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#backlit is today’s #birdoftheday theme. Here's a backlit Red-tailed Hawk dismantling a red squirrel for breakfast. 🌿
#BirdsofFrontRange #becurious #raptor
A large bird perches on a large branch in a tree. The bird has brown feathers on its head and wings, white breeches flecked with russet on its legs. Its beak is curved at the end, and is pulling a strand of meat from something pinned by its talons on the branch.
November 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme from @helenbennett.bsky.social is #SpikyHead. I think this Steller's Jay fits that description.
#BirdsofFrontRange #becurious
A dak blue bird with a spiky blue crest and white eyebrows perches on a slender branch. The background is a solid wall of light green leaves.
November 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
@helenbennett.bsky.social says #BirdOfTheDay #FrightfulFeathers
This cawing crow is all the more creepy because of his nictitating membrane covering his eyes.
#BirdsOfFrontRange
#becurious
An all black crow perches on a branch. It is putting so much effort into its cawing that its nicititating membranes have closed over its eyes. Interestingly, the crow had just seen the body of a magpie, then flew up into the tree to caw animatedly. To anthropomorphise a bit, it seemed upset to see the body of another corvid.
October 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #birdonathinbranch. We've had lots of bushtits around lately, including one in the fabulously named rubber rabbitbrush.
#BirdsOfFrontRange
#becurious
A small gray bird with a somewhat long tail and yellow eyes clings to the stem of a shrub. Above the bird is a dense cluster of bright yellow flowers. More yellow flowers are in the immediate background below the bird.
October 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
@robcrank68.bsky.social says the
#BirdOfTheDay is #LittleLegs.

Here's a female broad-tailed hummingbird hunting insects from the leaves of a scraggly plant, with her little feetsies semi-deployed.

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#becurious
A tiny bird hovers in front of a scraggly plant stalk . The bird is reddish on her flanks, fading out on her chest. her head, back and short tail are iridescent green, with iridescent green speckles on her white breast. She has a white speck right behind her black eye. Her long black beak is pointed towards the plant leaves, ready to pluck a minuscule insect from it.
October 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#birdoftheday #Dusk
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A male and femal Hooded Merganser at dusk.
#becurious 🌿
Two ducks drift on a slow moving creek in evening light. The duck on the left is brown with a reddish crest. The one on the right has a black head with a white patch onnot, white breast and reddish body. He also has a bright yellow eye.
October 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @atlanticbirding.bsky.social
is #LookingUp. Looks like this Male Wood Duck might have seen something a little alarming while he was paddling in a creek. #BirdsOfFrontRange #becurious 🌿
A multi-colored duck with an orange beak, bright red eye and classic "duck tail" mullet on his head floats in moving water. He has is head cocked to the side so he can look up, and his bill is partly open, as if in surprise.
October 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme by @atlanticbirding.bsky.social
is #LookingDown.
I think I've posted this Northern Yellow Warbler scoping out a ladybug before, but it fits for today. #BirdsOfFrontRange #becurious
A small yellow bird with dark stripes on its chest perches on a thin twig. It is set against leaves and a blue sky. Its head is hanging over the branch, looking down at a ladybug on a leaf beneath it.
October 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Forgot #birdsofFrontRange #birds 🌿
September 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Alan decided today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds, any bird with an angry face. I don't know who spit in her nectar, but this Broad-tailed hummingbird is the angriest bird I've ever photographed. #BirdsOfFrontRange 🌿I stayed out of the garden after this, for fear of reprisals.
An iridescent green hummingbird sits on a metal rod. She is looking over her shoulder at the viewer, with her eyebrow bent in a frown -- she looks furious!
September 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
New tenants moved in. Squirrel's had his eye on this property for a long time -- earlier this year it tried to evict the flickers, but they raised one chick successfully.
But now, it belongs to the squirrel. Bwhahah!
Flicker from 7/4/2026; Squirrel from 9/8/2026
#BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdsofFrontRange 🌿
A female red-shafted flicker pokes her head out of a hole in a maple tree that she and her mate have excavated. A fox squirrel peers out of the same hole in the same tree, looking at the view, daring you to comment.
September 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
From Atlantic Birding today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:

#Mouthful; any bird with anything in its beak

Alt. is #Black; any bird with black plumage

A Say's Phoebe has caught a Bumble Bug that looks too big for the Phoebe to swallow, so it decided to whip it back and forth a bit.🌿#BirdsofFrontRange
A medium sized brown bird with reddish belly perches upright on a fence post as it holds a large beetle in its black beak. The beetle has its legs out stiffly to the sides. A medium sized brown bird with reddish belly perches upright on a fence post as it holds a large beetle in its black beak. The beetle has its legs out stiffly to the sides. The bird has snapped its head to the side so fast that the image is blurred a bit. The beetle has pulled its legs in.
September 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
From Rob Crank Photography today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, any bird whose colour changes with light on them.
The Alt theme is #Black&White bird whose main plumage is Black & White.
Black-billed Magpie is a two-fer!
From March 2021 #BirdsOfFrontRange
A black bird with a very long tail perches on the ground, with dried grass in its beak. It is all black except for its white belly and sides and white epaulette, but the black on its wings has an iridescent blue sheen to it.
September 10, 2026 at 12:06 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social said:

#BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Herons&Egrets; any Heron or Egret shot

Alt. is #Borbs; any bird that looks round, chubby, spherical etc.

I'm always surprised at how borb-y hummingbirds can get when their tummies are full of nectar.
#HummingbirdMigration #BirdsofFrontRange
A female hummingbird hovers with her wings outstreteched behind her above a stem of red yucca flowers and green yucca fruits. She has an iridescent green back and head, with iridescent green flecks on her throat. her sides are rufous and her belly is white. Her belly is also very round, full of energy rich nectar.
September 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Haven't been near enough water for birds to sit on for months - the drought is long and deep.
Going back to May for a rare siting of an Earred Grebe #SittingOnWater. #BirdsofFrontRange 🌿
September 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Happy #NationalHummingbirdDay!
#BirdsOfFrontRange
A hummingbird hovers above a cluster of delicate pink and white flowers. Her beak is in the flowers and her wings are stretched above her. Although she is withing millimeters of the rest of the plant, no other part of her body is touching it.
September 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#Thrushes are the theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social
An American Robin from January 2026. She posed so prettily for me as I walked down the path that I had to take her picture. I've been waiting to share it for months. 🙂
#BirdsofFrontRange 🌿
A medium sized bird with a beautiful russet breast, grey wings, back and head, and yellow beak and white eye ring perches on a narrow branch. The bird's body faces left, but she is looking over her shoulder to the right.
September 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth
That, my friends, is exactly what it looks like: a #hummingbird coming straight down full speed, then stopping a hair above the flower. Over and over again.

Notice her wings are rotated backwards.

Live hard, fly fast, hit your mark.

#birdsofFrontRange 🌿
A hummingbird pointed straight down over some red tubular flowers. Her beak is just touching one of the flowers. Her body is suspeneded abover her. Her wings are fully outstretched, and most interestingly, are rotated so the leading edge is pointed *up* in a braking maneuver.
August 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Per Alan H: Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Coastal&River any coastal or river birds.
Alt: #Rocky any bird capture with a rock in view.
This male broad-tailed #hummingbird posed very nicely in front of a boulder earlier this week. 🌿#BirdsofFrontRange.
A hummingbird hovers over low growing plant. His beak is just going into one of its bright red tubular flowers. The hummingbird has a green back, sides and head, white neck, and black gorget on his chin. We can't see it in this photo, but when the sun hits the gorget, it flashes red. All this is set in front of a very light grey boulder.
August 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturalSeeds. This female House Finch was deep in a lilac bush eating seeds' which is sonething I've never seen anything eat before.
#BirdsofFrontRange 🌿
A meium-small bird with brown and white stripes perches among dense buch of stems. The bird has a very heavy beak. The plant stems have purple flowers at their tops. The bird is apparently eating the flowers or seeds.
August 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
From Atlantic Birding today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Woodland; any bird in a forest setting; Alt. is #Yellow; on the bird or in the scene.
Yellow-headed Blackbirds feasting on sunflower seeds from 09/2023, Salida, Colorado.🌿
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Two birds perch on dried sunflower stalks. The bird first noticed is the male: His back is turned to us, but he is looking over his shoulder at the viewer. He is black with white wingbars just visible, and a stunning golden head, accented with a black beak. To the lower left is a female. She is so inconspicuous that she could be overlooked. She has brown and black striped feathers all over her body except for her head, which is brown with a white eye streak.
August 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#birdoftheday is #iridescence, so I reached back to 2012 to my very best photo of reflective birds -- a small flock of common grackles that visited my back yard feeder just once. But once was fabulous!
#BirdsofFrontRange #iNat
Three medium sized birds perching on the curved metal arms of a bird feeder stand. Two of the birds are facing away from the view, while one is facing towards the viewer. All three birds have indigo heads, lighter blue necks, bronze backs grading to purple primaries on their wings. Their esys are bright yellow, making a nice contrast against the dark blue. All feather colors are slighty shimmery, being produced by iridescence. The background is leafy green.
August 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
I may have posted this one before, but it was such a #PeekABoo moment that I'm putting it up again. I was thrashing around trying to see a rare bird when I realized this little chickadee was popping out to see me. 😊
#BirdOfTheDay #BirdsofFrontRange #iNat
Head shot of a small bird in a pine branches. The bird has a black cap, white head below its eye, and black chin and bib. Its ches is mottled white and black. The bird is staring directly at the view, and is close enough that you can see its eyelashes.
August 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
This Great Horned #Owl fledling with #DownyFeathers is my #BirdOfTheDay. It could work for yesterday's #Busted, too, because I am SO being judged.
#BirdsofFrontRange #iNat
August 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds. This saucy Song Sparrow didn't let us interrupt its snack when we met it on the trail last fall. We stepped aside and went about our business.
#BirdsofFrontRange #iNat
A small brown bird with a white striped chest stands in forest duff. Its body is facin right, but head is turned to the left to look at the viewer. Its tail is at a jaunty angle and it has a definite attitue in its pose.
August 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM