Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Peekaboo, so here’s an Indigo Bunting having a shy day. #birds #ECK

This Cedar Waxwing in #QuietReflection is my #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #ECK

My June reads 📚💙 📚⚡️ #StoryGraph @ellygriffiths.bsky.social @sularigentill.bsky.social

Noooooooo!!!!!! Make it stop. 📚💙

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune2026. I love this shot of a Wood Duck, which came out looking more like an oil painting than a photograph. #birds #ECK

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail feeds on Milkweed nectar #Stunday #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LifelnTheBalance, birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. This Northern Yellow Warbler demonstrates the challenging one-footed cling and makes it look effortless. 10/10 #birds #ECK

This female Northern Cardinal is my entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Rotund. By the look on her face, though, I suspect she would prefer “pleasingly plump.” #birds #ECK

Besties #GoldenRetriever #GoldensOfBluesky #DogsOfBluesky #critterposting

I learned from @alan678.bsky.social that it’s #PollinatorWeek, so here is a video of the day I made a new friend. #Monarch #ECK

It’s a dreary rainy day here, and fittingly the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay, so here is a Gray Catbird to spread a little sunshine. #birds #EastCoastKin

This picture from last winter of an Eastern Bluebird coming in for a landing is my entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #Touchdown. 🪶 #ECK

This Northern Cardinal is my #BirdOfTheDay for today’s theme, #BirdsInTheirElement. #birds #ECK

Our chonky friend from last year has returned for the summer. #critterposting

Happy Paul McCartney’s Birthday to all who celebrate 🎉

This Bobolink is my #BirdOfTheDay for today’s theme, #Black. #birds #EastCoastKin

Pretty sure our friendly neighborhood House Finches had babies. #birds

I miss watching really awesome animal videos and not thinking, “I wonder if this is AI.”

Sometimes when I’m out birding, other friends request a photo shoot. I am happy to oblige. #critterposting

Late to the game for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #InFlight, with this Baltimore Oriole taking off. #birds #ECK

It’s a free-for-all today at #BirdOfTheDay, where the theme is #YourChoice. Here’s a feeder pic of the Madames Cardinal and Grosbeak, which appears to capture Mme. Grosbeak enraptured by the story Mme. Cardinal is telling. #birds #EastCoastKin

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SilentPresence — moments where a bird appears calm, watchful, or contemplative. Here is a Northern Cardinal thinking deep Northern Cardinal thoughts. #birds #EastCoastKin

Rob says that today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Preeners&Scratchers, birds preening plumage or scratching, with an alt theme of birds with #Black&White in their plumage. These American Herring Gulls cover all the bases. 🪶 #ECK

This Downy Woodpecker is my #BirdOfTheDay for today’s theme, #Stripes. 🪶 #ECK

This #Nesting House Wren is my #BirdOfTheDay. Today’s theme is birds carrying nesting materials. #birds

We had an adventure this morning when a Black-capped Chickadee got into the house. Both the bird and the dogs were surprisingly calm. She had a few gentle thuds into closed windows, but once I moved the plant and put it in front of an open window, she flew right out. #birds

Our house backs on to a marsh, and every year from Memorial Day to July 4, the mamas come to lay their eggs. For the second year, we are protecting their nests from predators. It’s rapidly becoming a full-time job—37 nests and counting. #critterposting

Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Robins. I have so many photos of American Robins in the grass. It’s nice to be able to post a Robin in a tree. #birds #ECK #ForJanet

Good morning, moon. #ECK

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #GardenFavourites, and I never tire of visits from Northern Cardinals. 🪶 #ECK

This Eastern Phoebe is my #BirdOfTheDay for today’s theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social, #BranchingOut. 🪶 #EastCoastKin

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BorrowedPlaces. Here’s a Mourning Dove borrowing the top of a backyard feeder. #birds #ECK

Sometimes it just feels like all the news is bad. Here’s a Yellow Warbler in case you’re having one of those days too. Yellow Warblers always help. (Their song: sweet, sweet, little more sweet) #birds #ECK

This Black-capped Chickadee is my #BirdOfTheDay for the theme #LookingAtYou. It’s hard to capture their eyes in a photo, but trust me, they’re there. #birds #ECK

For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme, #LMNOP, here is a (Baltimore) Oriole puzzling over his strange new friend, who is nice enough but doesn’t say much. #birds #ECK

My winter project has paid off this spring.

This hungry Downy Woodpecker is my entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #FoodInBeaks. #birds #ECK

A late entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, which is #HiddenInPlainSight. This is a picture of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. No, really, it is. #birds #ECK

My May reads #booksky 📚⚡️

This very wet Mourning Dove came to the feeder on Monday and is my entry for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Texture. 🪶 #ECK

Bird friends: The male of our nesting House Wrens has died. One of our dogs very gently brought his body home—no blood or other damage, so we think it was a window strike. Mom is still nesting and I’ve read that she will handle it solo. What can I do to support her? #birds

A snap from yesterday for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #StaringRightAtYou. 🪶 #NorthernCardinal #EastCoastKin

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SingForYourSupper, which is exactly what this little Song Sparrow seems to be doing. #birds #EastCoastKin

She came to the feeder today because she heard the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Headshots. 🪶 #MourningDove #ECK

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social, #Headshots, I give you this very regal Wild Turkey. 🪶 #EastCoastKin

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #Grasslands - any bird pictured in grass - and the alt theme is #Red. This American Robin works for both. 🪶 #EastCoastKin

This Ruby-throated Hummingbird with his #WingsWideOpen is my #BirdOfTheDay today. #birds #EastCoastKin

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #unloved, birds that are under-appreciated. I’d say the Red-winged Blackbird falls into that category. (Right, @john-in-chicago.bsky.social?) They are striking, but can be such a nuisance at the feeder. #birds #ECK

A festival of Orioles for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #feeders 🪶 #ECK