And finally, here come the baby #LongLegsAndNeck at the #BirdOfTheDay parade. Anyone knows what a group of baby Ostrich called? Common ostriches in Amboseli National Park, #Kenya Hope you enjoyed today's family album! 😀 #birds #WillTravel4Birds #wildlifephotography #nature

Papa #LongLegsAndNeck at the #BirdOfTheDay parade Somali ostrich in Samburu National Park, #Kenya #birds #WillTravel4Birds #wildlifephotography #nature

The #LongLegsAndNeck ladies brigade at the #BirdOfTheDay parade Common ostriches (btw there seems to be a debate over the spelling of the plural) in Masai Mara, #Kenya #birds #WillTravel4Birds #wildlifephotography #monochrome #nature

There are some #QuietObservers on the roof tops. Abdim's Storks in #Oman. Scientific Name: Ciconia abdimii Conservation Status: Least Concern #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #WillTravel4Birds

I think of this as a deeply meaningful calligraphic symbol of the 6 elements. Earth of which the heron is made of. Air through which it flies. Water a source of it's food. Fire the sunlight turning it orange. Spirit the essential life force in us all. Yes, I spent too much time on my own today!😄

For today's #BirdoftheDay theme #OpenWings from last year's Autumn migration. Thousands of Common Cranes reach the Hungarian 'Puszta', to rest and feed then fly further south. Full story: www.anuradhasarup.com/photography/... #Birds #Hungary #Migration #WillTravel4Birds #HortobágyiNemzetiPark

Missing the colours of a tree in Autumn. 'Decked for a show, Lerchenfeld.' 30x40 cm. Oil pastels on paper #treescape #trees #park #TreeOfTheDay #TotD #Austria #painting #ArtAdventCalendar

Under the watchful eyes of a Superb Starling at Lake Nirvasha for #BirdOfTheDay theme #QuietObservers Tagging @alan678.bsky.social #EastCoastKin #photography #Birds #Wildlife #Kenya #WillTravel4Birds

Right in time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Groups, our local flock of Cormorants flew in today for a feed. It's a gorgeous sight of 30 odd birds, flying in low, between buildings, right in the heart of the town. #Birds #BirdsSeenin2025 #WillTravel4Birds #Austria #Birdlife

No. 2 of the Grey Heron, photographed last weekend during settings try-outs of a new camera. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #WillTravel4Birds #SonyA1ii #Austria

From the most artic of winters I have ever known, a Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) for whom northern lands are home... be it summer OR winter. #BirdOfTheDay #WinterBirds #Finland #birds #WillTravel4Birds

My bird of the day, which is making me smile with a contented delight is this Grey Heron. photographed last weekend during settings try-outs of a new camera. Fair warning, there are many other postures I'm looking forward to sharing. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #WillTravel4Birds #SonyA1ii #Austria

Bsky has crossed 40 million users, and I just need 20 of them to commission me to write a story for them this month. (This could technically be 1 in a 2 million story 😆) Want to read a sample? check the link. #WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM

The perfect couple. Red-billed Firefinches pruning each other. #BirdOfTheDay #ScratchersAndPruners #Kenya #birds #lovebirds #WillTravel4Birds

Stand in a line they said but then personality development happened. :) Three in a row. Stadtpark 30x40 cm. Oil pastels on paper #treescape #trees #park #TreeOfTheDay #TotD #Austria #painting #ArtAdventCalendar

Walk the Walk I just stumbled across #BirdOfTheDay and I love today’s theme #DucksOnOneLeg so here is my duck captured mid-stride as she negotiated the ice. #mallard #winter #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Last for the day, some Yellow-legged Gulls having enjoying themselves. Good night all ☺️may there be sunshine in your day tomorrow. I know I'm longing for some after more than a week of fog. #BirdOfTheDay #Splashes #birds #Romania #WillTravel4Birds #birdlife #photography #SonyA7RIII

Swan Lake for #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Splashes #birds #Austria #WillTravel4Birds #birdlife #photography #SonyA7RIII

You had better say i'm hidden or else! A gangster of a Green Woodpecker in the neighbourhood park #BirdOfTheDay #hidden #woodpeckers #birds #Austria #LostForTheWoods #ForestFriday #FotoVorschlag #BirdsSeenIn2025

New on my website www.anuradhasarup.com/photography/... 🙂Please come see. #Travel #Oman #scape #overlanding #photography #landscape #waterscape #MiddleEast #cityscape #Muscat #Nizwa #Salalah #BirdingOman

Last for the day but not the least :) An Eurasian Moorhen family on a weekend outing as were we. #BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsandMoorhens. #Austria #WillTravel4Birds #birds #family #BirdsSeenIn2025

One of my oldest photographs of birds and always one of my favourites for todays #BirdOfTheDay theme #CootsandMoorhens. Hope you like it too. #Austria #WillTravel4Birds #birds

Going minimalistic today. The White woodpecker does away with red. Scientific Name: Melanerpes candidus Conservation Status: Least concern #woodpeckers #Brazil #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #ebird #birdlife #willtravel4birds

Some in-flight dining for @alan678.bsky.social Ringed Kingfisher, #Brazil #BirdOfTheDay #AlansNemesis #WillTravel4Birds #birds

Have a good flight back home @alan678.bsky.social. Here's a‪ grey-headed kingfisher from #Kenya ready to take off along with you. #BirdOfTheDay #AlansNemesis #WillTravel4Birds

A world in itself. From a book I read, how each tree we see is a whole world all it's own. From the tree itself to bacteria and fungi, insects, birds and animals that live on it. 30x40 cm. Oil pastels on paper #treescape #trees #park #TreeOfTheDay #TotD #Austria #painting #ArtAdventCalendar

