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Kdezsfn Zdkfdnviqnd @cgliacouras.bsky.social · 4h

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsOpenNotFlying, here's a Great Blue Heron keeping its balance as it takes a step. Spoiler alert: it didn't fall. #Nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK #Wildlife #birds

A Great Blue Heron standing on a branch in shallow water. It's facing away from the camera with its wings spread as it takes a step. The brown marsh waters are in the background.

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 9h

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌎 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉🐧🦆🦩🦅🪿🦚

A small, vibrant green songbird (11.5–13 cm / 4.5–5.1 in long) perched on a thin tree branch amid broad green leaves. It features a bright yellow crown, black markings around its eye and bill, black-streaked green wings, and subtle bluish-gray feet.

Clue: This jewel-toned songbird from the humid cloud forests of Central and South America gets its common name from a brilliant, precious gemstone.

Fun Fact: Despite its scientific name this bird isn't native to the U.S. state of Florida—florida comes from the Latin word for "flowery" or "blooming," referring to its bright, lush plumage!

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by lwolfartist via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Karen Cook Fine Art Photography 🇨🇦🍁 @karencookphotos.bsky.social · 4h

For the #birdoftheday theme of #wingsopennotflying I present #puffins doing the wave #Newfoundland #birds #birdwatching fineartamerica.com/featured/doi...

Doing the Wave by Karen Cook - Two Atlantic puffins stand on a rocky outcrop under a clear blue sky, with one puffin flapping its wings while the other looks on. The scene captures a moment of vibrant wildlife amidst rugged coastal rocks.

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

Steller’s Jay has a “Where the heck’s the peanuts?” look…it flew off but was back seconds after I was done refilling all the feeders so obviously was keeping an eye on me… #BirdoftheDay #Blue #Jays #Corvids #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #PNW

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 8h

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. A Turnstone having a stretch. . . #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 9h

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌎 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉🐧🦆🦩🦅🪿🦚

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joelrawlings.bsky.social @joelrawlings.bsky.social · 9h

Posting pictures of birds I have taken to stop my feed here just being depressing politics #birds #birdsofbluesky #ukwildlife #ukbirds Magpie, London, January 2022

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Mark Mitchell @trusttheroad-24.bsky.social · 14h

Posting this for #LittleOnes, Great Crested Flycatcher, on the bounce. #SmallBirdSaturday #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #Birding #birdwatching #ECK #wck

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Piyo_Birder @piyo-bird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Met a female White-backed Woodpecker in Hokkaido! 🌲✨ Larger than a Great Spotted Woodpecker, with beautiful streaks on her belly. 過去写真からエゾオオアカゲラさん最近は晴れていますが探鳥に行けていません🥲 #birds #birdphotography #BirdOfTheDay ##Black&Red #野鳥 #野鳥観察 #観察

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BirdBrainer News @bbappnews.bsky.social · 13h

Bird of the Day: Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) #birdoftheday #botd #greywagtail #motacillacinerea #birdsoftheworld #birds #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer 🔗 birdbrainer.app

A slim, long-tailed songbird standing on wet muddy rocks at the water's edge, facing left, with a soft blue- grey head and back, a thin pale eyebrow stripe, a fine dark pointed bill, a whitish throat and breast blending into a lemon-yellow wash on the belly and undertail, dark grey-brown wings with pale feather edges, a very long dark tail with white outer feathers, and slender pale legs, against a blurred grey-blue water background.

Text on card: Found across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa, inhabiting fast-flowing streams, rivers, waterfalls, and millraces, and in winter commonly found at sewage works, reservoirs, and coastal marshes. Despite its name, the grey upperparts are less striking than the vivid yellow underparts and rump that flash in flight.

📷: Photo by Zeynel Cebeci via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da%C4%9F_kuyruksallayan%C4%B1_-_Grey_Wagtail_-_Motacilla_cinerea_01.jpg

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

A relatively large, charcoal-black bird (55–60 cm / 22–24 in long) perched upside down near the top of a bare wooden branch against a clear blue sky. It features a dramatic spiky crest, a massive hooked beak, and a bright red bare patch on its cheek.

Clue: With my smoky black plumage, striking crest, and crimson cheek patch, I am Australia's largest of my kind—known for my musical talent with sticks!

Fun Fact: This bird is one of the only non-human animals known to use manufactured tools rhythmically—males break off sturdy sticks or seed pods to drum against hollow trees, creating a unique beat to attract a mate.

