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Owen
@wildfifer.bsky.social
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Wildlife enthusiast from the Kingdom of Fife. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Owen @wildfifer.bsky.social · Feb 17
Kingfisher with a snack.

East Lothian, Scotland.

@rspb.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Kingfisher #WildFifer #AlcedoAtthis
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mybirdcards.com
What bird am I? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌍 #WhatBird #BirdID | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
"I am a medium-sized bird commonly found in the dry thornveldt and scrublands of Southern Africa. My most distinguishing feature is a long, bright yellow bill (sometimes with an orange-red tip) and a prominent casque on top of my beak. My plumage is black and white." Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by Mama_Africa via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/mama_africa-7049925/
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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nickraschke.bsky.social
Good morning. Took this two years ago. No time to go through camera this morning. Nankeen Kestrel.
Have a great day.
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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theecstaticself.bsky.social
It’s never too late to change
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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donjheath.bsky.social
Hot wings
Rufous Backed Kingfisher
Native to maritime SE Asia
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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leowrite.bsky.social
Downy Woodpecker #birds
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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mybirdcards.com
New addition! 🌎 Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) #SouthAmericanBirds | #ChestnutBelliedThrush #TurdusFulviventris | #NewWorldThrushes #ThrushFamily #Thrushes #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Keishpixl🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) The Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) is a medium-sized bird (about 25 cm (10 in) long) with a distinctive appearance: the male features a striking contrast between its black head/throat, dark grey back, and a vibrant rufous (chestnut) lower breast and belly. It is found across the northern Andes of South America, spanning from Venezuela to Bolivia, where it prefers humid montane forests and forest edges. It is a relatively solitary species, usually seen singly or in pairs, and its behavior is characterized by foraging both in the canopy and on the ground among the leaf litter for fruits and invertebrates. No subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: This bird is specialized for life in the high-altitude, humid montane forests—often called cloud forests—at elevations between 1,400 and 2,600 meters (4,600–8,500 ft). 📷: Photo by Keishpixl via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-ornithology-9112050/ IQOW
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
wildfifer.bsky.social
A Pint and a Pizza. Sorry, not as handsome as the rest of the world.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
wildfifer.bsky.social
Been on a bit of a rollercoaster (mentally-speaking), and it hasn’t been easy, but I will get through it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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soraneko.bsky.social
同じポーズのスズメとモズ。こうして見るとモズの目は体のわりに大きく見えるな。
A sparrow and a bull-headed shrike in the same pose. Looking at them this way, the shrike’s eyes seem quite large for its body.😶

#Birds
Taken in Tokyo, Japan
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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hanyhossameldin.bsky.social
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Western Reef Heron
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#bird #oiseaux #nature #capture #naturephotography #naturelovers #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #planetbirds #waterbirds #wildlife #art #photography #photographie #foto #bluesky #PhotographersOfBluesky #heron
@mybirdcards.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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julielfrost.bsky.social
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Stripes, Northern flickers, which offer the bonus of "polka dots" in other views. 😊

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Birder
A Northern flicker viewed from behind, displaying feathers that appear to be strips. A male Northern flicker viewed from the front, displaying black polka dots in addition to its black crescent-shaped bib and "mustache" spot.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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beachrelaxin.bsky.social
She's beautiful no matter the conditions.

Northern Flicker

#BirdOfTheDay #stripes #birds #birding #nature #photography
A rich, creamy, reddish-brown bird with a light gray cap and nape, a bright red patch on her nape, and a black barred back clings to the side of a tree trunk with her back to the camera and her head turned to the side. A small icicle dangles from the trunk to her left, and she is puffed up a bit against the cold, nicely displaying the barred stripes along her back and wings and just a hint of the yellow shafts of her wing feathers. Northern Flickers dig in the ground for insects, and a bit of dirt clinging to her sharp, black beak testifies that she's been doing that recently.
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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ronmac11.bsky.social
Collared trogon.
#birdoftheday
#stripes
#birds
A brightly coloured bird with black and white stripes on its tail,redbreast white collar and green throat. It’s dark face contrasting with yellow bill.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Two interesting recoveries of Puffins ringed on the Isle of May and reported from the Faroe islands in the last week. The blog has the story: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
I've got another one for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Stripes and this one fits perfectly for @alan678.bsky.social. it's the beautiful Kingfisher and the blue stripe down it's back 😂😂

#birds #EastCoastKin
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Pseudo reflection. Confused pelican gives up on whether the gull is two gulls or it's just a reflection. Ha!
#Birdoftheday #reflection #pelican #gull #eastcoastkin
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
wildfifer.bsky.social
Now “Chain Reaction” by Diana Ross. The cheesy music keeping me going! 😂
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
wildfifer.bsky.social
Gym time! Listening to “China In Your Hand” by T’pau. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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marinamueller935.bsky.social
Female red-bellied woodpecker working on a snack 🪶
Woodpecker on the side of a tree trunk
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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wildlife-exposures.bsky.social
Pileated Portrait - Pileated Woodpecker
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, Depew, NY USA
November 30, 2025
#OM-1MarkII #OM-1 #photography #wildlifephotography #nature #photographersunited #animalphotography
#naturephotography #portrait #birds #birdphotography #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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alxnelson.bsky.social
As I've done the past couple years, I'll be posting my favorite images from 2025 throughout December, one a day. Here's a close image of a little blue heron with a green tree frog who's fighting for dear life, trying to pry open its beak. #birds
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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johnmalloy.bsky.social
Gartered Violaceous Trogan - this obliging female performed admirably at Arenal, Costa Rica in November 2025.

#birdsoftheworld #costaricabirding #birdwatching #arenal
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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ronmac11.bsky.social
Brunnich’s guillemots, Norway.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Black and white seabirds on rocky sea cliffs.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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julia11.bsky.social
Peaceful Sunday everyone. Have a pleasant day. #birds
A Song Sparrow perched on a branch.
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM