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Katha Traenkle
@kathat.bsky.social
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Birding, nature, working for a swift rehabilitation center in Switzerland, Biodiversity,
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kathat.bsky.social
Today's #birdoftheday ist #staredown
#birds

An early morning encounter somewhere in Bulgaria 2023

Little Owl
a little owl on the top of a roof, wooden construction with reddish rounded bricks, the bird is staring toward the photographer, great pupils and yellowish iris. Background is clean light blue morning sky
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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see3trees.bsky.social
The stare.
#birdoftheday #staredown #birds
Juvenile Yellow crowed night heron
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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alxnelson.bsky.social
A pretty convincing leaf mimic: a greater angle-wing katydid trying to warm herself up on the trail on a cold morning.
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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anuradhasarup.bsky.social
Giving instructions loud and clear

European Bee-eaters in #Italy
#birdoftheday theme #beakopen

#birds

Miss these crazy fellows when they leave each year.
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #shadesofgray with an alternative of #beakopen.

A Common Cockoo
Unfortunately not common anymore in Switzerland
bird is flying to the left, showing its grey striped pattern, and you can see the yellow eye. The sky is in light blue, sunny weather
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Katha Traenkle
bajmihal.bsky.social
Rook (Corvus frugilegus) 🪶 Посевна врана
A big black crow standing in profile with head turned to look over its shoulder, towards the right of the frame
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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alan678.bsky.social
I’m putting this out for the Gull lovers. You know who you are. A wallpaper. 😂😂 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A close-up portrait of a gull standing against a smooth blue backdrop, its head turned slightly as it looks directly toward the camera. The bird’s plumage is a mix of soft greys and mottled white, with a pale yellow bill tipped in red. Sunlight catches the fine feather detail along its neck and chest, while a few green leaves frame the lower edge of the image.
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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janetdresselhuis.bsky.social
🕊️ goedemorgen,

eergisteren zag ik ook voor
het eerst een waterral ✨💫

ik las dat de waterral zich
zelden laat zien, hoe bijzonder
dat ik hem zag 🍀

fijne dag 🍂

#waterral #waterrail
#vogels #birds
#natuur #nature
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
kathat.bsky.social
#birds #WorstBirdPic and yes, #PhotoFailFriday

Some birds are too fast and too close for me:

Feral Pigeon
A Feral Pigeon headless climbing on a stone and on the left side out of the picture, left food lifted. The bird has a shimmering violett and green neck, belly is light grey, wings are checkered and with two bars in dark brown and black
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Love it, the Whoopers synchron on ice, great picture! 😍
lizziewallis.bsky.social Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 3d
Whooper pair on ice.
Taken 27th May: Varanger, N. Norway is still in grip of winter. Spring is short.

Alan, @alan678.bsky.social, has chosen #swans for today's #birdoftheday.

"The Two of Us" 1986-1990
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTelevision

#EastCoastKin
#birds
Two white swans walk side by side across an icy lake. Yellow and black beaks show they are whooper swans. Black legs, one raised as it takes a step. The landscape is frozen lake with some snow.
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Beautiful! 😍 so subtle colors!
gettoknownature.bsky.social Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3d
They’re like tiny pumpkins!

(Pokeweed) #NativePlants 🌿 #BloomScrolling
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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birdrgirl.bsky.social
This 🪶Trumpeter Swan spreads its wings as it stands on some remaining March ice. #BirdOfTheDay #swans #VermontBirds #WhiteOnWhite
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reposted by Katha Traenkle
davemeredith.bsky.social
Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds on a post. Here's a Black Tern on a fence post.

#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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frazeology.com
I Swear It Was This Big

Two Double-crested Cormorants perch on former dock #posts. The one drying his wings appears to be describing a fish that got away.

#birds #BirdoftheDay #photography
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
kathat.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #swans and the alternative is #posts birds perched on any type of post. #Birds

I have a young Mute Swan doing an advanced yoga pose
middle brown feathers, the huge bird is standing in water, butt to the observer, with the long neck he is preening his but or what ever he is dowing
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Corn buntings are so cool birds! 😍
freedomtodoubt.bsky.social Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 3d
Just glorious Alan 🤩

Mine obviously far less glorious .. just a Corn bunting sitting on a post in a field in the Purbecks.
#birds on #posts #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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banditelli.org
🚨 EMERGENCY CUTE one unedited baby killdeer video coming up 🪶
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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mikepnature.bsky.social
'Larking Around!'
Second time lucky for me with the Great Orme Shore Lark this morning. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingWales
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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mknb.bsky.social
My choice for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #DucksOutOfWater, is my favourite duck — the Northern Shoveler!

#birds #photography
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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grays.art
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds with any yellow colouring.

Calidris Sandpipers
Delnore-Wiggins Pass
Florida 4-9-21

#birds #birding #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #nature #outdoors #photohour #EastCoastKin
14 small birds above their noon shadows, ankles-deep in shallow surf, moving right-to-left in a rough, squashed triangular flock, with one leader, and one straggler.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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mart-the-gooner.bsky.social
A Long-tailed Duck for #BirdOfTheDay theme which is #DucksOutOfWater and the Alternative Bird is a #Moorhen

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #BirdsInFlight
Long-tailed Duck flying straight towards the camera with a diffused background of a beach.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
kathat.bsky.social
Today's #BirdofTheDay #DucksOutOfWater
#birds

Mr. Tufted Duck - a duck not so often out of the water
A male duck standing on a rock, looking to the left, background lightblue silent water. Showing its dark grey legs and the white flanks, rest of the bird is black, beside the golden eye
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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lizziewallis.bsky.social
Godwits Galore.
Today's #birdoftheday set by @alan678.bsky.social is #Paddling birds (standing or walking in shallow water).
A group of bar-tailed godwits paddle through shallow sea.
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekTforTelevision
"Birds of a Feather" 1989
5 waders marching across the image from right to left, paddling through shallow sea. A large rock provides the background to the left of the image, smaller rocks and seaweed the foreground. Incoming low waves are visible beyond the birds. The birds are mottled brown grey with long straight beaks and white belly.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Awesome picture! 😍
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Katha Traenkle
paulmwall.bsky.social
I shared this handsome boy with you last month and he is back today as my contribution to the #birdoftheday theme of Standing In Water because he is definitely doing that #birds
uvenile brown pelican standing in the shallow surf, viewed from behind. The bird’s head is turned to the left so you have a nice profile of his brown head and long brown beak, which is held down against the bird’s body. The wing feathers, folded across his back, are brown edged in white. His legs are short and you can’t see the feet because they are buried in water and possibly sand. His dark eye shines in the sun. The shot is taken at a low angle so the background is light blue sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM