#BirdoftheDay #Fringillidae This one is for my niece who has to keep looking up these bird families (as do I!). This non-breeding male American Goldfinch was captured at the wonderful pond in her neighborhood in Minnesota last August. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FirstWingbeat Bay-breasted Warbler, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BestoftheMonth I don't know about *best*, but I just couldn't get enough of the Blackburnian Warblers during migration. Just beautiful birds! Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #NegativeSpace #Solitude Northern Mockingbird, South Texas, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Podicipedidae Dang, Rob, couldn't you just have said Grebes? I'm supposed to learn to spell podicipedidae? 😜 Anywho, Least Grebes, Santa Ana NWR (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Texture I particularly like Alan's theme today of texture, the tactile beauty of birds and their habitats. Lincoln's Sparrow, #BrazosBendSP (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Anatidae "One of these is not like the others." Wood Duck and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, #BrazosBendSP (TX), April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdonaWire Acadian Flycatcher, #AnahuacNWR, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #StaringRightatYou #Yellow I get a twofer today on themes with this female Summer Tanager!! Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #SingForYourSupper Dickcissel, Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #HeadShots Red-crowned Amazon at Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), April 2026. (And, yes, this was in the wild. Far South Texas is a great place to see a ton of different birds!) #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Red One of the many Rose-breasted Grosbeaks that came through during migration on their way north. Smith Oaks Audubon Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WingsWideOpen Little Blue Heron coming in for a landing, #BrazosBendSP (TX), April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #ScrollBack I didn't need to scroll back far. One of the last photos I took was of a Great Egret feeding one chick with the other waiting excitedly to the side. It's destined to become one of my all-time favorites. High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Feeders A male Golden-fronted Woodpecker at a feeding station at the National Butterfly Center (Mission, TX), April 2026. I liked this one because you can actually see the yellow-gold color on the lower belly that gives him the name. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #songbirds (alt theme) Love both themes today! I saw a lot of songbirds recently at High Island, TX, during a fallout. My favorite was the Blackburnian Warbler. Not only are they stunning, they seemed fearless, posing for me time and again. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Ruffled This ruffled Sanderling looks a bit on the grumpy side. Perhaps s/he has been reading the news. ☺️ Bolivar Flats (TX), May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WaterDroplets Tricolored Heron taking off from a shallow pond at #AnahuacNWR, March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Happy #FeatheredFriday!! I didn't know that Great Kiskadees have a bright gold crest until I saw this one at Estero Llano Grande SP (TX) last month. I tried and tried to get a picture of it raised (while bickering at the feeder), but I was never fast enough. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FeathersinFoliage I was able to focus on this beautiful Chestnut-sided Warbler *through* the foliage so I would think this would qualify for today's theme. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #WadersOuttaWater This Great Blue Heron looks ready to walk the runway in Milan! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FeatheredFemmes Now for the other theme of the day, that of feathered femmes, I offer this fabulous, fetching, photogenic female summer tanager! (Yes, I like alliteration.) #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Funnies This Little Blue Heron find parenting to be a hair-raising (feather-raising?) experience! High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

I've been sick the last few days and haven't had the energy for birding, so the Yellow-Crowned Night Herons have come to visit me in my backyard. 🙂

#BirdoftheDay #Laridae (alt theme) Running behind today!! Let's go with this pair of Royal Terns and double up on the #TwosDay theme. Have a lovely day! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LockedOn Have you ever seen an Osprey that *didn't* have an intense gaze? Yeah, me neither. #BolivarFlats (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Maybe this is a Mom or maybe this is a Dad, but in any event, Happy Parent's Day! He or she earned that nap. Roseate Spoonbill, High Island (TX), May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Raptors Northern Harrier adult male, Bolivar Flats (TX), May 2026. This was a first for me. I've never seen a Harrier up close before. They're usually flying low over fields when I see them. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #EFGH Eastern Wood-Pewee, #AnahuacNWR, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Photogenic Happy #FeatherecdFriday! I spent two days over last weekend trying to get a photo of the handsome Bay-breasted Warbler that wasn't in shadow. Mission accomplished! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #InMotion Another BOTD entry with this Great Kiskadee having a good shake after its bath. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Yellow (alt theme) I'm still going through photos from the weekend fallout at High Island, TX, but this Magnolia Warbler is one of the dozens of warblers and other migratory bird species I saw in an incredible couple days of birding! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #SeaBirds I don't recall seeing the Brown Pelican before with its bright red pouch that is indicative of breeding season; it really makes the bird stand out! Bolivar Flats (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Dappled This Black-bellied Plover is more splotchy than dappled, I suppose, as it segues into its breeding plumage, but I'm going with it anyway. #AnahuacNWR April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #Pairs #Gulls Going for a two-fer today with this pair of Laughing Gulls from March at Bolivar Flats (TX). #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #RockSolid Inca Dove, Edinburg Nature Center (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

FALLOUT!!!! I've never seen so many warblers in one place at the same time before!

#BirdoftheDay #Stretched This immature Little Blue Heron has its long neck stretched out as it looks for food. #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Parenthood Well, maybe this Tricolored Heron isn't a parent quite yet, but soon! Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #BestoftheMonth I've taken good photos of Killdeer before, but they are usually mucking around in the mud. This background is so much more pleasant than that. Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR from this week. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BeautyinBrown This King Rail from last month at #AnahuacNWR was definitely a beauty and s/he knew it!! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WellTimed A migrating Baltimore Oriole grabbing a ripe mulberry. Smith Oaks Audubon Sanctuary (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #PassportPhoto "Sir, eyes open please." Barn Owl, #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #SpeciesParidae Happy Sunday!! How about a little Black-crested Titmouse to inject a bit of cute into your morning? Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #CamoOrContrast From last month at #AnahuacNWR, trying to get a shot of a Swamp Sparrow as the bird blends in to its surroundings is always a challenge! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#WeekPforPurple #AlphabetChallenge I just haven't found the time lately to participate in much beyond the bird of the day themes, but I couldn't resist posting this Purple Gallinule from yesterday at #BrazosBendSP (TX). #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A lone tree silhouetted off the beach at dusk, Hunting Island, South Carolina, USA #huntingisland #southcarolina #tree #dusk #coast #seascape #lowcountry #reflection #clouds #naturephotography #peace #calm #zen #sillhouette

#BirdoftheDay #TheSongFactor Happy #FeatheredFriday, y'all!! This Eastern Meadowlark was doing its best Enrico Caruso impression for me earlier this month at Falcon State Park (TX). #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #RestingBeakFace The Long-billed Thrasher may look cranky, but I've never had a bird serenade me with a lovelier song in my life. Laguna Atascosa NWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #SplashingAround 🎶Splish splash, I was taking a bath🎶 Northern Parula enjoying the bird bath at South Padre Birding Center last month. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