Today's #BirdoftheDay gives me a chance to share another photo from #snowy Prospect Park. This time it's a female cardinal and a white-throated sparrow sharing a snowy branch. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #birdphotography #snow #winter #newyear #nyc #Brooklyn

For #BirdOfTheDay and #Bluskyartshow, here are a pair of sanderlings #caughtinmotion as they stride purposefully into the #newyear - hope your year is going well so far! 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #birdphotography

#HappyNewYear to all! Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #b&w and #sparrows, so here's a fluffy white-throated sparrow sitting on a snowy branch. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #snow #outdoors #photography #birdphotography #winter #nyd #holidays #classicmono #blackandwhite

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #serenity and the alt is #favourite. Here's a serene scene and also one of my fav photos from this year: a cormorant perched above a lake reflecting autumn foliage. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #scape #photography #birdphotography #stunday

Hard to find a #HolidayRobin in these parts but this American robin is doing his best to be a round, bouncing borb. Merry Christmas and a Happy Yuletide if you're celebrating. 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #snow #winter #holidays #Christmas #Yule🎄

The #BirdOfTheDay themes today are #contrast and #faceoff, so I have no choice but to post another photo of a cardinal in the snow - no one stands out against his background like this guy.😎 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #birdphotography #snow #winter #holidays #Christmas

#BirdOfTheDay themes today are #SideProfiles and #BlackBirds. Here's a profile of a Northern cardinal in the snow. He does have a little black patch around his beak, but it's the bright red that really stands out at this time of year. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grounded (birds on the ground). Here's one of my fav winter visitors to NYC: a dark-eyed junco, hopping around looking for snacks under a tree in Prospect Park. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #nyc #Brooklyn

POV: You're eating fish and chips on the beach in the UK.😂 I'm combining both #BirdOfTheDay themes in this video of some young herring gulls begging for food as I try to eat my dinner. 🪶 #AboutTheKids #Gulls #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #SuperSeabirdSunday

For #BirdOfTheDay, here's a tufted titmouse enjoying #Quietmoments on a snowy branch. I'm a fan of tufties- they're chirpy and inquisitive and always look like they're about to make a dress for a Disney princess. 🪶 #SmallBirdSaturday #birds #birb #birding #nature #wildlife #snow #photography #winter

Going with the #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme of #BirdsOnFeeders today, after my feeder was visited by this rampaging band of grackles. Enjoy the chaos!😂 🪶 #grackattack #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #winter #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #nyc #Brooklyn #FeatheredFriday #Flyday

Enjoying the #BirdOfTheDay theme today: #QuietObservers. Here's a cardinal quietly observing a landscape covered in a blanket of snow. He also might just have spotted me taking this photo. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #snow #winter #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography

#BirdOfTheDay is #Groups and the alt theme is #Pigeons. Here are some mourning doves and sparrows hanging out in the park with a little snowman who brought them snacks. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #scape #photography #birdphotography #winter #snow #holidays #christmas #hanukkah

Very happy that Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are #NaturesPantry and #WinterBirds. We had a snowstorm a couple of days ago so I went to Prospect Park and saw this cardinal, who'd found some seeds to chomp on. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #snow #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #nyc #Brooklyn

Absolutely delighted that Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOnOneLeg so I can share this Northern shoveler looking awkward with foot up and wing askew, and an expression that says "please don't take a photo of this." 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #duck #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdoftheDay, here are two starlings bathing at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, while an American robin tries to avoid the #splashes. Bath time is a messy business for these little t-rexes. #featheredfriday #flyday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photo #photography #birdphotography #NYC #Brooklyn

Glad that today's #BirdoftheDay is #CootsandMoorhens so I can share this American coot wrestling with some pond weed. Coots are interesting little weirdos and definitely have a dinosaur vibe. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #dinosaurs 🦕

For #BirdOfTheDay, here's a #SideView of a Canada goose, with another #TurningAway in the background. 🪶 #SideViews #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #scape #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #Twosday

