Coffee in bed with this view this morning. Seydisfjordur, Iceland. #travel #originalcontent #photography 📷

#BirdoftheDay #Birds&Flowers Hope you aren't tired of Puffins yet! From yesterday at Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, a pair of Atlantic Puffins amidst the wildflowers. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #PerfectPoise I had a chance to go through a few of my photos from this morning at Sumburgh Head on Shetland Island and it is my considered opinion that this Puffin has #PerfectPoise. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

If you think I'm not in seventh heaven, then you don't know me at all!! #birds #originalcontent #photography #Scotland #birdoftheday

Not Houston, either. #originalcontent #photography #Holland

My new summer home. 😁 #travel #norway #originalcontent #photography 📷

#BirdoftheDay #Lifer My first new lifer of my current trip was the White Wagtail seen in Eidfjord, Norway yesterday. It's not a great photo, but a new lifer is a new lifer! #birds 📷🪶

Still not Houston.

#BirdoftheDay #Cutie It's fun to be across the pond and to see @alan678.bsky.social posting BOTD stuff in real time! No photos from this trip yet, but here's a cute little immature American Redstart from May to start your Monday. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #White Another throwback until we get settled in on our trip. Great Egrets. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Not Houston

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#BirdoftheDay #Quackers Happy #FeatheredFriday!! I'm traveling and my most recent photos aren't readily available so I'm cheating with a throwback. It's one of my favorite Mallard photos. Have a lovely day! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷 🪶

#BirdoftheDay #QuietReflection It's an early day for me today, but I wanted to leave you with a beautiful Scarlet Tanager taking a quiet moment. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #RedBeakFeetEyes This Buff-bellied Hummingbird "fits the bill" for the red beak theme. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #TheArtofSurvival This Rose-breasted Grosbeak needs ripe Texas mulberries to help fuel his migration to his northerly breeding grounds. Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay I don't have a best of June (today's theme) because I don't do much local birding in the summer (think extreme heat, humidity, rain and lots of bugs!). But upcoming travel = new bird photos. In the meantime, enjoy this Dunlin from April! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LifeintheBalance This is an older photo (December 2025) but I thought it fit Alan's theme of birds in precarious positions. I often see Red-winged Blackbirds doing the splits like this. This female doesn't look particularly comfortable. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Rotund This Wild Turkey, seen at Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park in April, is definitely a Big Boy!! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #GreyDay Happy #FeatheredFriday, y'all!! There is a lot of gray on this Green Heron in addition to the beautiful chestnut coloring on the face and throat. #BrazosBendSP (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LittleBrownBirds Swamp Sparrow, #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Birds&Bokeh (alt theme) Swainson's Thrush in dappled light, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

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

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsinTheirElement Soras are often hidden in the reeds in freshwater wetlands, but this one ventured out early one morning to find some breakfast. #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #RedBeaks Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Raptors Red-shouldered Hawk, #BrazosBendSP (TX), February 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #OutForAWalk Happy #FeatheredFriday!! This Semipalmated Plover is using its semipalmated (partially webbed) feet to walk across the mud without sinking in. If you zoom in, you can see the partial webbing. #AnahuacNWR, April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Another #BirdoftheDay entry covering the main theme of #black. This Great-tailed Grackle is showing off by flaring its tail into the shape of a heart (kind of). 🖤 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Moments This is like a bad family photo. Three members have eyes closed and the teenager on the left is acting up. Barn owls, #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LongLegs A group of immature White Ibises showing off their gams joined me on the trail back in April. #AnahuacNWR #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #InFlight Another BOTD entry with a trio of Dunlins flying low above the beach. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BlurBirds One of my favorite blurry photos is of this immature Northern Parula that looks like as if it is doing a backflip dismount off the balance beam. The judges gave it a 10! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #YourChoice My choice for the day is this Philadelphia Vireo for its understated beauty. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #SilentPresence Double-crested Cormorant chillin' at the pond. #AnahuacNWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #PreenersandScratchers I've been sitting on this one, waiting for this theme to come back around!! Chestnut-sided Warbler getting a good scratch on. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography

#BirdoftheDay #Stripes Ovenbird, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Nesting Rob is looking for birds carrying nesting materials today, and I went way back in the archives. This is from March 2019 when I first started getting into bird photography. Great Egret, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LivingLandscape From the archives, Sunrise at Shoveler's Pond with Black-bellied Whistling Ducks overhead. #AnahuacNWR, December 2024 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

I don't have any recent photos of geese or robins to share for the #BirdoftheDay and I'm too lazy to hit the archives, so I am declaring today to be #TernTuesday! Show me your terns! Royal Tern strutting its stuff, #BolivarFlats (TX), May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WorldOceansDay Brown Pelican, South Padre Island Birding Center, December 2024 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BranchingOut Small bird, large branch. Olive Sparrow, Laguna Atascosa NWR (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BorrowedPlaces OK, so exact same backdrop as yesterday's photo, but at least it's a different bird. Common Nighthawk taking a siesta at #AnahuacNWR (TX), April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LookingAtYou Happy #FeatheredFriday!! This Savannah Sparrow looks a bit put out with me, but s/he was actually in mid-song. #AnahuacNWR (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BadFeatherDay This is not a great photo, but this Tufted Titmouse cracked me up. Looks a bit like my hair in the morning when I sleep wrong! #BrazosBendSP (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent 🪶

#BirdoftheDay #FoodinBeaks I've just been waiting for the right theme to use this one!! Royal Tern, #BolivarFlats (TX), May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #DappledLight (alt theme) Green Jay, Laguna Atascosa NWR (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#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 📷🪶