Greenfinch taking off after a bath on a hot day in #Summer. #Spain #BirdOfTheDay #SideViews #BirdsSeenIn2025 #WillTravel4Birds

Back to woodpeckers with 'Woody'. A Great Spotted Woodpecker who visits our balcony regularly and lives on some trees close by. He's trained us on his foods choices & we have enjoyed many beautiful moments in return. #woodpecker #birds #birdsseenin2025 #Austria #birds_matter #WillTravel4Birds

The Rathaus Tree, known to all in our town. Growing between the Townhall and the Kindergarden. It's long low branches, a temptation to swing for all. Me included 😀 30x40 cm. Oil pastels on paper #treescape #trees #park #TreeOfTheDay #TotD #Austria #painting #ArtAdventCalendar #Leoben #Rathaus

Taking his task very seriously... or not :) An European Goldfinch. #BirdOfTheDay #NestBuilders #Italy #BirdsSeenIn2025

Audio on please! This is what banging your head looks like. Luckily not in vain for this Blond-crested Woodpecker :) #Birds #woodpecker #Brazil #Pantanal #Birdsongs #willtravel4birds

On advise from a dear Bluesky‘er @janenodough.bsky.social Reposting this for #ArtAdventCalendar

Please see LARGE! When quick #movement is needed! We saw this grey heron suddenly fly but had no idea why till editing the shot much later. #BirdOfTheDay #nature #Photography #birds #willtravelforbirds #Austria #birdsseenin2025 #wildlifephotography

32 of 36 for Goodreads #ReadingChallenge 2025 What a read! I found myself racing through but effortlessly absorbing concepts, thoughts, information. Stopping to look-up places & people. Both signs of, in my opinion, an excellent book. #Nonfiction #Ethnography #worldviews #BeingHuman #LibraryBooks

I spooked the birds 😕🙁☹️😞😔😟😭 A flock of Common merganser came regularly to the river this summer. As I walked along and passed an opening in the riverside green, they got spooked and flew away. #BirdOfTheDay #movement #nature #Photography #birds #willtravelforbirds #Austria #birdsseenin2025

Starting today, some tree portraits 😊 These two trees, the twins I call them, grow in my neighbourhood park and are a guarantee to spot some birds. 30x40 cm. Oil pastels on paper #treescape #trees #park #TreeOfTheDay #TotD #Austria #painting

A little round pearl of an owlet for todays #Borbs [birds looking round] . In the early morning while a chill remained in the air, a Pearl-spotted Owlet at Amboseli National Park, #Kenya #BirdOfTheDay #birds #Owls #looking #WillTravel4Birds

Continuing the woodpecker sage... Not to be left behind and impossible to miss, the Black-rumped Flameback from #India. It sat at the entrance of the national park as if advertising the wonderful birds to be seen there. Could there be a more attractive poster? #woodpeckers #ebird #Birds

Petition against the trapping of songbirds in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria Traditions & customs are often used as an excuse for animal cruelty. As in the Salzkammergut, of Upper Austria where it is still legal to cruelly trap, imprison, and exhibit protected bird species.

A few years ago, this rather special Blackbird used to visit our feeder. It was the first of the #Amsel I got to know and love. #birdoftheday #Blackbird #birdphotography #Austria #nature #Leucism #Vogel

Lets have song along with the #Songbirds. A collection of quick, short not really very good but nevertheless recordings from #Australia and #NewZealand #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #nature #music #birdvideo

Good morning everyone 🌎 ⚘️🪶 Unser Zuhause steckt im Detail: Fugen, Ziegel, Jalousiekästen Bitte nicht einfach wegmodernisieren #Gebäudebrüter The soul of a home lives in the details, the seams, the bricks, the shutter housings Don’t wipe them out in the name of modernization Building nesting birds

It came up close and stared me in the eye. I sat absolutely still. I was in it's territory, on my friend's patio. It was tiny but in that moment, I felt a bit intimidated! #Hummingbirds rock! #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou #USA #California #nature #birds #photography

Yet another one? you asked, 'Yesssssssss!' I answered. Here's a yellow, black, red & white woodpecker from Kenya. The very focused little Nubian woodpecker that wasn't bothered by us so close as it hopped about looking for food #woodpeckers #ebird #Kenya #BirdPhotography #woodpeckerwednesday

Was it bravely or foolishness that had me standing, shooting straight up at a Himalayan Vulture? A second later it did just what you are thinking it did! Luckily it's aim wasn't as good as mine and only some human dignity was harmed 🤪 #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou #India #nature #birds

Proudly showing it's stripes with honour and dignity. A Crested Caracara in the #Pantanal, #Brazil #birdoftheday theme is #Stripes #birds #nature

Getting a little confusing now. Is this one of the two earlier Woodpeckers? Nope Today's beauty is the Green-barred woodpecker Seen here enjoying the warmth of some early morning sunshine in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil #woodpeckers #Brazil #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdPhotography

Nope not the same bird as yesterday! Today's one, while also found across South America (and also central America), is the Golden-olive Woodpecker. Lets see if you can spot the difference! #woodpeckers #ebird #Colombia #WildlifePhotography #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025

The only name I can think for this Little Egret is 'show off'! 😀 Is it apt you think? At #VogelparadiesGralla, #Steiermark, #Austria #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #birdphotography

It was early on a summer morning. We sat by the side of a small lagoon when these White Wagtails decided to have a go at it. At #VogelparadiesGralla, #Steiermark, #Austria #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #birdphotography