@robcrank68.bsky.social ‘s choice for #BirdOfTheDay is any #goose. The most impressive one I met this year was this one: mad at me simply because I was there. He was only protecting his family, so I waited till the tantrum was over. 🪶 #GreylagGoose #GrauweGans

this doesn't get talked about enough consolidated corporate media owners fired all the beat reporters with informed subject matter expertise because they didn't want to pay them health insurance, which degraded informed consensus and created a media environment easily exploitable by bad actors

Say it loud, say it proud! #Goose is today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme! #birds #Canada #birdphotography #geese

Happy #WoodDuckWednesday! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Two puffins at sunset. For today's #birdoftheday theme set by @alan678.bsky.social - #Silhouette. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNight #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #Birdlife #NaturePhotography

Jane Goodall in 2024: “Let us pray for the end of conflict, especially the genocide of the people of Gaza. And for those risking their lives to help the wounded and feed the hungry and care for the animals suffering as a result of human violence, cruelty and war.” www.salon.com/2025/10/01/j...

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

News organizations are failing to communicate that POTUS is detached from reality & democracy. Democracywashing his declared war on US cities by zero context for how *unconstitutional* & dangerous this is. “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.” 1/n

How it looked in print ...

Meanwhile in NYC:

One of my backyard birds that always has #attitude is the Carolina Wren! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #wrensday #birdphotography 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay #Attitude The male Redwing Blackbird spends a lot of their time displaying and defending territory during breeding season. Sure looks like attitude to me. 🔥 📷🪶🐦‍⬛

Good morning! Here’s a #silhouette of a ruby-throated hummingbird, (likely with some #attitude as well) taken this past August for a #BirdOfTheDay entry. #birds #hummingbird #birdphotography 🪶

In a rare move, members of the press have organized a rally in protest against rising repression following the arrest of *yet another* NY-based photojournalist for documenting the aftermath of a protest event. 3pm - Foley Square - 10/1 #JournalismIsNotACrime

Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.

Fix this @apnews.com.

Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.

Tubby told the brass he's going to use the military against American citizens and this is the best the Prestige Press can do.

A #GreatEgret in flight for the #BirdOfTheDay. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Birds #BirdsInFlight #Nature #WildlifePhotography

Ya @msnbc.com maybe don't put that negotiation "remain at odds". There ain't no negotiation. One party is a rabid dog (think Cujo) trying to kill you as you get out of your car. The other is the Democratic Party. #thisistrumpsshutdown #shutdown

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has decided today's #BirdOfTheDay is any bird whose main Colour is 'White'. A special Dove/Pigeon #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #pigsky

Snowy egrets are getting a lot of love today as the theme is #white for #BirdOfTheDay so here are two more!

Good morning & welcome to another edition of that's up with the NYT headlines? This: Trump & his entire domestic agenda- including immigration- are under water, poll finds. Not this: "After Volatile Summer, Trump’s Approval Remains Low but Stable, Poll Finds" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

Tough to pick a #favourite between these two fledgling Eastern Bluebirds. #birds #bluebirds #birdphotography 🪶

Tough to pick one favorite for the #favourite theme of today’s #BirdOfTheDay but I’ll have to start with the Eastern Bluebird. I mean, just how cute is this little guy who is just out of the nest? #birds #bluebird #birdphotography

Come on out, it’s Mallard Monday! #birds #MallardMonday #mallard #ducks #birdphotography 🪶

US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America | Bryan Armen Graham

You want colors? This Eastern Bluebird insists it can be the #BirdOfTheDay with its blue, orange and white feathers. #birds #bluebird #birdphotography #backyardbirds 🪶

For today's #Birdoftheday theme of any bird with more than three colors, I give you a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (completing his ensemble with berry juice lipstick-or beakstick as the case may be). Photo taken in south central Wisconsin.🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is 'Any Bird with 3 or More Colours'. Do black and white count as colors (colours)? #birds #birdphotography #grosbeak #redbreastedgrosbeak 🪶

Jesus Christ, how are you so unbelievably bad at this? A deeply unpopular president is recklessly destroying our government, wrecking our democracy, covering up pedophilia and now threatening to use military force against our own citizens but you're tsk-tsking about protecting healthcare?

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

In this case, the pipes are calling … #notabranch #treeswallow #massaudubon #birdphotography #birds 🪶

Good for the NYT. (Bad for America and the world. But well and clearly presented by NYT.)

For today's theme of a bird not on a branch, here are two cute Barn Swallows perched on a bridge 😍💕 Norfolk, Massachusetts (7/20/25) #BirdOfTheDay #notabranch #EastCoastKin #birds #swallows #BarnSwallows #TwosDay #MassAudubon #birdphotography #OM-1 @alan678.bsky.social

In a #BirdOfTheDay two-fer Tuesday, here’s a pine warbler showing off its #Yellow feathers, and where it’s perched is #NotaBranch ! #birds 🪶

Monday! #birds #nuthatch #birdphotography

Raises alarms

Since the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #webbedfeet this eider wants to show you his!

And a happy #FarmAnimalDay to you from this hungry fellow in Massachusetts USA!

So embarrassing.

Sometimes you just have to scream into the void #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #eagle Regimen fascisticum delendum est!

A local schooner out for a sail in Gloucester Harbor with its four sails open at certain angles to catch the wind 💨💙 Gloucester, Massachusetts (8/30/25) #BlueSkyArtShow #angles #EastCoastKin #sailing #sails #schooner #photography #seascape #Gloucester #CapeAnn

Coming in for a landing, a least tern leaves a bit of a wake in the inlet to Allen’s Pond in Dartmouth MA #birds #tern #massaudubon #allenspond #birdphotography

A Semipalmated Plover ready for its close-up at Gooseberry Island. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A Ruddy Turnstone digging for snacks at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #dartmouth #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

Yes! Dems think they’re being the adults in the room when they confine themselves to inside-voice discussion, stick to “serious” policy issues, don’t post, and generally stay out of the media fracas around the hot issues of the day. But it reads as simply not being the interested in real politics.