Vogel des Jahres 2026 "Rebhuhn" #rebhuhn #vögel #vogel #partridge #huhn

Alas, poor crow, we hardly knew ye.

We’ve visited this stretch of Lake Winnipeg shoreline in summer for more than a decade, and a bald eagle can almost always be found on this lofty nearby perch. #birds

A very busy-sounding tawny owl on my evening walk yesterday. I don’t speak owl but there was more than a suggestion that any other male tawney owls in the area should naff right off. #charcoal

One day it could be fun to try making the hats and other clothing I draw for my birds. #birds #art #drawing #procreate

Merganser conga line – everybody up on the rock! #birds

The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.

JEMIOŁUSZKA ZWYCZAJNA 🍒 BOHEMIAN WAXWING My favorite winter visitor in art deco! I've been looking at prewar posters for some time and needless to say they had a decent style. #art #digitalart #bird #birds #artdeco #polishart

Wetlands are magic. Immediately following a light shower, I watched a momma goldeneye protect her six-duckling brood and terrorize every other bird on this pond. A poor ring-necked duck couple especially bore her brunt. Worth the mosquitoes!

The weirdos are back #birds

Lady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage to make ends meet #birds #UnsolicitedDuckPic

I rode my bike again to the Duck Pond, which is pumping out new ducks left and right, and living up to its name. Here two wood duck ducklings reflect, in a green reflecting pool. #birds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LifeInTheBalance. A male Red-breasted Nuthatch practising its balancing act. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome

A wet and fuzzy crew down at the neighbourhood creek, after yet another rain. #birds

#birdoftheday #raptors One of my favorite birds and animals in general. Endlessly grateful to you, turkey vulture. #birdart #digitalart #birds

I'm feeling rather down and just can't get into the swing of things...

An evening grosbeak caricature, sketched in pen and coloured in Procreate during a recent DrawMob gathering with friends. I love the colour scheme of these birds – I wish I saw them more often! #birds

A northern rough-winged swallow impatiently inhales its parent's face in its search for food. I'm pretty sure the adult had no food at the time. #birds

SATURDAY! NIGHT! LITTLE GUYS! Thanks to @burrowingowl.bsky.social for always posting such sweet photos of these adorable little ones! They always brighten my day. #birds

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of “Out For A Walk”, I present this unidentified peep cruising the beach at sunrise. No-birdy walks with purpose quite like a sandpiper. #birds

met a pileated woodpecker this morning 🥰 🪶

画了一个小时的小鸟，很快乐。

With the crazy amount of rain that’s fallen around the city recently, there isn’t much sand left to pipe if you’re a sandpiper – unless you’ve got the size/reach advantage of this marbled godwit. #birds

There’s a lot going on at a prairie marsh, but I never expected to see a ballet performance! Usually when Soras have to cross a few feet of open water to get to another reed bed, they take the long way around and walk, or, they swim. This female Sora chose flying with an elegant toe point!

birdies of Athens: 🟢 ring-necked parakeet, 🟠 hoopoe, 🟡 goldfinch, 🟣 blackbird, 🔵 magpie #art #digitalart #animalart #birdart #sciart

Nice try, bittern – I see you. An American bittern attempts to blend into the reeds but the reeds aren’t tall enough yet. #birds

Rose breasted grosbeaks. So cute and chunky. My mom had 3 males in her yard a couple weeks ago... I've never seen more than one pair! #birds #WildlifeArt #natureart #BirdArt

He has a job and is a contributing member of society! #birds #pigeons

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of “food in beaks” has me recalling one of the more bizarre bird sights I’ve seen: this lesser yellowlegs at Oak Hammock Marsh in 2010, considering what to do with a small (live? dead?) frog. I never got my answer; it was a lightning-quick moment. #birds

This eastern kingbird, oddly, was looking on at two nearby western kingbirds having a big ol’ fight. #EastCoast #WestCoast #crips #bloods #birds

Day 30 of #Coverbirds QUACK magazine publishes an annual Sexiest Duck Alive issue and who else could be on the cover but Ruddy Duck? Any questions? I didn’t think so (1/8) #birds

Plumadraco bankoorum - a new Creatceous bird

This was neat: During a walk at a marsh I heard a sora calling in the reeds, so I began to call back. It came to find me! It walked onto the path and within a metre of my feet while I continued calling. At this point I was frozen still, so this photo is from when it headed back in the marsh. #birds

I haven’t had as many chances at spring birding as I usually get – but luckily it’s been a banner season for yard visitors. This brown thrasher lolled in the sour cherry tree for a few minutes this week; I couldn’t believe my luck! #birds

This month, the Vermillion Flycatcher! #birds #birdart #birdwhisperer #art @birdwhisperers.bsky.social

Another slightly bewildered looking face outside the studio this morning. (Spare a thought for the fly. Circle of life etc). #colourpencil

A tiny American Redstart with a huge voice and a lot to say. The amount of volume these little warblers can produce is impressive. #birds #nature #wildlife #PhotographersUnited

closest thing to a magic trick i can manage: 12 hours of painting a dunnock compressed to 80 seconds

bird of the day! it's warbler season where i live so i've been enjoying going out on walks and getting to look for and listen to them! #furry #furryart #ocart #digitalart

LIFER! One of my local birding white whales dropped into my yard yesterday: my first bay-breasted warbler! No pics – I was in a screen porch, but my daughter can vouch for my excitement. To honour the occasion here’s a sketch, using a black-throated green warbler photo I took as reference. #LiferPie

Not a solid photo – but during a walk yesterday I heard elaborate birdsong I wasn’t familiar with. Merlin ID’d it as a brown thrasher. This I had to find; I hadn’t seen a thrasher in more than a decade, and only twice ever. I found it, deep in a swamp and unapproachable. But man did it sing. #birds

Stop it. Just… stop it, tanager. That’s too much colour on such a grey day. Just quit it. Cut it out. #birds

LIFER!! During a break in the rain I walked one of our urban forests and saw my first-ever mourning warbler. No pictures – the moment was super fleeting – but I did pick up this slice of #LiferPie in honour of the occasion.

All of my visits to watch songbird banding sessions at the marsh line up wonderfully with today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of “Headshots.” To wit, this sheeny, shiny portrait of a noble-but-infuriating common grackle on a sunny day. #birds

HELL YEAH BLURRY NUTHATCHES

Fairywren sketches from today 🧚 #birds #birdart #illustration #sciart

On my only visit to the marsh this spring (so far), I saw this pair of trumpeter swans-a-swimming. While the rest of the waterfowl I saw were skittish, even in binoculars range, these two paddled right by (though cautiously). #birds

Another look at the north Georgia forest chicken #birds

Jackdaw. Loki of the bird world. Corvids in general, they’re always up to something. #pencil