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Rob Crank Photography
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Very much an Amateur Hobbyist Photographer who loves Wildlife.

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 14h
Good Morning All

Time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongLegsAndNeck any birds with both items listed, and the Alternative theme of #BirdsOnFeeders
Here's a Great Egret, Glossy Ibis, Grey Heron & Great Spotted Woodpecker from various venues.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding
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neildbarker.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongLegsAndNeck any birds with both items listed.

I am sharing a #GreatBlueHeron from this past Summer I saw here in #Ottawa. #birds #herons #photography #EastCoastKin
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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roswita.bsky.social
Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongLegsAndNeck any birds with both items listed, and the Alternative theme of #BirdsOnFeeders #starling #photography #eastcoastkin
Starling on a feeder
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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danjohnsonart.bsky.social
For #LongLegsAndNeck here are a couple of herons, one eyeing up its breakfast, and another that I painted.

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #EastCoastKin
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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laffingkat.bsky.social
Here's an emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) walking across a lawn for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongLegsAndNeck today. Taken at Woodland Park Zoo. #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
An emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) stands in an enclosed lawn scattered with dried leaves. Its head is down, searching the ground for something tasty.
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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martinefenn.bsky.social
For @robcrank68.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #longlegs&necks here’s three for the price of one! Great White Egrets, taken back in 2024 at WWT Slimbridge. They very obligingly lined up neatly for a photo!
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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fozziefotos.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay #birds with #Longlegsandnecks @robcrank68.bsky.social #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #photo #nature #wildlife
How about this for a niche pick for todays bird of the day. A Grey Crowned Crane - the national bird of Uganda. What a beauty!
a very large bird, its long legs perched on a mossy rock. It has a fluffy grey breast, a red pouch under its chin, white cheek, black forehead and a mound of golden feathers atop its head like a crown. Its back has large dramatic slate grey, sickle-shaped feathers sat atop white feathers and hanging down at the back rust coloured feathers
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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pacbirds.bsky.social
Long-billed Curlew for the #longlegsandneck theme of #birdoftheday picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social.

#birds #nature #montereybay #photography
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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jancasavant.bsky.social
Here's a male #Red-belliedWoodpecker clutching some suet from a feeder for today's alternative #BOTD theme of birds on feeders (Norfolk, Massachusetts) 😍

#birds #woodpeckers #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnFeeders #EastCoastKin #FlyDay #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #MassAudubon @robcrank68.bsky.social
A male Red-bellied Woodpecker with a white front, black and white barred wing feathers, and a red head. The red belly isn't visible in this shot, but is down low on the front. The bird is clutching some orange suet in his beak and is perched on a green wire feeder with a green plastic top that's filled with a block of the suet. Part of a brown tree and branches and blurred green grass are visible in the photo. Seen at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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annaquent.bsky.social
Der #BordOfTheDay von @robcrank68.bsky.social hat heute das alternative Thema #BirdsOnFeeder
Auf einer frei hängenden hölzernen Futtersäule, über die ein Häuschendach, und darauf noch einmal ein kleineres Satteldach gesetzt ist, sitzen zwei Stieglitze. Einer sitzt auf der Sitzfläche vor dem rechteckige. Futterspender, die andere auf dem unteren Satteldach. Im Hintergrund Grün mit hellen Lichtpunkten. Eine Blaumeise sitzt auf dem metallenen Sitzbügel vor einer Futtersäule, von der Seite gesehen, nach vorn gebeugt. Der Schnabel ist geöffnet, ein Teil der Zunge ragt heraus, und im geöffneten Schnabel hängt die Spelze eines Sonnenblumenkernes. Ein Grünfink auf dem metallenen Bügel einer Futtersäule, zeigt sein Rückengefieder, und hat sich, mit weit geöffnetem Schnabel, und zur rechten Bildseite gedrehtem Kopf, weit nach vorn gebeugt. An der rechten Bildseite erscheint die Flügelsüitze eines sich nähernden Vogels. Eine junge Blaumeise auf dem metallenen Sitzbügel einer Futtersäule, von der Seite gesehen, schaut geradeaus, in Richtung rechter Bildseite.
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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jon5cents.bsky.social
🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay, per @robcrank68.bsky.social, is #LongLegsAndNeck. This heron is a new one for me, a bare-throated tiger-heron, that we saw in Turrialba, #CostaRica. #birds #photography
A heron is in the middle of a bamboo thicket. It is facing our left.
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Rob ( @robcrank68.bsky.social ), today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #LongLegsAndNeck. The Alternative theme: #BirdsOnFeeders.

I've gone with mourning doves, an ostrich, American White Ibises, and a great blue heron with two swans.

#birds #doves #ostriches #ibises #herons
Three mourning doves feeding from a tray bird-feeder full of peanuts, millets and other seeds. Two additional doves on the deck floor around the feeder. An ostrich with its back towards the camera, on a grassy ground with large trees in the background. This photo was taken several years ago at the Asheboro zoo, NC, US. Several White American Ibises in the shallow waters of a pond. A large body of water in the back and the pond are separated by some vegetation. This photo was taken near Wilmington in Dec 2024. A great blue heron and two white swans in a lake. The swans are facing each other whereas the heron's back is towards the camera. This photo was taken in Charlotte NC US several years ago.
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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theecologyprof.bsky.social
🪶 Today's #BirdOfTheDay, per @robcrank68.bsky.social, is #LongLegsAndNeck. Great Blue #Herons fit the bill.
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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ktfrost.bsky.social
Look in my mirror

@robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social and you’ll see that flamingoes do have #LongLegsAndNecks.

#BirdOfTheDay
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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tenebrisvacuum.bsky.social
It's #BirdOfTheDay time again. And @robcrank68.bsky.social says today's theme is #LongLegsAndNecks and #BirdsAtFeeders, so I have an assortment for you.

#Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Ontario🇨🇦
A soggy Chickadee about to divebomb the feeder below. A Dark-eyed Junco perched on a feeder with its back turned to the camera. A Great Blue Heron wading in knee deep water, hunting for lunch. A Red-bellied Woodpecker (with an actual red belly!) clinging to the side of a bird feeder, picking away at some suet.
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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blathin384.bsky.social
Good Morning ☀️ friends

@robcrank68.bsky.social chose the theme of #LongLegsAndNeck for today's #BirdOfTheDay (any birds with both items listed).

1-Sandhill Crane
2-Great Blue Heron
3-Glossy Ibis
4-Great Egret

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Photo of a Sandhill Crane drinking from a shallow pool of water and the bill is submerged Photo of a Great Blue Heron standing in the early morning sunlight next to the water. A few pieces of reed grass make for a cool geometric feature to the right of the bird Photo of a glossy ibis walking through shallow water. The foreground is made up of green grass but it’s blurred out Photo of a Great Egret standing in shallow water. The birds neck is fully stretched out.
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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lizziewallis.bsky.social
"Yippee, I've got long legs!
I've got a long neck!
I can fly!"
Today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongLegsAndNeck.

Common crane display dancing in the snow.
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#FlyDay almost #birdsinflight
Two long necked and long legged predominantly grey large birds. One standing facing right, one jumping in the air wings outstretched, beak open, head facing right. The birds have black wing tips, black neck, white cheeks and a red patch on the head. The scene is white snow.
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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kevin.wertman.org
@robcrank68.bsky.social has set the alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme as #BirdsOnFeeders, so here's a beautiful painted bunting I saw a couple of weeks ago at the botanical gardens. 🎨🪶

#photography #birds #paintedbunting
A very colorful painted bunting stands on a bird feeder post. It's chest is bright red, head is blue, and wings are red and greenish. Background is bright green foliage.
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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cyclonus11.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #LongLegsAndNeck

Here's a pair of black-necked stilts enjoying a large muddy puddle created by a leaky fire hydrant. Taken 14 April 2024.

#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #inaturalist @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
Two black-necked stilts. One is standing on one leg, while the other is walking behind with one leg mid-step. They are black and white wading birds with very long, pink legs.
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
A bit late but time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongLegsAndNeck any birds with both items listed, and the Alternative theme of #BirdsOnFeeders set be @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ my offering for today's theme Great Egret & Little Egret 🪶 🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #photography #EastCoastKin
Photo taken at Westhay NR Somerset Imagine a very tall, elegant white bird, like a large, graceful white crane, with long legs and a long neck that folds into an S-shape when standing or flying. It has brilliant white feathers all over, a striking yellow, dagger-like bill, and distinct black legs with black feet, often seen wading slowly in shallow water (fresh or salty) looking for fish, a beautiful symbol of peaceful wetlands. Photo taken at Forest Farm NR - Cardiff Imagine a graceful, all-white bird, about the size of a small-to-medium chicken, that stands on long, skinny black legs, but has bright, sunshine-yellow feet that stand out, especially when it's wading in shallow water hunting for tiny fish. It has a slender black beak and a long neck, often held gracefully, but when it's excited or breeding, it grows delicate, wispy white feathers (plumes) on its head, chest, and back, making it look like it's wearing a fluffy white gown.
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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stevenmarx.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongLegsAndNeck, any birds with both items. Time for egrets and herons to shine. #birds #photography #sonyalpha
Great blue heron in flight against a solid bright bluish gray sky. Flying to the right at an angle away from the camera, right side of bird visible. Some blurred green foliage in the foreground. Great egret in flight heading away from the camera, view three quarters from behind. Most of the right side of the bird is visible, wings are outstretched with legs straight out behind, together. Head is visible just under the right wing. Blurred green foliage in the background. Great blue heron standing in profile, facing left, in the near middle distance, framed at the right third of the photo. Standing in water up to its knees, with mostly calm but not flat water filling the rest of the frame. Male wild turkey standing up with its neck stretched up, facing left in profile. In a forest filling the left third of the frame, with trees and grass filling the rest of the frame.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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mfoley25.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongLegsAndNeck
Here is a Great Blue Heron at the waters edge.
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Heron
#Nature #Photography
a great blue heron stands in shallow water surrounded by abundant dark green and brown seaweed. The large wading bird, a species common near open water and wetlands, is captured in profile, facing toward the right side of the frame. Its long neck is extended, and its grey-blue plumage is visible in the bright sunlight.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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figureoutthesea.ca
#BirdOfTheDay: #BirdsOnFeeders

Here is a lady Anna's Hummingbird showing off her little partial gorget. Anna's are unique (I think) among hummingbirds in that males have a full-face gorget, and females have a little bit of one

-- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Nov 2025

#photography #birds
A female Anna's Hummingbird sitting on a feeder, looking up and showing her shiny little gorget
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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lesliebulion.bsky.social
Hello #BirdOfTheDay folks. This #LongLegsAndNeck early morning Great Blue Heron was drying out on a limb above the river that borders one of my favorite birding/walking spots. Thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social for sharing the fun.
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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lotaylor23.bsky.social
A bit late for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by Rob. Today is #LongLegsAndNeck
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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allanwithll.bsky.social
#LongLegsAndNeck is a great theme for #BirdOfTheDay and your collection of images really fits with it Rob.
Here’s a local Grey heron having trouble controlling its long legs!
#Birds
#BirdingScotland
#BirdTherapy
#UKwildlife
#NatureCantWait
#StateofNature2023
#wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM