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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 3h

Another day of regent parrot nest checks - look at this gorgeous thing 🧡

Olive green parrot with a bright orange beak and big adorable eyes with a backdrop of the Murray river bank

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shepsmags.bsky.social @shepsmags.bsky.social · 5h

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoreBirds. Here's 19 seconds of a cormorant trying to dry off on a wintry shore in glorious 120 fps, before transitioning to a "What are looking at". East coast Australia. #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #photography.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Day one of regent parrot nest checks! At Euston today and processed 9 nests worth of babies!! So adorable (plus we got branded work shirts now!)

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#LookingDown is AtlanticBirding’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay - this Yellow-rumped thornbill, beside the driveway, also blends in well with the colours of the near-dead grass it walks across. 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Tasmania #SoTas #Nature #Wildlife

A small bird, mainly browns and beiges, with a yellow rump and speckled head, looking down at the dead grass in front of it.

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Eastern barred bandicootery.

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LucyParkerPaul🦉🇦🇺 @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lots of the POwl's we follow will roost low when it's hot. Sadly this group are in a park where that's not possible. The dry has caused leaf drop too, so there's little shade. This chick has her wings out, is sitting high, and panting to cool off. Her parents are tucked behind. #birds #wildoz

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Brown we have all manner of rich, warm browns in this Weka, sighted while hiking the Queen Charlotte Track in #NewZealand some years ago. 🪶 #Birds #Birding #Nature #Wildlife

A chicken-like bird in multi shades of brown striding across green grass

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Cream - As You Said So let's go back to now that's bad To see what time we might have had The rails have carried off the trains As you said I'll never come again, again, again, again www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z5...

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YouTube video by Cream - Topic

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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Looking for an afternoon snack.

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Geese. Part of a flock of Snow Geese taking flight during autumn migration. #Saskatchewan #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s

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Bajarka @bajarka1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good morning birders! Can you spot green on green? This green woodpecker almost fooled me with his camouflage, but that cheeky red hat betrayed him. Have a great weekend! #BirdOfTheDay #Green #MyClick #birds #Poland Dzięcioł zielony (Picus viridis)

Good morning, birds!
Can you spot green on green? This green woodpecker almost fooled me with his camouflage, but that cheeky red hat betrayed him. Have a great weekend!
#BirdOfTheDay #Green #MyClick #birds
#Poland Dzięcioł zielony (Picus viridis)

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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them set by @helenbennett.bsky.social - early arrivals for the season but managed to capture Short -Eared Owls this week at Aust Warth salt marshes 🦉😍😍🪶🦉 #ukbirding #ECK

The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of prey about the size of a crow, measuring roughly 34 to 42 cm (13 to 17 inches) long with a wide wingspan of about a meter (90 to 105 cm).

Key Physical Features

• Eyes and Face: They have striking, bright yellow eyes wrapped in dark, dramatic black rings that look like heavy eyeliner or dark goggles. Their face is rounded and pale.

• Head and "Ears": They have a rounded, fluffy head with tiny, nearly invisible feather tufts on top (their namesake "short ears") that usually lie flat and cannot actually be seen easily.

• Body and Plumage: Their top feathers are a mottled mix of warm brown, buff, and yellowish-tan, which helps them blend right into dry grass and moorland. Their underparts are paler with fine brown streaks.

• Wings in Flight: Their wings are long and broad. When they fly low over open fields, their erratic, buoyant movement looks a bit like a giant, graceful moth or butterfly.

Behavior and Lifestyle

• Daytime Hunters: Unlike many owls that hide at night, short-eared owls often hunt during the daytime, dawn, and dusk.

• Where They Live: They prefer wide-open, treeless spaces like moorlands, rough coastal grasslands, marshes, and sand dunes.

• On the Ground: Instead of living in trees or high branches, they build their nests and rest directly on the ground hidden in tall grass.

• Sound and Movement: They glide silently just a few feet above the ground listening for small field voles and mice, occasionally making soft hoots or rapid wing-clapping sounds during courtship.

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Parrot air traffic controller @bobthebird.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme #Geese a greylag enjoying a splash in a flooded meadow.

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from Helen is #Green and here’s a Fan-tailed cuckoo, sitting on our fence with a sea of green behind it! (Not an actual sea, of course, but grass, moss & reeds!) 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Tasmania #SoTas #Nature #Wildlife

A bird sitting on the top wire of a chicken-wire fence. Its body is facing away from the viewer, but its head is turned to the left. The bird is mostly greys, and has a yellow eye ring.

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LucyParkerPaul🦉🇦🇺 @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sadly, trees used by generations of these Powerful Owls, for cover when newly fledged, to watch over nest sites, to use as corridors when reaching safe areas, and to roost in are being chopped down. No one can tell me why. Trillian, from 2022 and a tree she liked to hide in. #brisbane #wildoz #birds

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 08/10/2026

A night at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory✨ Beneath the Milky Way, Rubin shares the scene with the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and the faint red Cobold Nebula. 🔭🧪 Over the next decade, Rubin will scan this sky over and over, building an ever-deeper view of the changing Universe🌌

A stunning night sky showcasing the vibrant, colorful Milky Way galaxy arching above a boot-shaped observatory on a hill, with countless stars and cosmic dust visible in the clear atmosphere.

