Alan's #birdoftheday today is #PerfectPoise where balance/posture tell a story. A European Robin carrying food poses beautifully despite the steep perch as it pauses rather than reveal its nest in Borisova Gradina Park #Sofia #Bulgaria #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ButtShotts, any bird that is showing off it's rear, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social This is a Black-winged Cuckooshrike from my favourite park in #Bangkok, #Thailand on 1 April. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AmongTheRipples birds on water, and I'm returning to #GranCanaria in January for another look at this photogenic Little Egret. #birds #birding #Spain #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme yesterday was #Contortionist, birds getting into strange shapes. Playing catch-up I've got this Marsh Tit at Morkery Wood @lincswildlife.bsky.social #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #UpAndDown birds looking up or down. Currently camping in #Oxfordshire with many Red Kites flying over. #Bluesky #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #birdsOfBluesky

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BathTime, but I'm going for the alt, #Finches. I came across these Redpolls at Twyford Woods SW #Lincs in April just after moving to the area. #birds #birding #ECK #LincsBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Lifer - last bird new to you. I'm going for the last four as I've previously posted the last three (Benchakitti Park #Bangkok) but not the Spot-bellied Eagle Owl #KhaoYaiNP. Stories in alt. #birds #birding #Thailand #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding @scottyastro.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Orange, birds with any shade of orange. Taiga Flycatcher is a common winter visitor in #Thailand but this fabulous adult male at Benchakitti Park #Bangkok in March was particularly cooperative #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Cutie, cute bird captures. What could be cuter than a juvenile Little Grebe. Taken last week at Abberton Reservoir. #birds #birding #ECK #EssexBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 What's the betting tomorrow's theme is reflections or something @alan678.bsky.social? 🤔😜🤣

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #Ebony&Ivory, birds that have Black & White plumage. Here's a fabulous Little Pied Flycatcher I captured in early March, #CameronHighlands #Malaysia

A slightly battered Purple Emperor at my local wood for #stunday. Been seeing some excellent #butterflies and other #insects recently. Might put some more on here. #TwyfordWoods #Lincswildlife #wildlife #ukwildlife #leps #lepidoptera @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Last week I spotted a mouse in a weedy corner of our small (mainly gravel and paved) garden, so I put the trail camera out & today there were 278 clips recorded! Most are Wood Mouse, see 1st video, but some, like 2nd, were of Bank Vole. #mammals #ukWildlife #rodents 1/2

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WildMotion, Dynamic wildlife behaviour, freezing a second which is full of energy. In this case energy of a delicate nature just before things got spicy 🫣🫪 #krabi #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 Cheers @alan678.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Quackers, any Duck will do. I spent the morning at Old Hall Marshes @rspb.bsky.social failing to see the American Golden Plover but did capture this Common Shelduck in flight. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #BIF

‪Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #QuietReflection A mute swan just chilling on a local lake. #swan #relax #chill #nature #wildlife

This brown pelican keeping company with a couple swimmers at Clearwater Beach, FL is a #tbt to fifteen summers ago and also fits today's #birdoftheday theme of #sunrisesunset.

#quietreflection is the #birdoftheday #theme for today. This female Anna's #Hummingbird is contemplating her next move. #bird #birder #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #California

A male Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni - the "white-eyed" race) contemplating the day, right after sunrise at #KissimmeePrairie. #BirdoftheDay for #QuietReflection and might be good for #Sunrise#Sunset too. #birds #Florida

Posted this for yesterday's alt #birdoftheday theme, then @alan678.bsky.social sets today's alt theme to #SunriseSunset; bird captures taken during either! Wonder if it can qualify for tomorrow's alt theme as well 🤔🙄🤣

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection any bird paused in thought. Thanks @alan678.bsky.social This Barn Swallow takes a moment to contemplate at Nessebar #Bulgaria #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a Red beak, Feet or Eyes, Not Feathers. A Yellow-legged Gull drinking from a public fountain in Nessebar #Bulgaria fits the bill. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

I like @alan678.bsky.social's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today; #LivingLandscapes, where environment is as important as the bird. I have Eurasian Curlews over The Wash at sunset from Snettisham Beach 3 days ago. #birds #birding #ECK #NorfolkBirding #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival, including raising young. This family of Malaysian Pied-fantail chose to nest in a mangrove right next to a busy path in #Krabi town in March, but did not appear to be disturbed. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, so I'm reposting a sequence I took at the start of the month one early morning by Lake Vaya #Burgas #Bulgaria, when everything just fell into place. Mute #Swan family. #serendipity #photography #birds #birding #ECK

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #LifelnTheBalance, Celebrating birds captured in precarious or unexpected positions. Maybe this isn't so out of the ordinary for a Great Spotted #Woodpecker but it's an intriguing pose. #Sofia #Bulgaria #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rotund, birds looking rather plump, the Alt theme is birds in #BlueSkies Here's a plump Hawfinch and a #Bluesky Alpine Swift, both from #Sofia #Bulgaria recently. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding #birdsOfBluesky

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay any bird with grey in its plumage. I took way too many photos of the Black-crowned Night-herons at Taman Tasik Permaisuri Lake Garden #KualaLumpur back in March. #Malaysia #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

@robcrank68.bsky.social says Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds. Scaly-breasted Munia are super common, tiny #finches with a lot of subtle features in their mainly brown plumage. Benchakitti Park #Bangkok #Thailand February. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

For #insectweek. I encountered this stunning immature male Broad-bodied Chaser #dragonfly in Morkery Wood, South #Lincolnshire this week. It will become powder blue as it matures. #wildlife #ukWildlife

I've posted both of these before but I like today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Birds&Bokeh, and these are the best I can find to show nice defocused light shapes. Long-tailed Broadbill and Orange-breasted Trogon at Khao Yai #NationalPark #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #BokehEffect

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds, any bird with flowers in the frame. I'm returning to Benchakitti Park #Bangkok in February for this portrait of an Oriental Reed Warbler on a yellow Canna Lily. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding @alan678.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Touchdown, birds at the moment of landing. I'm going back to January on #GranCanaria and this immature Eurasian Spoonbill coming in to land at La Charca de Maspalomas. #birds #birding #Spain #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

@alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #BirdsInTheirElement and #Feathers&Light Collared #Kingfishers thrive in the mangroves of #Thailand. Incredibly noisy and often quite tame. #Krabi in March. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak. Does this Black-tailed Godwit on the River Deben at Melton #Suffolk in early April count? Hope so. #birds #birding #ECK #UKBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptors, alt is #Passerine. So how about a raptor the size of a sparrow? Black-thighed Falconet is the world's (equal) smallest #raptor. At Perdana Botanical Gardens #KualaLumpur #Malaysia #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OutForAWalk, any bird captured walking. Thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social It's more of a stalk than a walk for this hunting Javan Pond Heron, in stunning breeding plumage at Queen Sirikit Park #Bangkok. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Black. Large-billed Crow is widespread in South and East Asia and very black. I always feel it's more like a Raven than a Crow. This one in Benchakitti Park #Bangkok in February. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Turns out I do have a #LongLegs for @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today, but it's awful photos taken through the dirty window of a moving train west of Sliven in #Bulgaria. But it was my first Long-legged Buzzard for decades. #birds #birding #birdsSeenIn2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongLegs. I posted all my recent long-legged birds a few days ago, so I'll choose the Alt theme #MultiColour, birds with 4 or more colours. European Bee-eater at Nessebar #Bulgaria last week. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Another one for today’s #InFlight #BirdOfTheDay theme. One of my favourite birds; the always impressive Alpine Swift. This was in Sofia #Bulgaria very recently, where there are loads. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #InFlight, birds in flight. Brahminy Kite is a common sight, mainly in coastal areas, from India to N Australia. A Kite in flight is a great sight - a poet and didn't know it! 🙄🤪 #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Good Morning from Northern California Alan has said, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme and it’s #YourChoice any bird capture. #greenheron #wildlifephotography

It's #YourChoice for #BirdOfTheDay today, so I choose a Giant Kingfisher.

I can't make up my mind so Eurasian Jay it will be for me too. I normally find these tricky but they've been easier here in Eastern #Bulgaria #birdoftheday #yourChoice #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SilentPresence, where a bird appears calm & watchful rather than active. The alt is #Swans. Going for a #twofer as this Mute Swan keeps a quiet watch over its cygnets on the still dawn waters of Lake Vaya, Burgas #Bulgaria #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

For #stunday a little & large pairing of #bees on what I think is a Purple-flowered Garlic #flower in Nessebar #Bulgaria. The tiny one is a Masked Bee in the genus Hyleus and the other an unidentified #bumblebee (Bombus sp.) #bumblebees #insects #wildlife #wildflowers #ECK

Also at Pomorie Salt Lake #Bulgaria yesterday for @robcrank68.bsky.social's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme are a couple of #Black&White #birds; Black-winged Stilt and Pied Avocet. These breed so close to a road but appear to be unaffected by any disturbance. #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

#Preeners&Scratchers is the theme for #BirdOfTheDay. Cheers @robcrank68.bsky.social This Pygmy Cormorant having a good preen at Pomorie Salt Lake #Bulgaria yesterday. #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026

For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #UnexpectedNeighbours I'm going to repost this ridiculous scene from Krabi in March when I captured a Giant Honey Bee chasing a White-nest (Germain's) Swiftlet. #Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes. I'm currently on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, where the birding is challenging, so I was pleased to find Little Bitterns at a reedy river mouth. 1/6th sec, resting on a bridge in near darkness! #birds #birding #Bulgaria #ECK #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbsnBirding