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BIRD REPORT first bird of 2026 is a Carolina chickadee singing that hilarious off key plaintive singy song This has been your Thursday morning BIRD REPORT

Posted this shot a couple months ago but it seems fitting for year’s end and it surely squares up with today’s theme of #reflections so here you go #birdoftheday #birds

Steely eyed murder bird atop the neighbor’s feeder #mostrecent #birdoftheday #birds

Seasonally appropriate color contrast #birdoftheday #birds

Chickadee peeks out of the birdhouse #sideprofiles #birdoftheday #photography #nature #birds

Sunset at the local patch #grounded #birdoftheday #birds

One day junior heron will be (1) all grown up, and (2) blue But it is not this day #birds #aboutthekids #birdoftheday

When I took this shot this bird was called a Cordilleran flycatcher, which is an excellent name. Two weeks later this bird was called a western flycatcher, which is a boring name #quietmoments #birdoftheday #birds

Spent about 20 minutes today trying to get a clear full body shot of my first-of-season orange crowned warbler and this picture neatly summarizes how things went #birds

Great Egret 2025. #ArtAdventCalendar #birds

Today’s #birdoftheday alt is #birdsonfeeders so here you go. Look at that back toe in action #birds

When I saw that the #birdoftheday theme is #quietobservers my mind immediately went to this tiny solitary plover gazing out over the Atlantic #birds

There weren't too many Eagles yesterday by the dam, but maybe 8 or 10 because it was warm. But it was sure good to see them. This is perhaps a 4yr old bird, with still some dark color on his whites. #BaldEagle #birds

BIG NON BIRD NEWS I just unlocked a Major Dad Achievement: I have now successfully taught three (3) kids how to drive. In Atlanta. A chilling job of work now complete Thing 3 got her license today and just completed her first solo drive. To her best friend’s house I am in a v celebratory mood!

Flying through a shady spot on a sunny day #groups #birdoftheday #birds

#birds #nature #photography

Our friendly neighborhood murderbird chillin in the sideyard sweetgum #birds

King of the local patch #birdoftheday #birds

I nearly passed out from excitement when I came across this yellow house finch #birdoftheday #birds

BIRD REPORT just got home from the grocery store and junior murder bird was waiting for us right there in the front yard #birds This has been your Friday evening BIRD REPORT

A combination of today’s two #birdoftheday themes, #splashes and #hidden Find the heron #birds

Rogue of the side yard #birds

Standard universal nuthatch situation #birds

Amazing what you can see out your bedroom window if you look #birds

I posted this several months ago but today’s #birdoftheday alt is Birds Not Looking At You so I had to post it again I had no choice whatsoever #birds

Follow the thread to follow the bird #birdoftheday #birds

Desert queen upon her throne of twigs #birdoftheday #birds

A Black-crowned Night Heron in a marsh #birds

Tom Turkey: Runway Ready! #becurious #birds 🪶

Here's a bonus #borbs for #BirdoftheDay I had just entered this trail in the forest at San Gerardo de Dota a few days ago, very early in the morning, and found a small covey of Spotted Wood-quail. These delightful (and extremely loud) birds live in the dark cloud forests at high elevations. #birds

Waves #movement #birdoftheday #birds

Somewhat borbish #birdoftheday #birds

Songbird, not singing #birdoftheday #birds

Wow. Simply fabulous. If you don’t follow Mary, you should!

Downy Woodpecker #WoodpeckerWednesday #birds #nature #photography

I feel seen #lookingatyou #birdoftheday #birds

A northern harrier flies straight at the camera low over the marsh shortly after sunrise. #birds

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes any bird that has a stripe marking. The alternative is #mono bird captures, black and white. A White-crowned Sparrow shows off the crown stripe! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Another striped beauty #stripes #birdoftheday #birds

What a bird #stripes #birdoftheday #birds

Watching this one hunt was a real treat #reflections #birdoftheday #birds

This is not a computer generated picture of a bird it is an actual bird #berriesandbeaks #birdoftheday #birds

When it gets really cold bluebirds roost together in a pile using collective body heat to help them survive. They arrange themselves so they don’t smother & alternate positions within the pile. Photo by Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina (WRNC). Thank you Van Harris for sharing this. 🐦 #birds

#BirdoftheDay Blue Heron My daughter the Photographer ❤️

For #birdoftheday I have no gannets and I have no tits (haha) but I do have this lil saucepot who is a proud member of the tit family Paridae #besticoulddo #birds

Purple finch, not purple #headshot #birdoftheday #birds

The answer is not obvious I may just make my rounds for 20 minutes and leave. This seems to be an inflammatory mix of egoists and attention seekers and those who would either egg on a fight or cower because they don’t like confrontation. Pandemonium

On the edge of the Atlantic #birdoftheday #birds

A yellow warbler heading down toward the creek for the #HangingAround theme of #BirdOfTheDay. #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #warblers