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Loves @EndeavourTV series, a prequel to the @MorseTV series. Allaboutbirds birdwatcher.
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra): This 17cm (6.7in) American songbird was originally considered a Tanager but has since been classified as a member of the Cardinal family. Breeding is normally in open wooded habitat in the southern US. Neat photo taken by Mark Watts in Alabama, USA. #tanager #wildlife
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Oh hey have I mentioned that I live with the most beautiful girl in the world?
photo of my beautiful fluffy white cat Francie gazing out of a window. The room is dark and she is illuminated gently from the front in cool afternoon light, creating a lot of contrast and making her fur appear luminous.
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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catsparx.bsky.social
Baby balance #birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #photography #BirdoftheDay #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
Baby Australian magpie balancing on a branch, feathers fluffed up by the wind
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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mybirdcards.com
What bird am I? 🤔 (See alt text for
clue) 🌏 #WhatBird #BirdID | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
"I'm a migratory bird often called the "Jewel of the Forest" due to my incredibly vivid plumage, which includes a brilliant blue on my wing-patch, green on my back, and a distinctive crimson/red patch beneath my tail." Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by shankarn via Pixabay via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/shankarn-37201164/
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Black-capped Tanager in Colombia. #birds #birdsoftheworld
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement, any bird showing movement of any description. The alternative is #lookingup, any bird looking up set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ Plenty of movement with this Male Stonechat 😍 🪶 🦉 #ukbirding #ukwildlife #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #birds #photography
Photo taken at The New Forest in May this year ~ Canon R7 A male Stonechat is a small, robin-sized bird with very distinct, contrasting colours: a glossy black head, bright orange-red chest, and a striking white half-collar on the neck, set against a mottled brown back and black wings with a white patch. It often perches upright on low bushes or fences, flicking its wings and making a sharp "tack-tack" sound like two stones tapping, hence its name, making it easy to find by sound and its bold shape in open grassy areas.
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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janephuong.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay
#SongBirds
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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lindaking78.bsky.social
Miscellaneous Canada Goose photos shot on the grounds at the Yakima Area Arboretum spring/fall 2025…
#birds #geese #ornithology #audubon
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #birdlife #birding
#naturephotography #photography #WestCoastPhotography
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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thenaturalworld.bsky.social
Blackbird feeding on frosty apples this morning in chilly Somerset @mybirdcards.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds #LookingAtYou, and the Alternative are birds #OnTheRocks set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Here is a male Kestrel looking straight down the barrel 😍 🪶 🦉 #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofprey #kestrel #EastCoastKin
Photo taken in Somerset August 2024 A male kestrel is a small bird of prey with a distinctive appearance, especially for someone who is partially sighted, focusing on its sounds and how it moves and where it lives. The male has a slate-grey head and tail, a brick-red back with black spots, and a creamy underside with black speckles. Its most notable behaviour is its "hovering" or "wind hovering," where it hangs still in the air by flapping its wings, often by the roadside. You can also hear the sharp, kiting, and high-pitched calls it makes.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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miasalonen.bsky.social
#Birds #EaredDove #Ecuador
#nature #photography #birdphotography #wildlife #outdoorphotography #naturephotography #birdwatching #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou
Standing with its back towards the camera looking back.
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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mybirdcards.com
Kelp gull - Wikipedia
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December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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mybirdcards.com
🌍 Cape Gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) #AfricanBirds | #CapeGull #AfricanKelpGull #KelpGull #LarusDominicanus | #KelpGulls #Gulls #GullFamily #Seabirds #Shorebirds 📷: Photo by holmespj🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍 Cape Gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) The Cape Gull, the southern African subspecies of the Kelp Gull, is a large bird with a distinctive adult appearance featuring a white head and body, a black back and wings, a yellow bill with a red spot, and dark eyes. Its distribution is primarily along the coasts of southern Africa, from Namibia to the Eastern Cape. Behaviourally, they are gregarious, sedentary scavengers and omnivores, often found near human activity like landfills and fishing operations. Four other subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: They are renowned for their clever foraging technique: picking up hard-shelled molluscs like mussels or limpets, flying up several meters, and then dropping them onto rocks to crack them open—a form of "tool use" in the bird world. 📷: Photo by holmespj via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/seagull-kelp-gull-south-africa-3406282/ MOKZ
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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bbs-birds.bsky.social
Coal Tit is often found around Pine trees. It also often visits gardens in a rather ‘smash and grab’ fashion, as it is often outcompeted by the larger Tit species at bird feeders. It has declined across the UK since around 2010. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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amygann.bsky.social
A great horned owl looks around a tree as it hunts on a snowy morning.

#birds #birdoftheday #LookingAtYou #owl #nature #wildlife #protectnature #EastCoastKin
A great horned owl sits in a snow covered tree. Most of the bird is hidden, but it is looking around a branch as it hunts
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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george-station-cat.bsky.social
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday

If you wait until you feel ‘better’ to start living, you might be waiting forever
Go live your life
Do it sad
Do it anxious
Do it uncertain
Healing doesn’t always come before the experience.
Sometimes the experience is what heals you
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
fran101.bsky.social
@maddow.bsky.social
I appreciate your analysis of the Venezuela debacle on Deadline White House. Perfection!
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
#SuperSeabirdSunday California Gull in Colorado, USA. A bit away from the sea David, but a gull is a gull! @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Montezuma Oropendola in Costa Rica.
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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lil-bird-hugger.bsky.social
It's always a chaotic day when the geese visit. It was like they heard me thinking last night bc I said to myself "the geese haven't been visiting"...low and behold... #Canadiangeese #ducks #MallardMonday #waterfowl #birds #lightsoutformigratorybirds #BirdsOfTheWorld
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Crested Owl in Costa Rica. #imowls #birding #birdsoftheworld
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Prong-billed Barbet in Costa Rica. #birding #birdsoftheworld
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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fraggenstein.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BerriesandBeaks
Bird–berry interactions, colour contrasts, or seasonal food sources. The alternative is #corvids set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ I've gone for Blackbird in an Ivy bush in my garden 🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A blackbird can be described by its sounds, as well as its size and movement, and a "shiny black" appearance can be related to other senses. You can describe its clear, loud song and the quick, darting way it moves on the ground, sometimes hopping, to the sound of its quick steps. Its "shiny black" feathers can be described as the feeling of something smooth and slick, or perhaps like a very dark, quiet, polished object. Its song is often described as a loud, clear, and beautiful series of whistles and warbles. It has a sharp "chack" or "chok" sound it uses as a warning or alarm call. It moves across the ground with a quick, hopping gait. It takes flight with a direct, rapid movement, and its flight is often low to the ground.
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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timhopper.bsky.social
There's a bush on my walk to my mate's house on a Sunday to watch the footie (least said the better concerning today's game 😔) that's always alive with bird chatter. I knew what they were, but thought to stop and carefully insert my phone. Mostly leaves and branches, but five seconds of joy! #birds
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM