A Great Egret surrounded by #waterdroplets #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #nikon #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

The majestic Great Blue Heron in a #Virginia #swamp #BirdoftheDay #cormorantorheron #usabirds #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶

A migrant Orchard Oriole looking for caterpillars in a #Virginia tree #feathersinfoliage #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #migration #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #usabirds #usbirds

Nothing more #blue in my backyard then this Eastern Bluebird #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

A Reddish Egret getting some beach time #wadersouttawater #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #usabirds #usbirds #Florida

A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron on a rock or a #wadersouttawater #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds #Texas

The #featheredfemmes of the duck world are beautiful in a more subtle way like this #female Wood #Duck #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #usabirds #usbirds

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) by Steve Gettle

Wood Storks #linedup and reflecting in a #Georgia pond #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

Double-crested cormorants are silhouetted in a dead tree at a nature area as the sun sets behind Longs Peak and Mount Meeker in Rocky Mountain National Park, outside Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #LinedUp #EastCoastKin #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenln2026 #cormorant #cormorants

This Red-shouldered Hawk is #lockedon to me! Oops! #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #raptors #BlueskyArtShow #hawks #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

The eyes of this Cooper’s Hawk! #raptors #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

Both words of the name Great Egret fits today’s #BirdoftheDay theme of #EFGH theme. This was an unsuccessful attempt but a fun splash. #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds #Ohio

Taken on Exmoor, where the stonechats were constantly flicking between the gorse and low shrubs, never staying still for long. #Stonechat #Exmoor #BritishWildlife #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birds #birding

Have you ever seen a more #photogenic Red-shouldered #Hawk #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

A successful #Osprey heading back with it’s catch #inmotion #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #usabirds #usbirds

Albatross are the largest #seabirds like this White-capped seen in #NewZealand #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #PhotographersUnited

A female red-winged blackbird perches among last year’s cattails at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Dappled #LowFlying #bird #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #birds #photography #BirdsSeenln2026

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) in a native Beautyberry shrub (Callicarpa americana) for #BirdoftheDay theme #Dappled #birds #nativeplants #Florida #naturephotography

The #dappled breast of a Northern Flicker #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #birds #usabirds #usbirds

I’ve posted this one before but it is still a favorite. #Gulls are successful because they are flexible in diet like this marine worm #BirdoftheDay #gull #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #birds #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

A #couple of Yellow-throated #Toucans romancing in a tree high above my head in a #CostaRica forest #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #birdlovers #birdlife #photography #art #animal #BlueskyArtShow #birding #centralamerica

One of the world’s rarest birds, the Northern Bald Ibis on a #rocksolid cliff. What a crazy looking bird!! #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #birdsofeurope #europeanbirds

Three from a series I took watching this Reddish Egret hunting in its silly way! #stretched #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #art #animal #BlueskyArtShow #birding #usabirds #usbirds

Nothing sweeter than watching the #parenthood of an adult Sandhill #Crane towering above its minuscule colt as it picks up tiny insects and feeds it! #florida #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

My #BestoftheMonth is this gorgeous Rose-breasted Grosbeak perching just long enough to snap a photo #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) in late day light for the #BeautyinBrown theme for the #BirdoftheDay. #birds #Florida #photography #wadingbird

Late to #BirdoftheDay today. I’ve been birding/photographing at #MageeMarsh in #Ohio today. My first time at this world famous bird spot! This Winter Wren from this winter! #beautyinbrown #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

An early migrant was calling in the #Ohio woods yesterday! Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are always a treat! #migration #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdlife #photography #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

I was happy to find this Brown-headed Nuthatch excavating a #nest hole especially when the wood chips started flying! #welltimed #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #usabirds #usbirds

You have to be a #weatherwarrior when you live in the rainforests of #CostaRica like this Southern House Wren #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds

“Hello? (Hello, hello, hello) Is there anybody out there? Just like this post if you can see me!” Sings the flicker. This distinguished gentleman has been busy excavating and preparing a nest in a decaying tree along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdsSeenln2026 #birdphotography

A Black-winged Stilt in morning light in #Spain #waterbirds #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #art #animal #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #europeanbirds #twitchers

A #passportphoto of a curious Ruby-crowned Kinglet Bird posts #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

This is an artistic street photograph titled "The Rainman," captured by photographer Mark Fearnley in Zagreb, Croatia.

A Black-capped Chickadee is one of the #speciesparidae #Missouri #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

Nothing but #longnecks for Great Egrets #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdlovers #birdlife #photography #art #animal #usabirds #usbirds

The Nubian Nightjar hides in plain sight by camouflage #birds #birdoftheday #camoorcontrast #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #EastCoastKin #naturelovers #BlueskyArtShow #birding #usabirds #usbirds #africa

The #monochrome colors of the #BaldEagle #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #b&w #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #🪶 #usabirds #usbirds

Did someone say #FlickerFriday? @hIkfotos.com A male northern flicker peers from its nest in a weathered tree-more than half of it missing-along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdofTheDay #birdphotography #ECK #bird #birds #photography #flicker #flickers

A great blue heron preens in Longmont, Colorado. #FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #TheSongFactor #Ardeidae #ECK #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #birdphotography #heron #herons #BirdsSeenln2026

- Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium californicum) in British Columbia, Canada About 6" tall Has 'false eyes' on its back, white rings... confusing other birds - Photo courtesy of Anthony Bucci‎.

An American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) pretending to be just another reed in the marsh at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve. For #BirdoftheDay theme #LongNecks. #birds #Florida #KissimmeePrairie #photography

Sleeping flock of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) at the end of the day. #BirdoftheDay theme #Reflections. Taken years ago, but I still remember how cold it was, and how beautiful the sight of this large flock of tiny peeps in late day light. #birds #sandpipers #naturephotography #Florida

One of the smallest of the #Ardeidae family is the Green Heron #herons #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #naturelovers #birdlovers #birdlife #photography #art #animal #usabirds #usbirds

#Thesongfactor of the Prothonotary Warbler is strong this time of year #warblers #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastkin #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited #usabirds #usbirds

Not sure what #restingbeakface means so I’m going with a Red-shouldered Hawk looking at me as I look at it! #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #raptors #EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #nikon #hawks #usabirds #usbirds

Eastern Phoebe’s love their insects. #insectivores #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #usabirds #usbirds

A Sanderling #splashingaround in the receding surf on a beach in #Virginia #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #naturelovers #birdwatchers #birdlovers #birdlife #usabirds #usbirds

There is no #green better that the green of a Resplendent #Quetzal #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin #birds #costarica #centralamerica #BlueskyArtShow #birding #PhotographersUnited