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Birds fly around head
Light and feathers float through lens
Flowers, dirt and leaves
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shorebird.bsky.social
Lots of good energy out there this evening...Lunar New Year, a New Moon, Shrove Tuesday, the first day of Ramadan.
We've left behind that which no longer serves us. Now we harness the energy to move toward new beginnings leaving fear behind.
Red, orange and yellow horses signify The Year of the Horse.
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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danielrericha.bsky.social
U SKALNÍCH JEHEL...
z jedné letní návštěvě jižního pobřeží Islandu 🇮🇸
Jedná se o známou černou pláž v oblasti Reynisdrangar, která je bohužel díky nedávným masivním sesuvům už minulostí...
#island #iceland #reynisdrangar #dlouhaexpozice #fotimkrajinu
Černá pláž v oblasti Reynisdrangar se sklaními útesy v pozadí a rozmazanou vlnou v popředí na jižním pobřeží Islandu.
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
I'm enjoying this scene from the past weekend. A yellow-crowned night heron is on patrol at a pond. #IRWD #Birds #Nature #Photography #Herons
A dead tree trunk has fallen into the shallows of this pond. A green heron sits on the end where it enters the water. S/he is in profile and you can see the stringy light colored crown feathers jutting off the back of the head. The heron has the typical navy blue/cream/navy blue/cream coloring on the head and a red eye. The heavy bill is a matte black. The body and wings are mostly gray with just a slight tinge of green toward the bottom of the bird. The rest of the frame is filled with crisscrossing branches, green water plants, brown reeds, and reflections of all of the above.
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
Rob's choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CollectingFood, birds with food in their beaks, the Alt theme is #Grey.

Another in my ‘Starlings in the Snow’ series. This bird has a seed pod from a nearby tree in its mouth.
#Birds #BeKind
A starling with bright iridescent green speckled with tan crouches in profile against a plain white background. S/he has just picked up a small yellow seed pod from the ground.
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream."

-John Lennon
OC&E Woods rail trail crossing the A canal in Klamath Falls. Across the bridge is the junction with the A Canal trail.
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
birdfan.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/germ... seabird desperately pecks at hospital door for help
Injured seabird desperately pecks at hospital door for help
An injured seabird sought help by pecking on a German hospital’s emergency room door. The black cormorant had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it showed up Sunday at a hospital in the nort...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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annaquent.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social hat zum heutigen #BirdOfTheDay das Thema #WinterSurvivers
Hier ein Baumläufer.
Baumläufer an einem Baumstamm, zwischen kleinen Moosbüscheln, pickt an einem Moosblatt. Im Hintergrund unscharfe Zweige und helles Blau.
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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jon5cents.bsky.social
🪶 One of my favorite #WinterSurvivors is the pine warbler. This one seems to be looking hard for signs of spring. #BirdoftheDay #birds #photography
A yellow bird with a darker back is on a branch in falling snow, which is accumulating on its back. It is looking to its left and up, as if searching for something.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
It's cold. It's icy. It's desolate. This dark-eyed junco, however, is making it work. (The National Mall, Jan. 26, 2026)
#WinterSurvivors #BirdoftheDay #Birds #MinimalismMonday
On a blanket of white (which is snow with a coating of ice), a small bird stands facing the camera. His head is slightly cocked to the right. His chest and abdomen are white--almost matching the snow beneath him, and the upper chest and head are a dark brown/black color. He looks extra small in the large frame of white, with only a small leaf off to the left of frame. He seems to have a question for the observer....
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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In a spectacle of nature's infinite power, glorious Mount Fitz Roy, battered by furious winds, emerges from the clouds. Patagonia's mountains can be hidden for days, but when they clear, the beauty is endless!

