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BirdBrainer News @bbappnews.bsky.social · 34m

Bird of the Day: Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) #birdoftheday #botd #westerncattleegret #cattleegret #bubulcusibis #birdsoftheworld #birds #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | birdbrainer.app

A compact white bird standing upright among small purple wildflowers in dry grass, with a pale buff- orange wash on the crown and upper breast, a sturdy yellow-orange bill, yellow eye, and pale yellowish legs, against a dark out-of-focus background

Originally native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Western Cattle Egret has spread to become one of the most widespread herons in the world, colonising the Americas, Australia, southern Europe, and many oceanic islands over the past century. Associates closely with cattle and other large animals, catching insects disturbed from the ground; in breeding plumage, the bill and legs briefly flush orange-red and buff plumes adorn the head, breast, and mantle

📷: Photo by jim5511 via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/cattle-egret-egret-bird-animal-8554996/

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 46m

👍 Similar looking, but ours has a yellow face. Here's the Brahminy kite for comparison:

en.wikipedia.org

Brahminy kite - Wikipedia

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 50m

👍 It belongs to the same family, the Accipitridae, but ours is found in Africa:

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Accipitridae - Wikipedia

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 1h

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌍 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉

A large bird of prey (1.9–2.4 m / 6.2–7.9 ft wingspan) standing amidst tall green grass. It features a striking white head and breast, a yellow face and beak with a dark hook, and deep chestnut-brown plumage on its body and wings against a softly blurred natural background.

Clue: Known as the "voice of Africa," this majestic raptor is a master angler whose echoing call is a signature sound of Sub-Saharan waterways.

Fun Fact: Their feet are lined with sharp structures called spiricules to help them grip slippery, wriggling fish straight out of the water!

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by Leon Basson via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/leonbasson-8610446/

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 8h

Spring migrant male Western Tanager enjoyed a stop at my grape jelly feeder before heading to pine forests in the Cascade foothills for summer… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Vivid #Songbirds #BirdPhotography #Photography #Art #WestCoastPhotography #Birds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 2h

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours Kingfisher, sitting on a post in the Lions' enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park!! #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌏 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉

A photo of a relatively large bird (25–27 cm / approx. 10 in long) perching on a wooden branch. It features a large, bright red beak, a deep brown head and neck, vibrant royal-blue plumage on its belly, and turquoise wing feathers.

Clue: This island-dwelling bird is named after its Indonesian home and shares a famous family name with a royal angler.

Fun fact: Instead of building a nest in tree branches, it digs long horizontal tunnels—sometimes up to a meter deep—into sunlit soil walls and earthen riverbanks to lay its eggs.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by feathercollector via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/feathercollector-40562556/

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JMathews 🚛😵👻👍 @lazybirder.bsky.social · 17h

Various looks at a Great Blue Heron at dawn #birds #nature

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Piyo_Birder @piyo-bird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Re-posting my favorite shot for #BirdOfTheDay and #BestOfTheMonth! 🐦️✨ 本月はセンダイムシクイさんが一番ベストショットでした #birds #birdphotography #nature #photography #野鳥観察 #野鳥 #探鳥

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H. HOSSAMELDIN @hanyhossameldin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

------- S P E E D ------- The forest dissolves into motion as the eagle cuts through the frame. Wings, light, and speed merge into a fleeting moment where the world seems to move around the bird. @whatbirds.bsky.social #Speed #Eagle #InFlight #Panning #Motion #Bird #Wildlife #Nature

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Benjamin V ḍ A 🦉🦋🦎 @benjvda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of my favorites kingfisher, that I'm currently happy to call a neighbour.

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BestOfTheMonth. I’ve gone with this House Martin heading for sub-Saharan Africa - taken on September 1st. #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

A photo of a black (actually dark blue) and white House Martin flying in a clear blue sky.

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Lola von Kietzell @lolavk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My first first-author paper is online today! Read it in @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour: Cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs use recruitment calls selectively in food-associated contexts. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... A dream to work with these social #birds and the fantastic #co-authors!

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👍 Here's the link to the photographer's original Wikimedia Commons upload:

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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What a wonderful picture I wish I knew how to do color but here's a black-and-white version for you #birdart

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌏 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉

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Julia Allum @juliaallum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A few of these hand cut screen prints are now available from my website 👇 juliaallum.co.uk/product/greb... #screenprint #handmade #birds

Photo of a screen printed great crested grebe. It's made from geometric shapes and stripes in shades of orange, browns and black

Close up photo of the screen printed grebe showing the edition and artists signature

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Elmer C.Teodoro Photography - Nature’s Living Light Images @natureslivinglight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An emerald spirit dances against the sky. Golden blossoms bloom in sweet embrace. Tiny wings hold time in gentle peace. Sunlight illuminates nature’s quiet grace. Pure wonder awakens in a single breath. #Hummingbird #birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌎 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉

A close-up photo of a relatively large bird (43–56 cm / 17–22 in long) resting on the back of a white outdoor chair. It features a white face and breast, a slender black crest of curled feathers on top of its head, vibrant blue upper back and wing plumage, and a thin black band wrapped around its upper chest.

Clue: Look for a striking crest and a long, graceful tail—this vocal Central American bird is a colourful member of the crow and jay family!

Fun Fact: These birds are cooperative breeders with a unique social system: female offspring often stay with their parents to help incubate eggs and feed future broods.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by Cephas via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cephas

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michelepix @michelepix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Western Flycatcher permits a portrait. Its scientific name is Empidonax difficilis. Empidonax is part of a genus of flycatchers. Difficilis because it is easily confused with other species, has a disconcertingly irregular range. Let’s forget all that and just enjoy the photo. #birds_matter #birds

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Mr Garden @mygardenuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). The Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the species. Here’s a lovely (Eurasian) Blue tit for the Alt theme. #Birds #Bluetits #Nature #Garden #BlueTue

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An Eider Drake, a Fulmar and a Goosander for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #EFG birds beginning with ay of those letters (first name) #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBlueSky @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

A Black and white drake Eider, swimming on peaceful water with ripples braking up its reflection.

A close up photograph of a tubular-nosed Fulmar Petrel resting on a grassy slope in sunshine.

A Drake Goosander swimming on a lake with reflections of the piling at the side of the lake causing reflections of parallel vertical lines in the water behind the goosander and the goosander's own reflection broken up by the ripples it makes.

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#birds #birding #owls #totoro Very Totoro-like this GHO.

A great-horned owl sits on an oak branch and stares down at the viewer.

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Cathey @cathey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's chosen theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. The Alt theme is #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! #Birds #Nuthatch #ECK #Bokeh #NaturePhotography

A white-breasted nuthatch is a small, mostly blue and white bird, with a white face, throat, and breast and a russet belly. It has blue/gray wings and a midnight blue cap that begins at its dark beak and ends at its nape. The nuthatch's head is upturned toward the left as it grasps a curved branch of a water oak tree with dark green leaves surrounding it. A bokeh of green, gold, and blue fills the frame.

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