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

An early morning encounter somewhere in Bulgaria 2023

Little Owl
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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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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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
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #shadesofgray with an alternative of #beakopen.

A Common Cockoo
Unfortunately not common anymore in Switzerland
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Rook (Corvus frugilegus) 🪶 Посевна врана
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I’m putting this out for the Gull lovers. You know who you are. A wallpaper. 😂😂 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🕊️ 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
#birds #WorstBirdPic and yes, #PhotoFailFriday

Some birds are too fast and too close for me:

Feral Pigeon
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Love it, the Whoopers synchron on ice, great picture! 😍
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
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Beautiful! 😍 so subtle colors!
They’re like tiny pumpkins!

(Pokeweed) #NativePlants 🌿 #BloomScrolling
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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
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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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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
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
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Corn buntings are so cool birds! 😍
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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🚨 EMERGENCY CUTE one unedited baby killdeer video coming up 🪶
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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'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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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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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
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Today's #BirdofTheDay #DucksOutOfWater
#birds

Mr. Tufted Duck - a duck not so often out of the water
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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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
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Awesome picture! 😍
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM