This lovely Northern Flicker perched on my fence and allowed me to take its picture this morning. Good #WoodpeckerWednesday timing 😉 #birds

#round you say? This Black-capped Chickadee has its borb mode fully activated. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

I'm going with the alternate choice for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to share this Gadwall. #blurry #birds

For the #BirdOfTheDay I typically flip through my camera roll to find a photo that works. Today I used the challenge as inspiration to take a walk. Found this guy showing off his namesake epaulettes. The dry cattail leaf in front of him looks a bit like a sash. #birds #Staredown

One of these ducks is not like the others, one of these ducks is not the same. #MallardMonday #Birds

A first winter Glaucous-winged Gull was visiting the wetlands yesterday. #shadesofgrey #BirdOfTheDay #birds

American Coot for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsAndMoorhens. #birds

I swear this is a Hooded Merganser. It just decided to go "bloop" as I snapped the shot. #PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic #birds

This Cackling Goose is wishing you a calm and glorious weekend. #birds

A family of Mute Swans gliding by in the evening light. #BirdOfTheDay #Swans #Birds

This California Scrub Jay thinks you look suspicious. #ThursJay #birds

According to All About Birds, Egyptian Geese are "more like a large duck than a typical goose". I think it's fair to include it in @robcrank68.bsky.social's #DucksOutOfWater #BirdOfTheDay theme 🤷🏼‍♀️. #birds

Greater Yellowlegs on #WaderWednesday fit @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Paddling as well as his alternate option #yellow. #birds

Marbled Godwit on the beach, seen in SoCal last spring. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTheGround #birds #shorebirds

We celebrated my nephews' birthdays yesterday. These are the cakes they asked for and I made. #cake #cobra #otters #birthday

Mourning Doves perched on a brush pile on a #rainyday. #birds #BirdOfTheDay

American Robin mid-song, standing on a weathered wooden fence post. #BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #Birds #HolidayRobin

An intermediate female Red-shafted x Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker showed up to feed on suet today. She's very skittish so I had to sneak around the house and hide behind a rhododendron to get any photos. Images cropped (all) and some shadow reduction (2nd & 3rd), but no other enhancement. #birds

Series of a Caspian Tern getting ready for lift off then in flight. #BirdOfTheDay #takeoffs #birds

I'm not sure that a Gull chasing and shouting at a juvenile Bald Eagle is truly #fighting, but it's the best I can offer. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #raptors

Here's hoping you're gliding into the weekend. #birds #FlyDay

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime, birds with food in their mouths. The alternative is #fluffy, birds with feathers fluffed up. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin A male Common Merganser

For @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay #lunchtime theme, may I present this early bird getting the worm? It also works for @robcrank68.bsky.social 's #HolidayRobin theme. #birds

This Spotted Towhee was sunbathing on a pile of dead leaves on a rare sunny day last March. #BirdOfTheDay #Closeups #birds

That's right. It's #WoodpeckerWednesday... 🤘😶‍🌫️ ...and #BirdOfTheDay is #closeups... ...so you get my favorite Acorn. 😛 He might also be announcing Dick Cheney croaked. 🪶🌿 #Woodpeckers #BirdLovers #Photography #EastCoastKin

My entry for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #rock is a Canyon Wren perched on a very large rock at the Owyhee River. Summer 2025 #lifer #birds

Cropped, but otherwise unedited photo of a Hooded Merganser from a couple of evenings ago. I really like the natural lighting on his head and shoulder. #MallardMonday #birds #ducks

This Castle Ljubljana Rock Pigeon is looking down from one of the many small openings in the exterior walls. It seems to be keeping a close eye on visitors. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

Happy "Fall Back" #stunday to all who appreciate waking up to sunlight. #birds #ducks

I think Killdeer are really pretty. #underrated #birds

Quit peeping up my skirt, you f*cking perv. 🤬 #birds #raptors

A male House Finch for today's #BirdOfTheDay prompt. I chose the alternate option #finch as I very recently posted #grebes (the primary option. #birds

A Hooded Merganser #hiding most of his body underwater. Autumn leaves reflecting gives the water a blood red color, providing a #Halloween atmosphere. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

Canada Geese coming in for a landing near sunset a couple of evenings ago. #3sDay #ThreesDay #birds #sunset #geese

Reposting this because it fits the #BirdOfTheDay theme #oddangles so well. Also works for "odd angels" 😇 😉. #birds

It's #WoodpeckerWednesday so here's an upskirt shot of a Northern Flicker in my neighbor's tree. #birds

A California Gull wading for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #gulls. This is one of the most commonly seen gull species in my neck of the woods. #birds

A couple of exceedingly cute Pied-billed Grebes for #BirdOfTheDay #TwosDay #birds #grebes

We've been getting rain, and the wetlands restoration area is getting wetter and duckier. #birds #ducks #MallardMonday

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #herons, the alternate is ducks. This Grey Heron was a lifer for me, seen on a visit to Germany, June 2025. #birds

Columbia White-tailed Deer walking through the grass at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge last weekend. #nature #wildlife

Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social, has said today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #Egrets! We don't normally see Great Egrets in south-west Canada but the birding world here got into a frenzy, in the summer of 2023, when 1 showed up in Vancouver for a couple of weeks! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Egrets. I'm sharing a Snowy Egret & a Great Egret. #birds

A fledgling Steller's jay enjoying the sun while searching for food in the backyard #Birds #Corvids #BirdOfTheDay #Sunlit #BabyBirds #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #Singing

A Barn Swallow showing its iridescent blue #sunlit feathers. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

This was a lifer seen in Germany over the summer. Best photo of the Common Wood Pigeon I was able to capture 😆 #BirdOfTheDay #Flying? #FlyDay #birds

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A Song Sparrow #thinking "Ah, this is what being a Red-winged Blackbird feels like." #BirdOfTheDay #birds

I'm a little late to the party, but thought you might enjoy a few weird ducks with a Mallard photo bomb that I saw this morning. #birds #ducks

Sharing an American Kestrel for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Raptors. Saw this fierce little fellow on a recent walk. #birds