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shepsmags.bsky.social @shepsmags.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueWater. A pair of Australian Pelicans, secret location, South Australia. Bonus shade of blue included at no extra cost. #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #photography.

2 Australian Pelicans floating close to sure at an idyllic Australian beach with a rocky outcrop in the background.

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Perched (but not on a branch). These 2 Kookaburras look to be in line for their turn on the backyard swing set (but it’s actually a prime viewing spot for worms from there). 🪶 #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife #Tasmania #SoTas

The corner of a blue backyard swing set upon which site two birds. The birds are standing side by side but each looking in opposite directions, and away from eachother. The birds are squat in propotion, are mostly creams ans browns, and have a strong, wide bill.

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On Sunday at WWT Llanelli we enjoyed excellent views of a Cattle Egret doing what it does best. Not sure the Cows knew quite what to make of it initially but soon relaxed into their pedicure. Other highlights inc 12 Spoonbill, 2 Green Sandpiper, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel #birdingWales

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m lucky that our garden’s a prime viewing spot for birds and wildlife!

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks, Rob - a great ‘model’.

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Lyndy Lambert @lyndyphotos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This snowy egret is a #BirdSupermodel - with its golden slippers, bold eye makeup, and feather extensions. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme from Helen of #BirdSuperModel this Yellow-tailed black cockatoo knows the moves. Looking alluring behind a veil of shimmering foliage in our garden. #Birds #Birding #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife #Tasmania #Parrots #SoTas

A black and yellow parrot feeding on a light cover of foliage.

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The Garden Jungle @thegardenjungle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A bit of a gathering of Red Kites tonight in South Shropshire, I counted 26 in total, some out of frame #thegardenjungle

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m very excited because the regent parrot breeding season has started and in a couple of weeks you’ll get to see these little goofballs again

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good morning everyone. Its @atlanticbirding.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay and his themes are #BlueSkies, birds against Blue skies, Alt theme is #BadWeather, birds in inclement weather. #birda #ECK #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #photography @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #ForJanet

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BadWeather. A male White-breasted Nuthatch in light snow at -25°C. #Saskatchewan #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s #ManualFocus

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Doug Engstrom @dougengstrom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky. Here's a ring-billed gull photographed over Race Point Beach on Cape Cod. 📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300 #photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #gulls #RingBilledGulls

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The Garden Jungle @thegardenjungle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A great theme of #BlueSkies to kick off today for #BirdOfTheDay, here is a Black Kite on the turn heading straight towards you #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

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Sandra Aamodt @sandra-aamodt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yellow-faced parrot at Fazenda Barranco Alto in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil #BirdOfTheDay #BlueSkies #birds

Parrot on the end of a thin branch, facing the camera, with its head turned to the right, against blue sky. Its head and belly are orangey yellow, its chest and wings are green, and the area above its beak is red. Its scientific name is Alipiopsitta xanthops.

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AtlanticBirding’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies and this pic is a Blue-winged parrot just settling into its nesting hollow, backed by clear blue sky on Bruny Is #Tasmania. (Taken from a distance & tightly cropped.) #Birds #Birding #WildOz #SoTas #Nature #Wildlife #Parrots

The broken stump of a thick tree limb that has developed a hollow. Inside the hollow can just be seen the upper body and head of a green parrot. The background to the image is clear blue sky.

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s wonderful, isn’t it. I don’t have to leave the house to do most of my birdwatching or bird pics!

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Connect2Nature 🇨🇦 @invisitech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Connect2Nature #Birds #BirdoftheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying Just a reminder that Canadian Thanksgiving is next weekend, and many of us, like this Wood Duck will have to stretch after a big meal to make room for pumpkin pie. #Nature #Photography

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Ian Sheppard @iansheppard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A diving Gannet at Point Lynas, Anglesey. #UKBirding

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This has been a bit of a surprise - I‘d always assumed this number was written a lot earlier than it was. But looking it up, Cream recorded it the same year that Albert King wrote it.

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shepsmags.bsky.social @shepsmags.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's #birdoftheday is #WingsOpenNotFlying. Starts with F, but not flying. 2 Nankeen kestrels getting to know each other. Eyre Peninsula, SA, Australia #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #photography.

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Brian Christian @bcriverside28.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

‘You want #Blue - I’ve got #Blue to spare!’ #BirdOfTheDay 🇵🇹

Blue Peacock in the garden of the Castle São Jorge in Lisbon.

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Sarah Durrant @sarah-d.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The challenge of today’s #Blue #BirdOfTheDay is met with this Superb fairy-wren, caught through the kitchen window, and looking pretty ragged around the edges after doing his ablutions. #Birds #Birding #Tasmania #SoTas #WildOz #Nature #Wildlife

A wet, bedraggled small bird on the edge of a bird bath. The bird is black, blue and grey and has a long narrow tail.

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