#bluesky #photography #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #mountainmonday
February 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
#SkySunday #photography #BlueSky
Against a deep blue sky a jet airplane flies off the right edge of the photo. A dual line of white smoke trails the plane.
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #UrbanGaze #SelfPortrait #Reflections #Mobile #Photography
From inside a hotel room in Washington, D.C., I look across the street and see myself reflected in the window of a neighboring hotel. Framed once by my hotel window frame and secondly by the opposite window frame.
February 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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mad7500.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Green, any bird with Green showing… Well if you’ve got it, flaunt it… 💚🦚☀️👋
#Peacock #Birds #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin
February 15, 2026 at 8:09 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
I usually, pardon the expression, dump these photos into the trash, butt... in this case, I assk you, isn't it too cute to can?!
#birdButts #BirdoftheDay #Nature #BeKind
On a frosty winter morning, a hermit thrush stands on a branch that looks like an upside-down U. The bird is angled away from the viewer and has the brown tail pointed up--revealing the bright white butt feathers below. The tips of the wing feathers are slightly splayed and a dark brown/black color which frame the sides of the butt nicely. You can barely see the white eye ring and a few speckles on the side of the chest. The background is bokeh winter forest and blue skies.
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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charlespiroth.bsky.social
Paul Klee, "The Shepherd" (1929)
Artizon Museum
February 15, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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toritorihkd.bsky.social
This photo proves that the Shima-enaga(Long-tailed Tit) really is a bird — not just a fluffy snowball 🤣 🪶
少し遠かったけど、なんとか撮影できました😅
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Long-tailedTit #シマエナガ #birds #野鳥
A long-tailed tit perched on a snow-covered branch, with soft white plumage and a pale brown back, photographed in a winter forest. 雪の積もった枝にとまるシマエナガ。白くふわふわした羽毛と淡い茶色の背中が見える、冬の林で撮影された一枚。
February 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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amygann.bsky.social
A snowy owl as the sun started to rise this morning.
For the #birdoftheday theme of #portrait.

#birds #owl #snowyowl #nature #wildlife #sunrise #dawn #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
A snowy owl at sunrise. The sky is a light pink-orange hue as the sun was starting to rise
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
Bewick's wren from yesterday. #Portrait #BirdoftheDay #Birds
Cropped close view of a wren facing us but head turned 45º. S/he has a white throat, gray chest, and white abdomen. Head, back and tail are brown. S/he has a bold white eye brow which extends far back. Some horizontal black barring seen on the tail pointing skyward.
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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geertkb.bsky.social
A split second of pure precision.
This Caspian Tern (Reuzenstern in Dutch) had just surfaced and tossed its catch into the air, perfectly timed before swallowing it mid flight.

#BirdOfTheDay
#DivingForFood
#CaspianTern
#birds
#birdphotography
#SonyAlpha
#EastCoastKin
A Caspian Tern flying against a clear blue sky with wings fully extended, a freshly caught fish suspended above its open red bill as it prepares to catch and swallow it in mid air.
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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birdsbyalex.bsky.social
Floof peekin’ out 🪶
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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mad7500.bsky.social
Happy #Scape Day,
I hope everyone is having a good day 💚🌳✨
View from Sutton Hoo Woodland looking towards Woodbridge, along the River Deben, Suffolk, U.K.
📷 Feb ‘26
#EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography #Breathe #DontLie #MentalHealthAwareness
February 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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kevin.wertman.org
An anhinga for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by Rob.

#DivingForFood #photography #birds #anhinga
A black bird with a long curly neck sits among some thin leafless branches. A turquoise patch surrounds its red eye which looks towards the camera.
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
birdfan.bsky.social
Sorry for all the reposts today, but the photography is just 💣 today! 💯
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Green kingfisher male looking for fish near Parismina, Costa Rica
#BirdOfTheDay #DivingForFood #birds
Small green bird with a long black beak, standing in profile on a diagonal branch, against a blurred dark green background. He has a white neck ring, and his belly is white with green spots along the side.
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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davidst999.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is #DivingForFood, birds that dive under water for food. So here are a Great Crested Grebe, a Common Kingfisher, a Northern Gannet and an Atlantic Puffin. More info in ALT. #Birds 🪶🦉 #Nature #Photography #Nikon
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is #DivingForFood, birds that dive under water for food. So here are a Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) photographed at Linlithgow Loch, West Lothian, Scotland. A Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) photographed on the Harrison Water, a tributary of the River Almond, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. A Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) photographed on the Bass Rock, off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland. An Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with a beak full of fish. Photographed on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve off the east coast of Fife, Scotland.
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM