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Katha Traenkle
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Birding, nature, working for a swift rehabilitation center in Switzerland, Biodiversity,
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt
#December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄
Small sculpture of a Robin created with wood and tin against a grey background
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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29rory.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement any bird showing movement of any description.

That Black Bird and the Bin Chicken
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
kathat.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement any bird showing movement of any description.

Blue Tit
you see a fresh branch with buds, and on top there is a blue tit, just starting to the right. The wings spread, head up, tail slightly spread. Background is brownish
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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futurumopteryx.bsky.social
🎁 nog een mooie avond! ♥️🌄
🧡 #thedailyrobin #nature today
✨ #holidayrobin 🪶 #Natuur 💚
#photography #vogels #garden
Witveertje is momenteel het enige roodborstje wat vaker op de veranda komt. de andere, de brutaalste soms en de jongste alleen in de buurt ván, ...die zit eigenlijk overal! Binnenkort plaats ik ze allemaal 🤓 zeg niet dat ik je niet gewaarschuwd heb
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
For @robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdoftheDay, #Borbs, birds looking around, I'll share my favourite little wader, a Least Sandpiper, sheltering on the rocks at hide tide and looking around. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
A Least Sandpiper, shot from the back, with its head turned to the right so its right eye is visible. The smallest wader with beautiful shading across the feathers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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paulawaldron.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay is this Black-capped Chickadee. Such a cute #Borb or, as we say in America, a #Birb #birds
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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ajcousins.bsky.social
I deeply appreciate a bird that does what it says on the tin. Common Goldeneye. Well done, yes. 😁 #birds
Photo of a gorgeous female Common Goldeneye, chocolate brown head shining in the sun, her pale yellow eye staring you down as she paddles in icy blue lake water
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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ajcousins.bsky.social
I love when the sun comes out so I can get the green iridescence shining on a Goldeneye's head. 😍 So pretty!
Photo of a male Common Goldeneye duck with a deep green shine to his black head and a brighter gold eye
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
OK, one more because it's #Flyday: black phoebe hovering over a creek in northern California
#BirdOfTheDay #black #birds
Black flycatcher hovering in profile with its wings down and its beak open, against a background of light blue water. There are two light brown stripes across its wings.
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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paulmwall.bsky.social
Songbird, not singing #birdoftheday #birds
Pine warbler on the sidewalk, seen from a very low angle. His body points toward the camera so that his tail is quite foreshortened, but his head is turned to the right so we get a nice profile. This small perching bird is nearly all yellow, but sports some faint dark streaks across his belly and white down near his legs. His head also has some deep green tones blended with the yellow. You can just see the edge of his wings, which appear dark gray in this photo. The background is soft unfocused light grays and browns.
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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peteddd.bsky.social
October’s Song Sparrow.
#Sparrow #SongSparrow #BirdOfTheDay #stripes #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶
A Song Sparrow bows and shows his stripy side while perched in a Box Elder on a sunny October afternoon.
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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sandyernestallen.bsky.social
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gettoknownature.bsky.social Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 4d
Wide, wet and serious about this bath.

Bathing American Robins are always a joy to behold. #birds 🌿
A brown bird with an orange breast is mid bath in a shallow stream. It faces the camera with an incredibly serious expression and has all its breast feathers puffed out so it looks enormous.
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
I love it when I have a picture that meets both #Birdoftheday prompts. #Lookingatyou and #Ontherocks - a Black Oystercatcher on weed covered rocks. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
A Black Oystercatcher, looking at me as it decides which clam to go for next. Surrounded by weed covered rocks.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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billpaquin.bsky.social
First horned larks on camera. Have seen and heard a couple of times but not when I had a camera ready. #birding #birdphotography. There were a bunch of snow buntings too that were spooked by some dogs so no pics but a NJ first for me.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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daryllmarie.bsky.social
PSA!!!!!! 🚨

White tern chick!!!!!! 🪶
A fluffy precious little white tern chick laying on a branch
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Time for me to get the little red breasted set posted for today's #HolidayRobin, which were captured at Clough Head Bird Hides.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography @rspb.bsky.social #birdphotography #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #naturetherapy #BirdLife #Robins
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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thankyouforthefish.bsky.social
Europa: Veränderung der Niederschlagsmuster liegt 23 Jahre (!) vor Erwartungen der Modelle

Heißt: Anpassungsstrategien unterschätzen Risiko klimabedingter Gefahren erheblich

Wir haben bereits jetzt Effekte, die erst bei ~2C erwartet wurden
Ganz schlechte Aussichten

#Klimakatastrophe #Klimakollaps
Bild zur Illustration. Beobachtete Trends von 1950 bis 2024 bei den gesamten beobachteten, dynamischen und nicht-dynamischen Winterniederschlägen für den europäischen Raum für ERA5 und E-OBS.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
kathat.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Songbirds and the alternative is #Seabirds.
#birds 🪶

One of the camera friendly little birds is the fence loving

Europaean Stonechat
A male Stonechat is sitting on a fence, near the fence post. Bird is looking to the left, beak open, view is from the side. Bird has a very orange breast part. Very black head. the background is greenish
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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alan678.bsky.social
Good morning/ afternoon/ evening. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Songbirds and the alternative is #Seabirds Sorry having to post and go today as I’m out having a meal. Will be back to have a peek tomorrow morning or later this evening European time. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A close-up side profile of a Dunnock perched on a moss-covered surface, its round body fluffed against a soft, pale green background. The bird’s finely patterned brown and grey feathers show intricate texture, with warm chestnut tones along the wings. Its dark eye catches the light, and its slender bill points slightly forward. The smooth bokeh backdrop highlights the delicate detail of the bird’s plumage and the tiny moss stalks beneath its feet.
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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msj99.bsky.social
Red Kite for Rob’s #LookingAtYou
#BirdOfTheDay
#lincsbirding
#Birds
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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lorichirp.bsky.social
Rob says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds #LookingAtYou, and the Alternative is birds #OnTheRocks.

The Green-winged Teal in the back was sleeping but the Northern Pintail in the front was looking at me suspiciously. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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kevinpjennings.bsky.social
"What are you?"

#birds #birdoftheday #LookingatYou #hawk #raptor
A hawk on a branch, its head twisted and tilted looking directly at the viewer
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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quietlynow.bsky.social
today the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou - here is an owl from Alaska definitely looking at us - photographed in the deep shade of a grove of trees (also a late #Stripes !) #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Owl #Photography
one evening we were walking back to our hotel room in Alaska and saw this beauty on the edge of the woods - light was fading and the trees were so busy around the owl - but i took a couple of pics anyway. Turned out beautiful - gold eyes in round striped face, and tiny pink beak on a powerful bird
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
kathat.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou.
#Birds 🪶

From Top down

Male Crossbill
Bird is on the top of a pine tree, turning the back toward the photografer, head turned, so you can perfectly see the huge grossbill. all this with really blue sky background
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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gabrownie.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou. #Birds 🪶

Beware of the bluebird's stare!

📸:Eastern bluebird: Sialis sialia
An Eastern bluebird stares directly into the cam feeder's camera .
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM