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Dave
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Scientist, skeptic, progressive, dad, birder, in Flyover Country

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Dave @albatrossity.bsky.social · Dec 30
I have three 2026 photo calendars for sale. In addition to my regular Flyover Country and Bird Butt calendars, you can get a “You looking at me?” calendar. Here are the links. Thanks!

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Bird Butts Calendar 2026
Bird photographers get lots of pictures of the south end of a north-bound bird. This is a collection of some of those I got in 2025.
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The Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #BacklitBeauty — any bird capture with the sun light behind the bird.

American Avocet, Kansas 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #FlyoverCountry
Backlit long-necked and long billed bird, standing in water
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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The themes for #BirdOfTheDay are #birds&berries — any capture that includes both.

Yellow-rumped Warbler with poison ivy berries, Kansas 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
small bird with pointed bill, brown head, and yellow rump, perched in a bare branch festooned with small white berries
February 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is ##Black&White — any bird with those colors

Harlan's Hawk (first year), Kansas 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #FlyoverCountry
view from below of a soaring dark bird with white flight feathers and light speckling on the body
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves

White-tipped Dove, Costa Rica 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #PuraVida #CostaRica
Portrait of a gray-brown bird with yellow iris, blue skin around the eye, and blue-gray bill, foraging on a leafy forest floor
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LongNecks — long-necked birds.

Whooping Crane, KS 2024. The adult birds in this pic are the pair that Mike Forsberg calls The Church Family.
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#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Cranes #FlyoverCountry
Three white birds with black wingtips, long legs and long necks, flying against a blue sky
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BackyardBirds — birds you see close to home.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, in the backyard in Kansas, 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Woodpeckers #FlyoverCountry
bird with black-and-white barring on the back, red crown and nape, and beige cheeks, perched on a large limb with green leaves out of focus in the background
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae — any of the Paridae Species (Tits).

Long-tailed Tit, France 2005

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #France
gray-backed bird with white belly, long tail, round head and tiny bill, perched at the end of a bare twig
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections — any bird reflection.

Pygmy Nuthatch, California 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Nuthatch #California
small gray and brown bird, and its reflection, dipping into a bird bath for a drink
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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My regular Monday contribution at Balloon Juice.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography

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Balloon Juice - On The Road - Albatrossity - Fishy birds
Happy Monday! Between Albatrossity (birds) Elma (birders post, dedicated to Albatrossity) and Winter Wren (I don’t think I need to state the obvious) we might just have to declare this bird week!  :-)...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #openbeak — birds with beak open. The alt is #openwings — birds with wings out. Here's a twofer.

Painted Bunting, Kansas 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Buntings #Birdsong #FlyoverCountry
February 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortLeggedBirds.

Black-legged Kittiwake (with Ring-billed Gulls), Kansas, on this date in 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Gulls #FlyoverCountry
Concrete pillars in a lake, white bird with dark bill, short dark legs, and dark spots on head and neck perched on pillar in foreground. three longer-legged gulls with yellow legs perched on pillar in background
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GullsInWater — any Gull in Water

Lava Gull, Galápagos 2015

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Galápagos #CerroBrujo
Gray-black gull with white eye-crescents, floating in turquoise-colored water
February 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons

Ruddy Ground-Dove, Costa Rica 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Doves #PuraVida #CostaRica
Rusty-colored dove with blue-gray crown and nape, walking in s grassy field
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Ducks

Common Eider ducklings, Orkney 2008

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Scotland #Orkney #Kirkwall
three small brown ducks with dark heads and large dark bills, resting together on a seaweed-encrusted shoreline rock
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Blue — any bird with Blue on its plumage.

Blue-chinned Sapphire, Brazil 2013

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Brazil #Hummingbirds #Amazonas
Iridescent blue-green bird with long bill, perched on a bare twig
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #FavoriteOfTheMonth — your favorite/s bird capture/s from January.

Dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk (Rough-legged Buzzard on the other side of the pond), Kansas 1/1/2026

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #FlyoverCountry
Dark hawk with white primaries and secondaries, lifting off from a twiggy shrub.
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #GardenBirds

Blue-gray Tanager, Costa Rica 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #PuraVida #CostaRica
Light blue bird with dark eye and dark bill, perched on a green stem against a brick-red wall background
January 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #EyeContact — When the eye steals the frame.

Short-eared Owl, Kansas 2019

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Owls #flyoverCountry
streaky brown and white bird with short ear tufts, dark eyeliner, and deepset eyes with yellow irises, sitting in a tawny grass field
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Finches

Plumbeous Sierra Finch, Ecuador 2019

This is not really a finch, it is classified in the Family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Andes #Ecuador
totally gray bird with pinkish-gray legs, standing on a mossy rock
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescent — birds with Iridescent Colors

Black-billed Magpie (juvenile), Colorado 2004

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Corvids #Colorado
Dark-headed white-bellied bird with blue-green iridescence on dark wings, perched on a bare twig
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Yellow — birds with any yellow coloring.

Prothonotary Warbler, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Warblers #FlyoverCountry
Yellow-bodied bird with large dark eye and dark bill, flashing its black-and-white wing while perched on a twig
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BrownIsBeautiful — celebrating subtle brown tones in birds.

Brown Teal. New Zealand 2016

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Endangered #Aotearoa
Brown duck with blue-gray bill, floating in a muddy pond
January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paddling - birds standing in water.

American Avocet, Kansas 2020

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #FlyoverCountry
White bird with white-striped black wings and long upcurved black bill, wading in a still marsh pond
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Poise — any bird showing poise, and the Alt theme is #White — where any part of the bird is white. Here's a twofer.

Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's subspecies), Kansas 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #FlyoverCountry
Mostly white hawk with black speckles on the belly and rufous head and forewing, soaring against a deep blue sky
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Frozen deck, thrush drinks
Steam curling in frosty air
Silent morning stops

#Birds
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM