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measureofcalm.bsky.social
Since I’ve never even seen any #thrushes in my entire 62 years (sheltered life), I’m going to have to go with the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme of #waders
#birds #EastCoastKin
A great egret wades in a salt marsh. Water in the foreground, golden grasses in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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andries58.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Thrushes and the alternative is #waders
Dunlin, Bonte Strandloper Sanderling, Drieteenstrandloper Bar-tailed godwit, Rosse Grutto Curlew, Wulp
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
A bit late but today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme has been #Thrushes and the alternative is #waders set by @alan678.bsky.social Here's a Song Thrush - photo taken at Forest Farm NR 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdwatching #wildlife #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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If you love gulls like we do, check out this @birdsandblooms.bsky.social article by @lvmke.bsky.social in which "readers share their favorite gull pictures that will give you a new appreciation for these birds. Just don't call them seagulls."
www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/bird...
#BirdSky #Gulls
21 Gull Pictures That Will Change How You Look at Them
Readers share their favorite gull pictures that will give you a new appreciation for these birds. Just don't call them seagulls.
www.birdsandblooms.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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thebirdsofamerica.bsky.social
Plate 144 - Small Green Crested Flycatcher (Acadian Flycatcher)

Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶
Print of a pair of Acadian flycatchers from Audubon's "The Birds of America." The pair perch high in a sassafras tree, the above individual sallies out to catch a passing insect.
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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alaskaken.bsky.social
ALL RUFFLED UP: A Steller's jay fluffs its feathers on a cold day in Anchorage, Alaska.

#birds #birding #nature #photography
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social
Long-eared Owl - another painting framed ready for my exhibition www.jamesmccallum.co.uk A tired migrant roosting on the edge of the saltmarsh after crossing the North Sea, Warham Greens, Norfolk 16th October 2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"The weary youngster had spent a good bit of time collecting clams, dropping them at altitude on the rocks... The setting sun provided a nice catch light in its eyes." Read about Steve Heaslip's photo shoot with a Cape Cod #HerringGulll:
www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2...
#BirdPhotography #BirdArt
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
Every Sharp-shinned Hawk I've ever seen looked like it was worried it left the stove on.

🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Rough digital drawing of a Sharp-shinned Hawk bust. The hawk is in profile. It is a complex mottled color of browns and grays, with a small hooked beak, round head, rufous tinting to the auriculars, and a huge bright yellow eye that makes it look worried. Its feathers are slicked back tight to the body indicating it is alert.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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chipmoynihan.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay

#standingOnThings

Hampton New Hampshire
Hawk standing on a stone wall with a chipmunk underneath it
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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simmcewen.bsky.social
This cormorant was #standing by the ferry terminal in Anacortes, WA. #birdoftheday #photography #nature #birds #PNW
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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abbphotos.bsky.social
Red-billed Oxpeckers standing on a giraffe (whilst eating ticks).
#BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings
#photography #birds #nature #wildlife
#SouthAfrica #EastCoastKin
Eight small gray-brown birds with cream-colored breasts, bright red beaks and bright yellow circles around their eyes. They're standing on and clinging to the neck of a giraffe. Four birds are pecking at the giraffe's hide to eat ticks and four are looking up.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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" @audubon.org’s collaboration with wind projects in the Tehachapi Mountains of California resulted in experimentation with advanced technologies to detect #GoldenEagles & #CaliforniaCondors ...Since then, no Condors have been killed or injured at a wind project..."
www.audubon.org/news/state-o...
The State of the Science on Land-Based Wind Energy and Birds
The Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI) summarizes current research and strategies to address risks to birds.
www.audubon.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A Bald Eagle with its lunch.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #BaldEagles #Raptors
A Bald Eagle flys by with a small rodent in its grasp.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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aintright.bsky.social
Terry the Treecreeper #BirdOfTheDay #CloseUps #EastCoastKin
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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"There’s a special rush when you see a rare bird and a satisfaction in knowing you’re one of the few around who appreciate it. It’s like the bird is appearing just for your pleasure." Read Lukas Ruano-Lumpris in The Fordham Observer fordhamobserver.com/81182/opinio... #Birding #BirdWatchingWednesday
You’re Already a Birdwatcher
Most people like birds. After all, birds are everywhere — on the street, in parks, stealing your lunch at the beach — and they are very charming. Few other animals have adapted so well to living with ...
fordhamobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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"Where can you see the world’s best bird art?" At Birds in Art at the Woodson Art Museum thru Jan 4, 2026. Read "Every Year This Wisconsin Museum Hosts the Best Modern Bird Art in the World" by @kennkaufman.bsky.social @audubon.org www.audubon.org/magazine/eve...
Shown: Vacancy by Gigi Chen
#birdart
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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#PhotoOrArt? For the answer, we go down under where Canberra #birdartist & Art Renewal Center Associate Living Master (ARCALM) Frances McMahon's "Spangled ( #SpottedPardalote )" won Best in Show @ 2025 Holmes Prize for Excellence in Realistic Australian #BirdArt: canberradaily.com.au/canberra-bir...
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Thank you for making my day, @banditelli.org. I used to live in Ocean Beach (San Diego) and one of my great joys was watching the pelicans.
banditelli.org Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22d
Last night I watched over 100 pelicans feed just off the coast after sunset. Here's one of them. 17 frames taken from a sequence of 44 over 2.5 seconds. Incredible dinosaurs!!! 🪶
A brown pelican, just appearing as a black bird against a muted orange sky, dives into the ocean.
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay is #gulls, so here's some in the air

#nature #birds #avian #BirdPhotography #seagulls
3 black headed gulls soaring
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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betsycooley.bsky.social
Great Egret in lagoon with lily pads. Emeryville, California.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Large white shorebird with yellow beak and yellow eyes, bent down with beak in water in lagoon. Green lily pads, blue water, rippled white reflection of egret in the water.
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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julielfrost.bsky.social
A sure sign of fall becoming winter: Canada geese in flight.

#TwosDay #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInFlight #BIF #Photography #Nature #Wildlife
Two Canada geese in flight against a cloud-filled blue sky background.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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chuck4242.bsky.social
A Great Blue Heron in the shallows of the Mississippi River.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
A Great Blue Heron in the shallows of the Mississippi River.
October 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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alan678.bsky.social
My cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has announced that today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds' which makes it a #DailyDouble with #TwosDay

The Alt is 'Chaffinches'

#birds #EastCoastKin
Two oystercatchers in synchronized flight, their striking black-and-white plumage and vivid orange-red bills gleaming in the sunlight. The upper bird has wings fully extended, while the lower bird’s wings curve downward mid-flap, both gliding gracefully against a softly blurred green and blue landscape.
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Even if you're just in it for the birds, The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are worth a look on @smithsonianmag.bsky.social:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
Shown: Hornbill in a Hurry. © Geoff Martin / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
#BirdPhotography #BirdPhotographers #BirdLovers #BirdArt
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM