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connollyart.bsky.social
Not meant to be caged
I love these cheeky birds and was very lucky to capture this image last week on a walk.
#blueskyartshow #magpie #photography #photographingbirds #birdphoto #noAI
November 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
suricata03.bsky.social
I love the Bird House at the National Zoo!

All photos taken by me

#animalphotography #birds #birdphoto #ducks #ruddyquaildove #rosebreastedgrosbeak #blackbelliedwhistlingduck
November 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
mensore21.bsky.social
オシドリ🍧
東武動物公園

#オシドリ #Mandarinduck #東武動物公園
#鳥 #動物園 #bird #zoo #鳥写真 #birdphoto #birdpicture
#鳥写真好きな人と繫がりたい #鳥好きな人と繫がりたい #鳥が好き

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November 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
pi--mochi.bsky.social
おはようございます☀️ 昨日よりは暖かくなりそう
#bird #birdphoto #この黄草色の上背がたまらない
October 30, 2026 at 12:39 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SpikyHead - any bird with its head feathers raised, flared, or puffed up!

Here's a juvenile red-tailed hawk doing what I guess is a teenage raptor thing with its feathers.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #hawks #RedTailedHawks
Close-up portrait of a juvenile red-tailed hawk against a pale gray sky, facing left with its feathers ruffled. The brown head is streaked with cream and has a raised, rough crest. A pale golden-brown eye sits above a short, dark hooked bill with a yellow-green cere. The throat and chest are white, with dark brown blotches and streaks, and the shoulder feathers at the right stand up, with pale-edged brown wing feathers beneath them.
November 3, 2026 at 7:42 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do.

Here's a ring-billed gull spotted near the Des Moines River back in August.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #gulls #RingBilledGulls
Adult ring-billed gull in flight, shown in profile and heading left with both wings raised high. The head, body, and tail are white, and the wings are pale gray, tipped in black with small white spots near the ends of the outer feathers. The bill is yellow with a dark band near the tip, and the pale eye has a thin red ring. Yellow legs and webbed feet trail behind the tail. The background is a soft blur of dark green foliage and dry grasses.
November 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, birds that look like they ate too much.

Here's a pigeon from Boston Public Garden with a distinctly pudgy profile.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #pigeons #RockPigeon
Close-up of a rock pigeon mid-step on bare ground, shown in profile and facing left with one pink foot stretched forward. The head is slate gray with an orange-red eye and a dark bill topped by a white cere. The neck shimmers purple and green, and the back and wings are checkered in dark gray, black, and white. Bright pink legs and feet with scaly skin step across soil scattered with seed bits, fallen leaves, and short green grass.
November 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme: #BirdSplash Any bird making a splash.

Here's a double-crested cormorant stirring things up in the ocean off Rhode Island.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #cormorants #DoubleCrestedCormorants
A double-crested cormorant on choppy blue-gray water, shown in profile and facing right with its wings half spread and splashing at the surface. The brown-black plumage is mottled, with pale scalloped edges on the wing feathers and speckling on the neck and breast. The long hooked bill is yellow, and bright orange skin surrounds a teal eye. Spray and ripples surround its lower body. A dark, textured rock breaks the surface at the upper left.
November 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BCD, any bird starting with one of these letters.

A pair of common grackles appear to Have Some Questions for the photographer.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #grackles #CommonGrackles
Two adult common grackles on smooth concrete. The bird on the left stands upright and faces the camera, its toes splayed on the pavement and its other leg partly hidden behind the second bird. Its head and breast are glossy blue, violet, and green over a bronze-brown body. The second bird, in front, crosses the frame in profile, facing right, with a darker green-black head, a pale yellow eye, and a long tail trailing to the left. A thin crack runs across the concrete, and blurred dry grass blades rise in the foreground.
November 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are #GoldenSun and #FemmeFatale.

I'm going to claim this female mallard coming in for a landing while backlit by autumn sun as twofer. 😉

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #ducks #Mallards
Female mallard landing with wings spread wide and backlit, the pale outer feathers glowing translucent in the sunlight. She faces left with her head tilted down, her orange legs and webbed feet dangling below the mottled brown body, and her tail fanned. The upperwing nearest the body shows blue-gray feathers edged in white. The background is a soft blur of gold, orange, and green autumn leaves and reflections.
November 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #White, any bird with White in its plumage.

A trumpeter swan from the pond near the Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, IA makes some plumage adjustments.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #swans #TrumpeterSwans
Adult swan preening on short green grass strewn with fallen leaves and pine needles, its white neck curled in a tight loop back over its body. The black bill is open and reaches along the back, showing a pink tongue and the fine ridged edge of the bill. The plumage is white, with faint pale brown staining on the back, and the tail points to the right. Two black legs with dark, textured skin stand on the grass.
November 4, 2026 at 6:48 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #GoldenSun; any bird in warm, golden sunshine.

Here's an American Robin in a bare tree, basking in the autumn sun.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #robins #AmericanRobins #ForJanet
American robin perched among bare, lichen-flecked branches in warm evening light, seen in profile and facing right. The head is black with bold white arcs around a dark eye and a yellow-orange bill. The breast is a rich brick orange with pale scalloped edges, and the back and wings are slate gray. The long gray tail extends down and to the left behind the branches. The background is a soft blur of pale gold and blue.
November 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #LargeBirds, any bird that is larger than a Pigeon.

Here's a bald eagle, one member of a pair I was lucky enough to catch soaring over city greenbelt.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #eagles #BaldEagles
Adult bald eagle soaring against a clear, deep blue sky, seen from below with its broad wings spread wide and tilted diagonally across the frame. The wingtip feathers fan out like long dark fingers. The body and wings are dark brown, the head is white with a hint of yellow bill, and the white tail is fanned out at the lower left. The sky is a smooth, cloudless blue.
October 31, 2026 at 8:46 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfOctober.

I think the best shot I posted during October was this red-bellied woodpecker hanging out in our neighbor's yard.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #woodpeckers #RedBelliedWoodpeckers
Red-bellied woodpecker clinging to the lichen-covered bark of a tree branch, seen in profile and facing up and to the left. The head is pale cream with a bright orange-red cap running from the forehead over the crown to the nape, a dark eye, and a long, chisel-shaped dark bill. The back and wings have a bold black-and-white zebra pattern, and the black tail has pale barring along its edge. The breast and belly are a soft, creamy buff. The blurred background is pale gray and white.
November 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
mensore21.bsky.social
ショウジョウトキ🐠
東武動物公園

#ショウジョウトキ #ScarletIbis #東武動物公園
#鳥 #動物園 #bird #zoo #鳥写真 #birdphoto #birdpicture
#鳥写真好きな人と繫がりたい #鳥好きな人と繫がりたい #鳥が好き

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October 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfOctober.

My best unposted October photo is this trumpeter swan, who lives on the pond next to the Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, IA.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #swans #TrumpeterSwans
Close-up of an adult trumpeter swan, seen in profile and facing right, with its long white neck curving in an arc. The head and neck are pure white and beaded with water droplets. A dark eye sits at the edge of the black face marking. A drop of water hangs from the bill tip, and more droplets have fallen into the dark olive water below, leaving circular ripples on the surface.
November 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
logicaphotography.bsky.social
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
#birds #birdphoto
October 25, 2026 at 4:42 PM
earthwatcherphoto.bsky.social
Baglafecht Weaver
South Africa, AUG 2016
www.earthwatcher.us/Birds/Africa...

The male makes the nest to attract females.

#bird #birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdersOfBluesky #BirdPhoto #BirdPics #BackyardBirds #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
#Nature #NaturePhotography
A bird, a Baglafecht Weaver, constructing an intricate nest. The nest is shaped like a large ball that is hanging from the top in the middle of the picture. The male weaves this nest from grasses found nearby. The bird is hanging, upside down, from the bottom of the nest. Its head, body, wings and tail feathers are bright yellow. Its beak is black. Its eye is an orangish-yellow. Its legs are pink. The background is blurred tree leaves.
November 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Helen Bennett’s #BirdOfTheDay Halloween theme is #FrightfulFeathers - any eerie, mysterious, or spooky birds!

