A tree swallow feeding its young for the #SingersAndWingers theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Wood duck or Carolina duck ducklings for the #NewLife theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #ducklings #woodduck #nature #photography #birding #ECK

Tennessee Warbler, a rare vagrant in Northern California from October 2022, for the #PerfectPoise theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #rarity #photography #ECK

A tree swallow for the #OpenBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

A wood duck (or Carolina duck) for the #AmongTheRipples theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #ECK #stunday

A juvenile California scrub-jay looking down for the #UpAndDown theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #ECK #photography

Deep Lake at Millersylvania State Park, Olympia WA for the #Quiet theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #scape #nature #photography #stunday #reflection #ECK #EastCoastKin #solitude

A rufous hummingbird for the #contortionist theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

A lesser goldfinch for the #Finches theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social A common seed eater occurring from the western US down to northern Peru. #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #birding #ECK

A Hawaii akepa for the #lifer theme of #birdoftheday picked by @alan678.bsky.social The Hawaii akepa is a federally and state listed endangered honeycreeper endemic to the island of Hawaii. Hakalau Forest 1/26/‘26 #birds #BirdsILove #native #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin

A Bullock’s Oriole for the #Orange theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birding #ECK

A snowy plover for the #cutie theme of #birdoftheday picked by @alan678.bsky.social Few birds are cuter than a tiny snowy plover running around on the beach catching sand flies, especially one with fancy colored bands. 📍Monterey Bay, California #birds #photography #nature #ECK

A snowy egret fishing in flight for the #AllWhite theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #ECK #stunday

A pair of Clark’s grebes “rushing” #wide apart, for the #WildMotion theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow

A male ruddy duck doing his courtship display for the #Quackers theme of #BirdOfTheDay He is creating bubbles by rapidly beating his large bill against his neck and follows it up with a belching sound. #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #EastCoastKin #ECK

Something different for the #birdoftheday theme of #theartofsurvival. Some actual art in the form of an older painting of mine showing sandhill crane waiting for the fog to dissipate so they could begin the hunt for food. #crane #sandhillcrane #protectnature #art #birdart #painting #artofbluesky

Brown pelicans for the #SunriseSunset theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Monterey Bay, California #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #montereybay #ECK

A drawing by my niece after one of my photos of a wood duck for the #RedBeakFeetEyes theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #drawing #ECK

Dusky moorhen chick hiding under it’s mom’s wing for the #TheArtOfSurvival theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Lane Cove National Park, Sydney 🇦🇺 #birds #nature #birphotography #photography #ECK

A tree swallow for the #BestOfJune26 theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #photography #stunday #ECK

A juvenile white-tailed kite showing its backlit feathers for the #LightAsAFeather theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #ECK #Stunday

A twelve-spotted skimmer for the #Macro theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow The image was created in Photoshop from a sequence of 6 images using focus stacking. #insects #dragonflies #nature #macrophotography #EastCoastKin

An Anna’s hummingbird taking a leak for the #Rotund theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #photography #ECK

White-crowned sparrow for the #GreyDay theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #BirdPhotography #birding #photography #ECK

Honeybee on rosemary grevillea #pollinatorweek #nature #honeybee #bee

A Lincoln’s sparrow for the #LittleBrownBirds theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #ECk

A white-crowned sparrow among the almond blossoms for the #Birds&Buds and #Birds&Bokeh themes of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #spring #birdphotography #photography #ECK

A snowy egret landing in shallow water qualifies for both the #TouchDown and #White themes of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #photography #ECK

An Anna’s hummingbird visiting a hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea), a California endemic plant, for the #BirdsInTheirElement theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #hummingbird #nativeplants #ECK

Sooty oystercatcher at Bateman’s Bay, NSW 🇦🇺, for the #RedBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #birding #ECK #stunday

Anna’s hummingbird perched on a twig with a #curve for the #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #hummingbird

A whimbrel strolling in the surf for the #OutForAWalk theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #birdphotography #birding #nature #MontereyBay #ECK

A common raven under attack by a western kingbird qualifies for both the #Black and #Moments themes of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #birdphotography #nature #photography #ECK

A white-faced ibis climbing up cattails for the #LongLegs theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin

Snowy egret for the #InFlight theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #birding #ECK #EastCoastKin #photography

A juvenile white-tailed kite for the #YourChoice theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #raptor #ECK

Silent, stoic and immovable this wandering tattler was a #SilentPresence in a public park in Hilo, Hawai’i, preserving its energy for the next leg of its journey down to Australia. Thanks to @alan678.bsky.social for this fun, but head scratcher of a theme for #BirdOfTheDay #nature #birds #ECK

Courtship of a Clark’s grebe (left) and a western grebe (right) for the #Black&White theme of #BirdOfTheDay #sharp billed Clark’s grebes, white around eye - orange bill, and western grebes, black around eye - straw colored bill, frequently hybridize. #birds #nature #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow

An American kestrel hovering for the #Stripes theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birding #photography #ECK

A red-tailed hawk carrying nesting material for the #Nesting theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #ECK

A glimpse of a flock of snow geese (with greater white-fronted, Canada and Ross’s geese sprinkled in) for #TheGathering theme of #BirdOfTheDay. Every winter roughly 1.2 million snow geese travel from Alaska and Canada to California’s Central Valley along the #PacificFlyway. #birds #nature #ECK

A nēnē or Hawaiian goose for the #geese theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social The nēnē is a conservation success story. Its numbers in the wild have recovered to several thousands from a low of 30 in the 1950s. #birds #nature #photography #EndangeredSpecies #ECK #Hawaii

A whimbrel walking in the surf of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey Bay for the #WorldOceansDay theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #oceans #ECK

A yellow warbler for the #BranchingOut theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #stunday #ECK

A yellow-headed blackbird mom #busy collecting dragonflies for her chicks for the #BlueSkyArtShow and the #FemaleBeauty theme of #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #ECK

A female Bullock’s Oriole for the #FemaleBeauty theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

A killdeer chick for the #NewLife theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #wader #shorebird #ECK

A hooded merganser for the #LMNOP theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Western grebe for the #FoodInBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social I have often wondered why grebes and heron bother to eat tiny fish… 🤷‍♂️ #birds #nature #grebes #photography #CaliforniaBirding #ECK

A Bullock’s oriole for the #HiddenInPlainSight theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social It is not so easy to hide when you are bright orange… #birds #nature #stunday #ECK