#BirdoftheDay alternative theme is #ducklings, so here are some incredibly fluffy young mallards learning to dabble, supervised by their proud mother. 🪶 #duck #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a #swan with its wing feathers all fluffed up. They look proud and regal like this, but they're basically bullies: this is a sign that they're about to charge at another swan. 🪶 #swans #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #flyday

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a Northern shoveler with bright orange feet planted firmly on a log. 🪶 #Ducksoutofwater #duck #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdOfTheDay, here's a great blue heron enjoying an autumnal sunset with a goose friend in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. #paddling #WaderWednesday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #nyc #Brooklyn #autumn #fall

A bit late to #BirdoftheDay today, but here's an American oystercatcher, seemingly walking into shot as if it's late for the photo shoot 😆 I also put a cute video of a parent and baby oystercatcher in the comments 😍 #birdsontheground #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Happy #MallardMonday! Here's a drake taking a turn on the side of a pond. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

We've had beautiful weather recently. Here's a double-crested cormorant glimpsed through autumnal leaves, standing one-footed on a log and basking in the sun. #BirdoftheDay #Standingonthings #SuperSeabirdSunday #Stunday #fall #autumn #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a ring-billed gull perched on a coin-operated viewer in front of the Manhattan skyline. I mostly bird around NYC so I see a lot of #cityslickers like this gull. #birds #birding #nature #city #urban #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #nyc #blueskyartshow #evening

For #BirdoftheDay, here are some plucky East River pigeons #fighting for space on a railing. I like that the white bird looks like a dove of peace who finally snapped. 😆 #fightingbirds #pigeon #dove #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #flyday #nyc

I don't often get #closeups of birds, but one bird that's reliably comfortable with humans being nearby is the house sparrow. Here's a couple I snapped at Prospect Park the other day. #BirdoftheDay #closeup #bird #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #NYC #Brooklyn

For #BirdoftheDay, here are four brant / brent geese sharing a #rock in New York harbor, where passing boats sent swells their way. The birds had different strategies for dealing with the waves (see alt text) #twosday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #NYC

For #MallardMonday, here's an autumnal drake swimming through fallen leaves. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #autumn #fall

Here's an #underrated bird for #BirdoftheDay: the mourning dove. These little doves are common in NYC. They're not striking but have subtly beautiful hues in their plumage, and when you get close you can see their pale blue eyeliner 😆 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #stunday

Is it November already? Hope our birb friends stay warm in the cold days to come. Here's an American goldfinch bathing in a stream on a warmer day back in September. #BirdoftheDay #finches #birb #borb #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

Happy Halloween, everyone! For #BirdoftheDay, here's an American robin hiding in a bush, and then briefly emerging to pose for me. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #flyday #FeatheredFriday #hiding #Halloween

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds at #OddAngles. Here's a photo of a red-bellied woodpecker caught at an awkward angle - one that lets us see the faint red patch that gives the bird its name. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a young #gull pulling off an epic pose in front of the New York skyline. Per @alan678.bsky.social's instructions, I hereby pledge to not post another gull photo for at least a week. 😂 #gulls #funny #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #nyc

Here's a pair of House Sparrows pausing for a moment while snacking on millet at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I enjoyed how relaxed and at-home they seemed. #BirdoftheDay #Pairsofbirds #TwosDay #DailyDouble #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #nyc #brooklyn

It's a busy #BirdoftheDay because everyone on the #birds feed loves #herons! Here's a photo I took on a hot day of a heron gular fluttering (vibrating its throat muscles) to keep cool, making it look even more wonderfully weird! #heron #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

Another post for #BirdoftheDay alt theme, #flocks: I was in Washington DC a couple of weeks ago and caught some starling murmurations reflected in a glass building. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #dc

For #BirdOfTheDay, a common grackle bathed in sunlight- I like that the sun reveals purple and green in its feathers. It was part of a big flock of grackles that descended on my corner of Brooklyn a few weeks ago. #sunlit #flocks #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdoftheDay and #Flyday, here's a photo I took 15+ years ago of a brahminy kite soaring in an ominous, cloudy sky in Langkawi, Malaysia. The photo quality isn't great but the bird quality is 💯 #flying #FeatheredFriday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay is #Raptors and the alternative is #GardenBirds. I saw this beautiful red-tailed hawk at @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social so I think it qualifies for both 😁 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #photo #raptor #gardenbird #nyc #Brooklyn

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green and the alternative is #SideEye, so here's another motmot from last year's Costa Rican adventure - a Lesson's motmot - which qualifies for both themes. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #CostaRica #puravida

Today's #BirdoftheDay is #colourful (or #colorful). When I think of colorful birds, I think of Costa Rica. Here's a broad-billed motmot I saw on my trip there. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #stunday #photo #photography #birdphotography #costarica #puravida

The #BirdoftheDay theme is birds with #black on their head or body, and the alternative is a #robin. I'm going for both: here's an American robin snacking on autumn berries. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

It's #FinchFriday, and the #BirdoftheDay theme is #character, so here's an imperious American goldfinch regarding us with disdain from its perch among autumnal seedheads at @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #flyday

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay theme is birbs with #skinnylegs - and names! I present Clothilde the cardinal, Octavius the ovenbird, Wilhelm the waterthrush, and Bathsheba the black-throated blue warbler. #birds #birding #birb #nature #wildlife #birb #photo #photography #birdphotography

Very happy that @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay theme is #birdinabush: here's a gray catbird peering at me from the middle of a winterberry holly bush, where it had been busily gathering berries until I rudely interrupted. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

#BirdoftheDay is #longnecks, so here's a great egret that I met in Mexico City back in Feb. Lean and mean, its neck was curved into an "s" shape as it strutted around the edge of Lago de Chapultepec. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #cdmx #Mexico

It's #BlueskyMonday and the #BirdoftheDay theme is #wings, so here's a majestic red-tailed hawk, wings outstretched in a clear blue sky. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography

I don't see chickadees so much during the warmer months. While I'm not looking forward to the shorter, colder days to come, one consolation will be hanging out with these cheery little birbs in the park. #BirdoftheDay #birds #birding #birb #parks #nyc #Brooklyn #photo #photography #birdphotography

Bath time! I caught these scenes a few days ago at a communal bathing area at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The robins seemed to be eyeing the starlings with distaste as they splashed water everywhere. #StarlingSaturday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #NYC #Brooklyn

It's still warm in NYC but as the leaves begin to turn, this American robin is fluffed up in anticipation of a temperature drop in the coming days. (Thanks, @robcrank68.bsky.social, for the alternative #BirdoftheDay, #robin) #BlueskyMonday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #nyc

#BirdoftheDay theme is #walks, so here's a purple heron walking (or stalking) through green algae in search of snacks. I like how fluffy the neck feathers get when they extend their necks! #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography

#BirdoftheDay is #ducks, so here are some common eidurs I met in #Iceland around 20 years ago. They're long-lived birds so the chicks in this photo may still be flapping around Reykjavik. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography

The #BirdoftheDay alternative theme today is #longlegs, so here's a great blue heron who's become quite an attraction at the Botanic Garden lately, delighting visitors with picturesque poses like this one. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #featheredfriday #flyday #nyc #brooklyn

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #geese, which gives me an excuse to post these Canada geese posing in front of the East River in #nyc in early April. Like most of my geese photos, it was taken on my phone - these birds are not shy! #goose #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography

Big voice, brash manners - the blue jay is all #attitude. Here's a pair of them: one eyeing me suspiciously, the other yelling at someone on the other side of the park. #BirdoftheDay #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #parks #photo #photography

Searching through my archives for a photo that would qualify for #Twosday and also today's #BirdoftheDay (mostly white birds), I found these Western gulls looking classy on a trash can on Santa Monica beach. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #beach #la #ca #California

For #MallardMonday, not a mallard this time but a wood duck, cutting her way through livid green algae in Prospect Park, #Brooklyn. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #nyc #parks

Happy #SparrowSunday, everyone. I met this female house sparrow at Brooklyn Botanic Garden yesterday, and really enjoyed the dynamic pose she struck while snacking on millet. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #NYC #Brooklyn

#Birdoftheday is #smallbirds, so here's a photo of one of my fav borbs, taken back in May. This is a classic common yellowthroat pose: suddenly emerging from the undergrowth to look around for intruders. #birds #birb #borb #birding #wildlife #nature #featheredfriday #flyday #photo #photography

I love colorful birds, but some are quite striking in #monochrome. This great blue heron was intent on fishing at Prospect Park lake and allowed me to get close enough to take this photo. #birdoftheday #classicmono #blackandwhite #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #nyc #Brooklyn

Here's a blurry bathing bluejay for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay. Looking fresh and clean, Bluejay 🧼🫧😎 #bathtime #water #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography

I saw this lovely American redstart hopping around at ground level in Brooklyn Bridge Park. It then perched on a wire, #notonabranch, making it a suitable entry for @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdoftheDay. #notabranch #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #parks #NYC #Brooklyn #photo #photography

Today's #BirdoftheDay is #yellow - a good day to champion the female scarlet tanager. I spotted this beautiful bird a few days ago among the many visitors to a dogwood tree in Prospect Park, #Brooklyn. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #parks #fallmigration #photo #photography

For #SparrowSunday, here's possibly the boldest little birb I've ever met: a house sparrow who persistently hopped around our plates while we ate lunch in El Retiro park, #Madrid. #birb #borb #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #travel #parks

I visited #Avebury a few weeks ago, and met this wood pigeon, who was also appreciating the ancient stones. #birdoftheday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography

I've been eagerly awaiting #WarblerWednesday to share this dapper black-throated blue warbler. It's difficult to choose my favorite warbler, but this one would definitely be my first choice for a formal dinner party. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #warbler #fallmigration #photo #photography