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When I saw that today's #BirdOfTheDay theme was #BestOfTheMonth, I knew almost immediately what to post: this quick photoshoot I had with an Anna's Hummingbird #birds #birding

A hummingbird perched on a hummingbird feeder, wings in the air and beak dunked in one of its feeding tubes.

A hummingbird perched on a hummingbird feeder, facing towards the right of frame with its head tilted towards the camera.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A Fox Sparrow sets its sights forward (and I guess stage right) for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #EFG #birds #birding

A Fox Sparrow sitting on a tree branch, body facing the camera and head facing towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Brown Creeper forgets which direction gravity is facing for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BokehBirds #birds #birding

A Brown Creeper perched on the side of a tree, facing directly upward.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Western Gull struts his stuff for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Seabirds #birds #birding

A Western Gull standing on the beach facing towards the right of frame, one foot in front of the other as if walking forward on a runway.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Took my first vacation in God knows how long—which is also my first time away from home since I took up birding—and found a ton of new stuff I can't find in my neck of the woods. Just wish I had the money to do this more often, lol. #birds #birding

A set of birding statistics from an eBird trip report:

81 species observed
28 checklists
74 species with photos
9 species with audio
62 species lifers
58 photo lifers
9 audio lifers

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Have a photo of a very damp Mourning Dove, one of my most #RecentGardenBirds, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #birds #birding

A Mourning Dove standing on top of a white fence, facing towards the right of frame, with the leaves of a tree covering the background.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A mama Red-winged Blackbird prepares to feed her young for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Mothers #birds #birding

An adult female and a juvenile Red-winged Blackbird standing in a tree. The adult is facing the juvenile with food in her mouth.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A flashback to the time this Tricolored Heron decided to #StrikeAPose for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #birds #birding

A Tricolored Heron standing in a shallow body of water, directly facing the camera with one leg in front of the other and both wings opened up halfway above its head.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A Northern Mockingbird proudly displays its full #50ShadesOfGrey for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #birds #birding

A Northern Mockingbird perched on top of a tree, its back towards the camera so its full plumage is visible, head turned towards the left of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A trio of Mottled Ducklings help themselves to an all-you-can-eat buffet (under mom's supervision, of course) for today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Ducklings #birds #birding

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A Black-bellied Whistling-duck stands proudly among the leaves for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #AtOneWithNature #birds #birding

A Black-bellied Whistling-duck standing on a large tree branch, facing towards the left of frame, with leaves and fronds from various plants dotting the foreground and background.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A House Sparrow sits on a rope partition for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #LittleBrownBirds #birds #birding

A House Sparrow sitting on a rope, back towards the camera and head facing towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A young Tricolored Heron stands to attention atop a tree for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #LongLegs #birds #birding

A Tricolored Heron standing on the top branch of a tree, facing towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A Gray Kingbird stands tall on a fence for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #SummerVisitors #birds #birding

A Gray Kingbird standing on a thick metal fence, facing towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A Black-necked Stilt does its best flamingo impression for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #FabulousWaders #birds #birding

A Black-necked Stilt balancing on one leg in shallow water, its back towards the camera and head turned towards the left of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Welcome to #BirdOfTheDay! Here's one of my #Firsts, a flock of White Ibis I photographed with a little Kodak PIXPRO when I first started birding earlier this year. It's been nothing but fun ever since! #birds #birding

A flock of White Ibis standing next to a canal. One is in full view in the center of the image, while seven others are only partially visible in various positions surrounding it.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BestOfJuly. I didn't go out much last month due to the horrendous heat, but I did get this photo of a pair of Burrowing Owls at the start of the month. #birds #birding

Two Burrowing Owls standing on the ground, bodies facing each other and heads facing directly towards the camera.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A Boat-Tailed Grackle looks towards greater heights for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #OverTheRainbow #birds #birding

A Boat-Tailed Grackle standing at the tip-top of a tree, looking up towards the sky.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A Western Cattle-Egret takes an afternoon nap in its nest for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #EgretsAndHerons #birds #birding

