#BirdOfTheDay Terns are a subfamily of #Gulls, so I can use the photo of this landing Black tern/Zwarte stern that I took yesterday for today's alternative theme :-)

#BorrowedPlaces Another fun, original theme for #BirdOfTheDay The question is if this bird really borrowed this fence, because the farmers here take a lot of effort to make their fields attractive for birds. This Godwit/Grutto seems to like its special fence :-)

Why not another Godwit/Grutto for #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou ?

#BirdOfTheDay #FoodInBeaks A Sedge warbler / Rietzanger catching a fly. The first two foto's are just not yet fit for the theme haha. I'm not sure if the bird actually stretches itself that far, or that it's some abberation of my camera because it goes so fast...

#BirdOfTheDay #HiddenInPlainSight Reed bunting, Rietgors

#BirdOfTheDay #FirstWingbeat A Sedge warbler/Rietzanger showing a successful take off :-)

#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth I took a lot of photos this month, and just like last month, many of Godwits/Grutto's. So the best one of the month has to be a Godwit, like this one studying a fly that has landed on its post.

#BirdOfTheDay #NegativeSpace Sedge warbler, Rietzanger

Almost home #BirdOfTheDay #Paridae

#BirdOfTheDay: A Starling/Spreeuw with a nice #Texture in its feathers and the old pole that it's sitting on :-)

Heron with Hare Today I came across this heron with the bloody carcass of a hare (probably a roadkill). At first he seemed very happy with it, but after a while he realized he couldn't do anything with it after all and let it go. #bird #heron #vogel #reiger

#BirdOfTheDay Letter #K for this Koolmees/Great tit, that's bringing a nice juicy bug to feed its kids inside the birdhouse in my garden

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #StaringRightAtYou, I have this Wheatear/Tapuit :-)

Yesterday I came across this Godwit that let me get very close, so I was able to take this close-up photo while he was "singing". In Dutch, he says his own name "Grutto", and I'm not sure: is "Godwit" also derived from the sound he makes? #BirdOfTheDay #SingForYourSupper

#BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots Swan Zwaan :-)

#BirdOfTheDay #Grassland Godwit, Grutto, again

Oh, I love the #ScrollBack theme for #BirdOfTheDay, because it means that I can show another Godwit/Grutto (yes I'm still addicted ;-)

For today's #ruffled theme of #BirdOfTheDay I'm reposting the sad photo from yesterday of this Godwit/Grutto chick that I found dying on the road. Nature is harsh.....

#BirdOfTheDay #WaterDroplets : Godwit/Grutto in grass with dewdrops :-)

My photo session today started very sadly because there was a dying Godwit/Grutto chick lying on the road. After I had taken this photo, I carefully placed it in the tall grass on the roadside to put it out of sight...... #bird #vogel #godwit #grutto

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #FeathersInFoliage and alternative #CormorantOrHeron theme, I have this Grey Heron/Blauwe Reiger in foliage ;-)

#BjrdOfTheDay #WadersOuttaWater Tureluur/Redshank with pretty red shanks :-)

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #LockedOn, I have this Grey Heron/Blauwe Reiger that's being irritated by a Godwit/Grutto that has its nest nearby.

Yeeeeh with today's #EFGH theme for #BirdOfTheDay I can do another Godwit/Grutto to satisfy my addiction to this beautiful bird. Thanks @alan678.bsky.social ! This one, that's inspecting this fly that landed on his pole, is from yesterday.

I'm suffering from a serious Godwit/Grutto addiction because they're so #PhotoGenic, so what else could I post for today's #BirdOfTheDay ?

A Great tit/Koolmees is launching itself from the birdhouse in my garden, taking a bite of poo outside. Since it's not *yet* flying it should hopefully do for #BirdOfTheDay / #InMotion ;-)

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Pairs, I have this pair of #Gulls doing their thing :-D

#BirdOfTheDay #rocksolid #mouthful Gull/Meeuw

#BirdOfTheDay a Swan/Zwaan incoming with fully #stretched wings.

#BirdOfTheDay #Parenthood (Parentcoot?)

I had a pretty "productive" month considering bird pictures that I'm happy with :-) #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth

Sedge warbler, Rietzanger, #BeautyInBrown #BirdOfTheDay

Two stunt-flying Lapwings/Kieviten. #BirdOfTheDay #WellTimed

The government probably won't approve this as a #PassportPhoto as the haircut is not visible ;-) But it still think it's a nice one for today's #BirdOfTheDay. It's a Mute Swan/ Knobbelzwaan that has it's nest right next to a pretty busy bike path so it's used to people and allows to get real close.

I have these lovebirds of Swan/Zwaan for #LongNecks #BirdOfTheDay

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #CamoOrContrast , I have this singing Sedge warbler/Rietzanger

For today's #BirdOfTheDay #TheSongFactor , I have this photo of a singing Reed Bunting/Rietgors that I took last week, and am pretty happy with :-)

For todays #BirdOfTheDay #SplashingAround, I have this Pochard/Tafeleend that's fighting the waves :-)

For todays #BirdOfTheDay #ABCD I'd like to share this adorable scene of a family of Coot/Meerkoet that I took yesterday:

For the alternative theme #CourtshiporConflict of #BirdOfTheDay , I have these two lovebirds Stork/Ooievaar

For #BirdOfTheDay I have this couple of Stork/Ooievaars that are using their #LongNecks to impress each other.

Spawning carp / Paaiende karpers Lately I have mainly been photographing birds, but yesterday I came across a large group of spawning carp in the Horsterwold. A spectacular sight with a lot of fins splashing.

I'm posting this two-headed monster goose/gans for the #BirdButt theme of #BirdOfTheDay :-)

Jackdaw, Kauw, #BirdOfTheDay, #ManMadePerched

For todays #BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads , I have this Reed bunting/ Rietgors.

Grutto/Black-tailed godwit It's black is not the deepest black, and it's red is not the deepest red, but this male godwit is the closest I can get to #BlackAndRed for #BirdOfTheDay.

For the #feathers theme of #BirdOfTheDay , I have this photo of a feather on the beach at sunset that I took back in 2004 :-)

Pochard/Tafeleend I guess that this one can do as "duck size or smaller in flight" for #BirdOfTheDay #SmallBirdsInFlight :-)

For #BirdOfTheDay #riverbank , I have this Little Egret / Kleine Zilverreiger that's hunting at a creek on the beach of Breskens,NL.

Grooming Pigeon For today's #BirdOfTheDay I have this Pidgeon on the beach of Tenerife with some #RuffledFeathers .... but he's working on it :-)