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by Karl-Heinz Lambert via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A bird very much associated with the Falkland Islands, Black-browed Albatross, coloured pencil on drafting film #art #birdart #birdsoftheworld #birds #bird #nature #wildlife #drawing

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gvbodenhausen.bsky.social @gvbodenhausen.bsky.social · 18h

Looks like this palm warbler caught a green lacewing for lunch #Birds

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franceflo.bsky.social @franceflo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes its @alan678.bsky.social turn to host today's #BirdOfTheDay, and his theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage. The Alt is #LongBeak, birds with long beaks. In Brisbane , found this little guy. 😄 #smallbirdsaturday #twofer #lifer #Australia #birdsoftheworld #birdsSeenin2026

Male - backed fairywren , a small bird with a long tail that is held cocked, mostly black with red back and rump.
Perched on a small leaveless branch facing right

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdIfTheDay theme today is #BlackAndRed. Can’t get blacker or redder than this Chough! The Cymraeg/Welsh name for Chough is ‘Bran Goesgoch’ - Red-legged Crow. #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

An adult Chough - jet black with bright red legs and a down-curved red beak, seen side-on, looking to the right of the frame, walking amongst grass stems growing from cracks in the limestone on Inishmore - Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland.

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BirdBrainer News @bbappnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bird of the Day: Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) #birdoftheday #botd #tuftedtitmouse #baeolophusbicolor #birdsoftheworld #birds #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | birdbrainer.app

A small bird perched on the tip of a weathered branch, leaning forward with a pointed gray crest, soft gray upperparts and wings with darker flight feathers, pale whitish-gray face and underparts, a warm rusty- orange wash on the flanks, a large dark eye with a faint dark forehead patch, a short stout black bill, and slender blue-gray legs, against a soft blurred blue and golden background.

Text on card: A small, crested songbird of eastern North American deciduous and mixed forests, found from southern Ontario and New England south through the eastern United States into Mexico, inhabiting woodland, parks, orchards, and suburban gardens. Bold and inquisitive, it readily visits garden feeders, and is recognised by its prominent pointed grey crest, large dark eyes, and the soft peach-orange wash on its flanks; it often caches seeds for later retrieval.

📷: Photo by Trek Jason via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/small-bird-perched-branch-spring-8643431/

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

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Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#BirdsOfTheWorld #birds #nature A pair of African penguins are here to show you that despite everything there is love in the world.

Close up of a pair of African penguins 'cuddling' on their nest.

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Orknithology @orknithology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Why? Just Beak-ause" Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Westray, #Orkney, in July. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BestBeaks. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #Puffin #Auk 🪶

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Paula Chernoff @paulachernoff11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A female downy woodpecker arrives and takes over! #birds

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks This Razorbill, closest living relative of the extinct great auk, certainly offers a bold profile and an interesting shaped bill #ECK #birds #Photography #BirdPhotography @whatbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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H. HOSSAMELDIN @hanyhossameldin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

------ Black Winged Stilt ------ * Camera: SONY A1 * Lens: Sony FE 400-800mm @whatbirds.bsky.social #BlackWingedStilt #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Birds #Nature #Water #Seabirds

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Amar @amarhss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus), female. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Sarawak #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife

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Bestioles @bestioles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

La cotorra de Kramer, un ocell de l'Àfrica i l'Àsia tropicals, viu a la costa de la província de Barcelona des dels 70. Aquest octubre se n'ha observat a Catalunya. És una espècie invasora a Europa. Vídeo: Nesnad (CC BY-SA 4.0) #birds

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Nanten @nan1124.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

お初、コガモを確認しました。🪶 鴨にとって、一等地の探鳥地から埋まっていく様子なので🤔？まだ、たまたま降りてみただけかもしれませぬが…🫶🏻 ＃birds ＃Enjoy鳥見＃commonteal ＃コガモ

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BirdBrainer News @bbappnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bird of the Day: Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) #birdoftheday #botd #Galah #eolophusroseicapilla #birdsoftheworld #birds #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | birdbrainer.app

A pink-and-grey cockatoo in flight, gliding left with both wings raised high, with a very pale pink crown and crest, deep rose-pink face, neck and breast, a pale reddish-brown eye, a pale horn-coloured hooked bill, grey upper wings and flight feathers, a pale whitish- grey underwing, a grey rump and dark-tipped grey tail fanned behind, and dark grey feet tucked against the belly, against a softly blurred olive-brown and green background.

📷: Photo by Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galah_(Eolophus_roseicapilla)_female_in_flight_Mount_Pleasant.jpg

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kev f @kafblack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good catch

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franceflo.bsky.social @franceflo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From @atlanticbirding.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White;l Alt. is #Vivid; any bird with bright colours A prothonotary warbler perched, couple weeks ago. #migration2026 #birdsoftheworld #birdsSeenin2026 #texas #warbler #naturetherapy #birdohotograph #birds #aves #oiseaux

An adult male prothonotary warbler perched on some twigs .
It has gorgeous yellow head and body with greenish back and blue-gray wings.
Facing left .

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What Bird?🦜 @whatbirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 · 01/10/2026

@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 · 30/09/2026

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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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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