A Western Cattle-Egret sitting in a nest inside of a tree, eyes closed and likely asleep. The egret and the nest are partially obscured by layers of branches and leaves in front of it.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice (or rather my choice), so here's a close-up of a Black-bellied Whistling-duck I took to test out my new zoom lens. #birds #birding

The head of a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, facing towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A close-up of one of my favorite birds, the Green Heron, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #EmeraldBackdrop #birds #birding

The head of a Green Heron facing towards the left of frame against a green and brown background.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A trio of baby Anhinga ready to cause a ruckus behind their dad's back for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Triplets #birds #birding

Three baby Anhinga sitting in a next next to an adult male Anhinga, who is looking away from the babies.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A Fish Crow soars across an ocean-blue sky for today's #BirdOfTheDay main and alt themes, #Corvidae and #BlueSky #birds #birding

A Fish Crow flying towards the top-left corner of frame against a solid blue background.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A Purple Gallinule feeds one of its young while the other very excitedly awaits its turn for today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #NewLife

Three Purple Gallinule standing next to each other, all facing towards the right of frame. The adult gallinule turns back and to its right to face its babies, while holding food in its beak to feed to them. The first baby leans forward towards the adult to take the food out of its beak. Next to it, a second baby looks towards the two exchanging food, head blurred as if it were moving quickly while the photo was being taken.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A baby Red-winged Blackbird balances precariously on a branch outside of its nest for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #PerfectPoise (don't worry, the little guy made it back to the nest shortly after this was taken) #birds #birding

A baby Red-winged Blackbird with its legs spread out on a small branch in a bush, back towards the camera and head turned towards the left of frame to look behind itself and at the camera.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I saw that today's #BirdOfTheDay theme was #ButtShots and was reminded of this Rock Pigeon photo I took back when I first started birding. Sorry, pigeon, I swear I didn't set out that morning planning to invade your privacy like that.

A Rock Pigeon sitting on a wooden rafter, facing away from the camera so all you can see of it is the underside of its rear end.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Okay I'm double dipping on the #BirdOfTheDay themes today with the #BestSideEye alt theme because I also managed this photo of a Burrowing Owl yesterday and the timing's just too good to pass up #birds #birding

A Burrowing Owl standing in front of its burrow, back facing the camera and head turned to the left of frame, looking behind itself with a half-closed eye as if upset or suspicious of the camera.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Went birding this morning and got, among other things, this photo of a Great Egret just in time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #AmongTheRipples #birds #birding

A Great Egret standing in a shallow body of water, its reflection in the still water mirroring its pose.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A Blue Jay screams to the heavens for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #UpAndDown #birds #birding

A Blue Jay sitting on top of a tree branch, head tilted up towards the sky and mouth open as it calls out.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Growing up, I always wondered if those decoy geese I saw in all the lakes and canals near me actually worked as a wildlife deterrent. I guess I have my answer. #birds #birding

A green heron sits on top of a decoy goose floating in a lake, bent forward in a way that makes it look like it's surfing on the goose.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My favorite photo of a Downy Woodpecker for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Ebony&Ivory #birds #birding

A Downy Woodpecker clings to the side of a large branch, back towards the camera and face pointed towards the left of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I love how quickly egrets/herons can go from being some of the most majestic-looking birds to looking like one of the biggest goobers of the animal kingdom #birds #birding #birdsfacingforward

A Snowy Egret sitting on a guard rail, facing towards the left of frame.

A Snowy Egret sitting on a guard rail, facing towards the camera.

A Green Heron sitting on a guard rail, facing towards the right of frame.

A Green Heron sitting on a guard rail, facing towards the camera.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I spent half an hour of this morning's birding trip taking nearly a hundred photos of some Royal Tern hoping at least one of them would turn out good. Most of them didn't, but this one made the whole thing worth it to me. #birds #birding

A Royal Tern with its wings spread out, flying towards the right of frame.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

An altercation between a Red-tailed Hawk and a Northern Mockingbird (video in the replies) #birds #birding

A Red-tailed Hawk and a Northern Mockingbird staring at each other from two ends of a tower guard rail.

A Red-tailed Hawk sitting on top of a post, with a Northern Mockingbird flying just behind it.

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Spearro @spearro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Starting off with a few of my favorites #birding #addBirder

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