history. During mating, male Least Terns present little fish to their mates. In this case, just a few seconds later, she drops it in the sand, then retrieves it.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Redheads | #RedHeadedWoodpecker An immature woodpecker is just getting started on the plumage transition to a full head of red feathers. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Mamas&Papas | #LongTailedDuck On Christmas Day last year, these overwintering ducks were hanging out among a small flock. The drake in front has the distinctive long tail, behind which the hen is paddling. #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts

Part of a small flock in winter plumage, the drake leads the hen in this photo. Drakes have white caps with a pink-striped bill. while hens have a dark cap that extends to the bill in front, along with a darker back.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

From 2019, one of my favorite birds ever, a leucistic Common Grackle doing a passable bald eagle impersonation. #commongrackle #leucism #birdphotography

A grackle perches on a branch. A pigmentation loss has turned his head to white from the throat and nape up to the crown.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #AngryBirds | #commongrackle Even when they are all dolled up with perfect lighting, grackles still look angry. #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc #birdphotography

A Common Grackle perches on a small branch, facing the camera. Usually appearing black, this grackle is enjoying a ray of sunshine bringing out bronzes, blues, purples, browns, and more.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay alt | #Black&White | #blackandwhitewarbler I went with the alt theme! Black-and-white Warbler from many Aprils ago. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #ABCD | Antpitta, Bittern, Cuckoo, Drongo Here are #equatorialAntpitta, #americanBittern, #darkbilledCuckoo, and #blackDrongo from Ecuador, USA, Galapagos, and China. #birdphotography

Equatorial Antpitta standing still, facing left in the frame. It is a solid brown ball of bird with a dark bill, black eyes, and dark legs. Where is the tail???

An American Bittern visits The Ramble in Central Park. Kinda, sorta near water but really in the middle of the woods. It is hiding by pointing its bill toward the sky. Unfortunately there are no reeds nearby.

A cuckoo perches on a branch, long black tail hanging behind.

A Drongo hunts while resting on the top of vegetation.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #BirdBuddies | #blackbelliedplover & #commontern I'm not sure these are buddies but they are definitely different species. A plover drops in on a tern. #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #gooseberryisland

A Black-bellied Plover, in transition from breeding to winter plumage, has landed on a small rock occupied by a Common Tern. The plover's wings are raised showing black wingpits. The tern is facing away but turned back, bill open, probably complaining about space invasion.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt | #Borbs | #americanredstart I recently rediscovered this photo in my archives and thought "how borbilicious". Then along came today's ALT theme. #birdphotography #birdsoflittlecompton

A rotund American Redstart perches on a branch, facing the camera. He looks like a tennis ball, painted to celebrate Halloween.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Herons&Egrets | #blackcrownednightheron I've been advised that you can't beat a 💩 shot. Here are before and after photos of a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron #birdphotography #birdsofrhodeisland

TIL I learned that Night Herons squat to poop.

After the deed, the heron begins to rise to flee

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

From the archives at this time of year, Eagle #2 hides its eyes to give Eagle #1 privacy. Unfortunately for Eagle #1, the camera sees all! #birdphotography #baldeagle #birdsofrhodeisland #littlecompton

On the right, a mature Bald Eagle raises its tail and lets loose an eagle-sized poo. On the left, another eagle seems to hide its eyes while preening.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay | #Pigeons | #redbilledpigeon At a resort in the Yucatan, my wife sat at the beach while I sat in a composting area and saw this Red-billed Pigeon. #birdphotography #birdsofmexico

A pigeon perches atop a leafless branch, looking toward the camera. Its body is subtle tones of gray and red.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay alt | #BrightAccents | #blackcheekedwoodpecker From the cloud forest of Ecuador, a bright red cap and golden forehead contrast nicely on a Black-cheeked Woodpecker! #birdphotography #birdsofecuador #blackcheekedwoodpecker

A female woodpecker stands on a branch with legs splayed. It is facing away from the camera while looking to the upper left corner of the frame, giving a side view of the head. There is a corner of the forehead visible which is a bright golden yellow. Also the red nape stands out.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #Parenting. Fostered cowbird begging for food from foster parent yellowthroat. #birdphotography #brownheadedcowbird #commonyellowthroat

Brown-headed Cowbirds are brood predators, laying an egg in another bird's nest. This juvenile is begging for food which the "parent" is about to supply. I suppose one or more hatchling yellowthroats did not survive as the cowbird hogged all the incoming grub.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, so any bird captures you admire the most out of your August 2026 Collection. I definitely had the most fun photographing terns as the hunted, so I'll choose a Forster's Tern with fish. #birdphotography #forsterstern

A distant, heavily cropped tern flies left-to-right and away from the camera, holding a little fish by the tail.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #Coastal&River, with the Alt theme of #Rocky. Here is a Black-bellied Plover on a rock at the south coast of Massachusetts. #birdphotography #blackbelliedplover

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A Black Tern was flying above resting birds, bugging them. Here the tern is pestering a Black-bellied Plover. #blacktern #blackbelliedplover #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturalSeeds. Here is an American Goldfinch, a messy eater if ever there was one. #birdphotography #americangoldfinch

A goldfinch, in late summer plumage, sits atop a tower of food.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #Yellow; Going back a few months, here is a Yellow Warbler. #birdphotography #northernyellowwarbler

A male northern yellow warbler perches on a small branch. His breast is covered in brown stripes against a bright yellow background. Black eyes and bill are set against a solid yellow head.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today: #RecentGardenBirds, most recent capture/s of a bird/s in your garden. Today I brought out my camera, perhaps to get a shot of the hawk family in the woods but no! Instead here is an American Goldfinch. #birdphotography #americangoldfinch

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Simple; any bird against a simple background. I've gone off course with this Fish of the Day image. I hope this is okay. #forsterstern #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts

A Forster's Tern flies across a blurry sea with a dinky fish in its bill.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Least Terns are an unfortunate combination of fierce and dinky. They are as territorial as larger terns but it is hard to take them seriously. From July. #birdphotography #leasttern #birdsofrhodeisland

A Least Tern poses in its breeding grounds. There is a white triangle on the forehead of an otherwise black head. The yellow bill ends in a small black spot.

A Least Tern decided that the photographer had gotten too close but it wasn't true.

When not fishing, Least Terns fly around trying to look fierce.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ColourfulCharacters, any bird with colourful plumage. It has to be a tanager but which one? Here is a Bay-headed Tanager from Ecuador. #birdphotography #birdsofecuador #bayheadedtanager

Blue breast, green flanks, yellow wings, bay head. I think this tanager qualifies as a colorful bird.

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Mark Levine @marklevinephotos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RainyDayBirds, any bird captured in the rain or that has wet plumage. Rain shower took on a double meaning when this Velvet-purple Coronet splayed out on a frond for a refreshing bath. #birdphotography #velvetpurplecoronet #birdsofecuador

In a gentle constant rain, a hummingbird lies on a fond with its tail feathers spread, exposing them to a good washing.

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