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTwigs - any bird on a thin branch. This red-winged blackbird found a tall stalk from which to survey his domain. It was a windy day so he had to hang on tight. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #stunday #photography #birdphotography

For #BirdOfTheDay here's a face-in-a-crowd shot: one sparrow standing stock still while the others are a blur of #movement around it. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #SmallBirdSaturday

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a tiny #borb bouncing around in a fir tree. I find it hard to photograph golden-crowned kinglets because they don't sit still, but this one kindly came close enough for a video. 🪶 #birb #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #Flyday

For #Thrushday and #BirdoftheDay, here's a common bird with a beautiful song: the American Robin. 🪶 #Songbirds #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography

For #WoodpeckerWednesday and #BirdoftheDay, here's a downy woodpecker giving me side eye as it climbs a tree. I don't get many photos of these little guys - I often just hear their squeaky dog toy call🪶 #Lookingatyou #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes, so here's a slightly distressed-looking Cooper's hawk with floofy, wind-blown stripey feathers.🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #hawk #birdphotography

For #MallardMonday and #BirdoftheDay, here are three mallards contemplating their #reflections in the lake at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #ducks #reflection #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #nyc #Brooklyn

For #SuperSeabirdSunday, here's another appearance from my Prospect Park cormorant friend, this time accompanied by some bright orange-red autumn foliage. #Stunday #fall #autumn #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #nyc #Brooklyn

For #SmallBirdSaturday, and for #warmth on a cold day, here's a violet sabrewing glittering in the dappled sunlight of a Costa Rican cloud forest. #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

#BirdoftheDay is #MorningLight, so here's a photo I took on a perfect autumnal morning of a ruddy duck swimming through reflected red leaves. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #scape #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #FeatheredFriday #Flyday

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a kind of double #headshot: a mourning dove in focus with a house sparrow lurking in the background. Something about this reminded me of Abba's Knowing Me Knowing You video 😂 #headshots #closeup #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #birdphotography

#BirdOfTheDay today is #OnTheEdge (any bird at the edge of a body of water), so here's my heron friend looking for snacks in Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Japanese garden. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #scape #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #nyc #Brooklyn #WaderWednesday

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround - birds at unusual angles. Here's a white-breasted nuthatch at an angle that I'm sure it would claim is quite normal. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography 🪶

For #BirdOfTheDay, here's a yellow-rumped warbler (AKA butterbutt) I saw in mid-October. They're among the last #warblers to migrate in autumn, snacking on bugs and berries as they head south. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #outdoors #photography #Birdphotography

I don't normally post twice in a day, but this fluffy swan swam right up to me and posed for a photo, so I'm submitting it for #swanday. #swantastic #stunday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography 🪶

For #BirdoftheDay, here's a pair of mallards with maybe not the most harmonious of relationships... #Mr&Mrs #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography 🪶

Happy Friday to all! Start your weekend with a beautiful bright red cardinal perched in Prospect Park 🤩 🪶 #cardinal #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #flyday #nyc #Brooklyn

For #BirdOfTheDay, here's a white-throated #sparrow, looking decidedly #round with its feathers all floofed up. These borbs arrive in large numbers to winter in NYC. Their cheery whistle is one of my fav birdsongs. #sparrow #birb #borb #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled birds, so here's a fox sparrow, who recently flew in to join us here in NYC for the winter. Its feathers are all floofed up, showcasing the reddish-brown spots and streaks on its belly. #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

My photo for #BirdoftheDay isn't so much a #staredown as a smolder: this handsome mallard drake has fixed us with a look, and is it my imagination or is there the hint of a smirk on that yellow bill? 🪶 #MallardMonday #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

#BirdoftheDay is #Shadesofgrey. I went for a ramble in Prospect Park and found my cormorant friend from last week, standing on the same log and just as unbothered to see me! #SuperSeabirdSunday #Stunday #fall #autumn #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #nyc #Brooklyn

#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