Here's a common grackle getting into the spirit of the season.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #grackles #CommonGrackles
Adult common grackle seen from the front, bending low to forage on the ground, its dark bill pointed down and its pale yellow eye glinting, giving the bird a spooky, menacing appearance. The head is a glossy deep blue-violet, and the shoulders and back shimmer with bronze and green iridescence. The dark tail extends to the left. Pale green seedlings and a single yellowing leaf fill the foreground, and the background is a soft, muted blur of sandy ground and stones.
October 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NOP, any bird name starting with one of these letters.

Here's a pied-billed grebe cruising Lake Terra. I'm glad these birds use our community pond as a migration waypoint.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #grebes #PiedBilledGrebes
Pied-billed grebe swimming low in the water, in profile and facing right, with its neck upright. The plumage is warm brown with a dark cap and a scruffy, slightly spiky crest, and a pale patch behind the short, pale tan bill. A white fluffy patch shows at the rear of the body, and the back is darker brown. The water around it is rippled and patchy, with blue sky reflections on the right and golden-brown reflections on the left. A faint, wavering reflection of the bird hangs below it.
October 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Helen Bennett’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is: #MostSeen - the birds you see most often!

Most migrators are leaving Iowa, but the dark-eyed juncos are arriving. Here's one perched in the greenbelt.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #juncos #DarkEyedJuncos
Dark-eyed junco perched on a lichen-covered branch, seen from the side and slightly behind with its head turned to the left. The head and body are soft gray-brown with a dark eye and a short, pale pink bill. The folded wing is brown with buff edging and dark streaks, and the belly is a paler gray. A dark tail extends toward the lower right, and thin pink legs grip the branch. The background is a soft, blurred wash of gray and lilac.
October 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Yellow; any bird with yellow plumage.

Here's Iowa's state bird, the American Goldfinch, putting in an appearance in the city's greenbelt.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #goldfinch #AmericanGoldfinch
Male American goldfinch perched at the tip of a leafy branch, facing right with its head turned slightly toward the camera. The body is a vivid lemon yellow with a small, glossy black cap and an orange, cone-shaped bill. The black wings and tail trail down and to the left, with pale edging on the wing feathers. Dull green leaves with small holes and reddish-pink stems frame the bird, and the background is a soft, muted gray-blue blur.
October 29, 2026 at 7:02 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is: #Red; any bird with red plumage.

House finches are native to Mexico, but this guy is preparing to tough out another Iowa winter.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #finches #HouseFinches
Male house finch perched on a bare, diagonal branch, looking up and to the left against a smooth blue-gray sky. The crown, face, throat, and upper breast are washed in soft salmon-pink, with a dark eye and a thick, pale gray bill. The belly and flanks are streaked in brown and cream, and the folded wings and tail are olive-brown. Dark feet grip the branch, which forks into several thin twigs around the bird.
October 29, 2026 at 7:31 AM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Rob Crank’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HeadsUp, any bird looking up to the sky.

Here's a mallard in Boston Public Garden, checking out the airspace.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #ducks #mallards
Mallard swimming on rippled blue-gray water, shown from the side and slightly behind with its neck stretched high and its bill tipped skyward. A water droplet hangs from the dark bill, which has orange edges. The head and neck are a soft gray-brown, and the breast and back are mottled in dark brown and buff, with neat scalloped edges. The tail has pale outer feathers, and an orange foot is visible beneath the surface. Thin ripples spread across the water around the duck, with a dark reflection below.
October 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
dougengstrom.bsky.social
Alan's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Branched, birds on thin branches.

The dark-eyed juncos have come to central Iowa in force. Here's one perched and posing nicely.

📷 #CanonR7 #Tamron18-300
#photography #birdphoto #wildlife #ECK #DarkEyedJunco
Dark-eyed junco perched on a thin, lichen-flecked branch, shown in profile and facing right. The head, back, and breast are an even slate gray, with a dark eye and a short, pale pink bill. The belly is clean white, and the folded wing is edged with pale gray and faint brown. The long tail extends down and to the left, with a pale outer feather along its edge. Thin bare twigs and soft, out-of-focus green and tan leaves fill the background.
October 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM