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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. European shag seen in Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds

A large black bird with some iridescent green on it's back. It's standing on a cliff edge with the sea in the background. Its wings are spread to dry them after diving for food.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage set. A male Cherrie's tanager, seen on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The male is indistinguishable from a scarlet-rumped tanager which is seen on the Carribbean side.

A small black bird with a scarlet rump seen perching on an almost vertical plant stem, against a foliage background.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Everyone, including me, is posting gannets. For a change here's a true wild rock dove on a cliff top in Hoy.

A rock dove is the same species as a feral pigeon. This is the true wild version which likes to live on sea cliffs. A grey bird, iridescent neck and two distinctive black stripes on the wings.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Northern gannet taken at Cantick Head, Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds

A northern gannet. A large seabird, mainly white with black outer wings and a yellow neck. The picture is taken from above with the bird flying against a sea background

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. A pair of northern fulmars nesting on the cliffs on Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds

A pair of northern fulmars on their nest. A seabird with white head and breast, and grey wings.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors; any bird of prey. Hen harrier in Hoy, Orkney. A regular garden bird there. #OrkneyBirds

A female hen harrier, flying low looking for prey. Brown all over with a distinctive white rump.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, any bird with a Red on its head/beak. A crimson collared tanager in Costa Rica.

A crimson-collared tanager. A small back bird with red rump, neck and cap.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhoutte; any bird in silhouette. A magnificent frigate bird seen in Costa Rica.

A magnificent frigate bird. A large black sea bird with angular, pointed wings and a deeply forked tail. 'Magnificent' is part of the bird's name, not my description of it.
It's photographed against a partly cloudy sky in a tight turn so one wing is pointing up, the other down.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds Goldfinches at the garden feeder.

Two goldfinches facing each other in a mid-air squabble.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Mouthful; a bird with anything in its beak. House sparrows at a cafe in St Mary's, Scilly.

House sparrows taking crumbs from an outdoor cafe table.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Herons&Egrets Here's photo of a white egret taken in India. Could be a great white egret (ardea alba) or a medium egret (ardea intermedia). I don't know.

A white egret taken from below. Sunlight from above makes the wing feathers translucent.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He doesn't have a Christian name. It's better to use first name, given name, or forename.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ItsAllWhite, birds main colour is White. The Alt theme is #RedHeads, birds with heads that are any shade of Red. Bewick's swan at WWT Slimbridge UK and a pale-billed woodpecker in Costa Rica.

Bewick's swan in flight against a blue sky.

A pale-billed woodpecker investigating a hole in a tree. The bird has a completely red head, with black and white elsewhere.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #FlowerPower Two red-legged honeycreepers in Costa Rica.

Two red-legged honeycreepers, a small bird with bright blue and black plumage, red legs and a curved pointed bill, taking nectar from a pink flower (Calliandra surinamensis I think).

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I've noticed the same in Orkney. Get within 100m and they're off. 'Wild' is the word I'd choose.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Coastal&River with #Rocky as the Alt. A northern gannet and European shag both at Cantick Head in Orkney. Two birds, one rock.

A northern gannet photographed from a cliff top with the sea surface in the background.

A European shag on a cliff ledge. The sea is in the background.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #UnusualPlaces Common buzzard dicing with death.

Common buzzard sitting on an electricity distribution pole in close proximity to live wires.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #50ShadesOfGrey; birds with grey plumage A northern fulmar in Orkney.

A northern fulmar, with plumage in every shade from white to almost black, flying against a blue sea.

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Stephen @stephencook.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds This is a Eurasian wren that flew into the house a few days ago and then stunned itself trying to get out. I rescued it and it let me take a few phone pictures before flying off. It's a little brown bird.