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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦
@lorichirp.bsky.social
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Hooked on bird photography (and some other subjects)! Canadian near Vancouver in British Columbia. I love re-posting pix by others on my timeline so please check my Media tab to view my photos/videos. Disabled with MS. Happily married!
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Lori Batchelor🇨🇦 @lorichirp.bsky.social · Mar 4
A grey day in the park yesterday was brightened when a passerby mentioned he had seen an owl a few hundred yards in the direction we were headed and we found it! #birds #photography #birdphotography #Raptors #owl 🦉

A Barred Owl (my first attempt at ALT Text)
A Barred Owl, a large, stocky owl with brown and white markings, round head, no ear tufts, and a medium-length tail, is perched on a branch in a forest.
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jcanuc.bsky.social
#NorthernPintail feasting at Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, BC Canada
February 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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albatrossity.bsky.social
The Alt theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #Blurred — blurry captures of birds in movement.

Hairy Woodpecker, Kansas 2017

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Woodpeckers #FlyoverCountry
tail and blurred in motion black and white wings of a bird taking flight directly away from the camera
February 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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breeze420.bsky.social
"The world is full of places. Why is it that I am here? This place, this time? But you are here. The world is where you are."
— Wendell Berry
An abandoned pair of wooden structures tucked into a forested area. One is a larger cabin‑like building with weathered boards and the other is a smaller, more dilapidated shed. They sit just beyond a guardrail and a narrow body of water, with dense evergreens rising behind them.
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
Red-crested Pochards (Netta rufina) through my scope. Ya gotta admire the male's sense of fashion. A flaming orange beehive hairdo, red lipstick and a black turtleneck. I'm digging it! 😂 #BirdingHungary #ducks #waterfowl
February 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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danielxday.bsky.social
A Northern flicker paid us a call at home today. What a sight! #Birds 🪶
Northern flicker perched on a shepherd’s hook. Its yellow tail feathers are lit up by the sun.
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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kupac1.bsky.social
Still lots of Smews (Megrellus albellus) around, although the numbers are sharply down from a week ago. Must be the milder weather. Here is a few quick images thru my scope of a nice male. #BirdingHungary #smews #ducks #waterfowl #mergansers
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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saffacheech.bsky.social
Today's theme albeit once again very late. #BirdOfTheDay is #BackyardBirds

So I decided to take some photos of the birds in my backyard today.

#GreatTit
#Goldfinch
#BlueTit
#GreatTit
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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saffacheech.bsky.social
Good morning on the 172nd wet day of the year. Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #SmallBirdSaturday

#BewicksWren
#GracefulPrinis
#BlackThroatedGreenWarbler
#SnowyBrowedNuthatch

#Birds #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography
#Bird #Birding
Bewick's Wren Graceful Prinia Black throated green warbler Snowy Browed Nuthatch
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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tenebrisvacuum.bsky.social
A really pretty Finch for #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ontario🇨🇦
A small House Finch stands atop a feeder hook, looking backward over its shoulder.
February 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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margasib.bsky.social
An American Goldfinch singing in a tree this morning for #SmallBirdSaturday.

#Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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jcanuc.bsky.social
#SpottedTowhee Burnaby Lake Park, Burnaby, BC Canada
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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birderbro.bsky.social
It's #WigeonWeekend friends 🥳
And here's Willy the wonderful Wigeon
No luck with the Ferruginous #Duck today but chuffed to run into this pretty fella instead 😍

#birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇩🇪 #ducks #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #birdphotography #photographer #waterfowl
February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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margasib.bsky.social
Enjoying the beautiful morning.

#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #nature
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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azgibsonz.bsky.social
❄️ Despite continued efforts, domesticated felines continue to rule the algorithm on Saturdays.

🪶: (*withering look of judgement)

#SnowbirdSaturday
#LookingAtYou
#BirdLovers
#Photography
#Winterbirds
#Corvids
'Tony Montana' the Raven poses with snow on his enormous beak. That's it friends, I'm closing the winter birds file. Snooze, you lose.
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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steddybirds.bsky.social
A male northern Cardinal doesn’t care if he’s #blurred as he photobombs my picture of a house finch. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #cardinals #finches #nature #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
While a house finch perches on a feeder pole facing the camera in the foreground, a blurry male northern Cardinal flies in from left to right in back.
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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cumberlandjc.bsky.social
The little belly is full and I can doze until my mate comes home

Gentoo #Penguin and chick #FalklandIslands
Canon R5 500mm f9 1:1000 ISO400

#BirdOfTheDay #Serenity #Birds #EastCoastKin #Wildlife #Travel #ArtYear #smArtist
Photograph of a Gentoo Penguin standing on its nest with its eyes closed. At its feet is a small, but not newborn, chick with its fuzzy grey back and wing and white tummy, chest and neck. The little penguin's belly is bulging and its head is drooped down suggesting its appetite is satiated at least for a while. In the nest also is an unhatched egg, which is unlikely to hatch now. We saw very few Gentoos with 2 chicks here.
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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steddybirds.bsky.social
A bit of #serenity on the intercoastal waters of Bonita Springs, Florida. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #egrets #nature #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
A great egret stands facing left among the mangroves and is reflected in the water.
February 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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blathin384.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social decided that today’s theme for the #BirdOfTheDay is #Serenity serene bird captures.

Here’s a Great Blue Heron enjoying the rising sun at Bombay Hook NWR in fall 2025.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds #herons
Photo of a Great Blue Heron standing alone in the early morning sun. A few pesky grasses on the right side of the frame make for some interesting geometric reflections of triangles.
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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handcranked.bsky.social
A bridge to the past

Roman Bridge of Cordoba

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #SensoryArt #bridges #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited
An old stone Roman bridge over a river at sunset with old buildings on the far side. There are green bushes and ducks in the river at the bottom of the photo. The sky is yellow at the bottom and blue at the top with white and dark gray clouds.
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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knotweed-ireland.bsky.social
Sunset Ireland - Cloudy amber sunset over West Field, Galway, Ireland #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #IrishSunset #SkyScape #Photography
Amber sunset over West Field, Galway, Ireland
February 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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matthewpaulson.bsky.social
Mama and her 2 babies-This is the last of the pics from when the babies were only 2 days old. I am continuing to follow this family and have captured several new sets as they are growing. More to come.🪶
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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matthewpaulson.bsky.social
Mama and her 2 babies-This is the last of the pics from when the babies were only 2 days old. I am continuing to follow this family and have captured several new sets as they are growing. More to come.🪶
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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matthewpaulson.bsky.social
Mama and her 2 babies-This is the last of the pics from when the babies were only 2 days old. I am continuing to follow this family and have captured several new sets as they are growing. More to come.🪶
Mama and her 2 babies-This is the last of the pics from when the babies were only 2 days old. I am continuing to follow this family and have captured several new sets as they are growing. More to come.🪶
February 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
lorichirp.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sunlight

A male Northern Pintail with his white neck stripe highlighted by sunlight.

#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin
February 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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rookman.bsky.social
Spoon bill at slimbridge aviary.
#birds🪶

#Birdphotography
#Naturephotography
#NatureTherapy
This close-up captures a juvenile Spoonbill with its characteristic long, flat, spatula-shaped bill and soft white plumage. The bird is shown in profile, revealing a subtle crest of feathers on its head and a hint of pale pink emerging on its wings.
February 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM