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localpatchclub.bsky.social
See, #notabranch!

#birds, #garden, #localpatch, #nuthatch, #concrete, #birding
The nuthatch, familiar from recent posts, is now climbing up the stack of concrete slabs, the camera on its back. But for the photo, it looks over its left shoulder, turning its head with its pointed beak towards the viewer – like a three-year-old checking to see if its parents have noticed its little trick.
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
danjohnsonart.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay is 'Any Bird Having a Bath' or a Robin. Why not both?? I nearly posted this yesterday for 'notabranch' - glad I saved it.

🪶 #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding
A robin bathing in a bird bath on a sunny day, with ruffled feathers. Photo by Dan Johnson
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
lucidillusions.in
Floating...

Sucks that humans can't stop littering.

#BirdOfTheDay #notabranch

#Heron #Birds #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography
A grey morph reef heron floating on a piece of thermacol in the docks. There are plastic bottles around it.
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
antidramallama.bsky.social
Weeeee bit late! Oops! #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #notabranch So birds perched on anything except a branch. I’m posting house swallows on my short scalloped iron fence.
#birds #photography #WestCoastKin #Birds
Three small birds perch on a round top of a scalloped black metal fence. A conus flower and huge squash plant are in front of them.
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
hardlikearmour.bsky.social
Went through the camera roll to find a good example of #notabranch for today's #BirdOfTheDay and came up with these moppets. Seen at a visit to the Horicon Marsh last month. #birds
2 juvenile Barn Swallows perched on a rope fence rail. The plane of focus is on the nearer bird.
September 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
mstreefrog.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #notabranch
A Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) photo from this past February, Samish Flats, Skagit County, WA.
📷🪶🦉
A Short-eared Owl, looking over its right shoulder while perched on a post with a large round dowel atop for use by the owls and other birds in the area (including harriers, herons, bald eagles, and ravens)
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
wiccewicker.bsky.social
#NotABranch
September 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
infinite8horizon.com
Today's #BirdOfTheDay chosen by
@alan678.bsky.social is any bird #notabranch

I'm having too much fun with this, so here are a few more...
Pairs each time, swallows, comb-crested jacana, royal spoonbill and great egret
#photography #birds #EastCoastKin
A pair of nest-building swallows, one in mid-flight just leaving the nest, the other partially alighted with wings still open a pair of swallows on a timber railing, both singing, one very stridently Two comb-crested jacanas backlit by strong early-morning light, illuminating their red combs brightly Strange companions, a royal spoonbill and a great egret standing almost pinion to pinion in the early morning, standing in the shallow waters of a lagoon.
September 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
roabrams.bsky.social
heron on a roof, taken several years ago in Florida #Birdoftheday #notabranch #EastCoastKin #photography
A heron stands on a tiled roof in Florida
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
johnj3b.bsky.social
A late Summer visitor -- a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird pauses to contemplate her long southern journey.
📷Fujifilm X-T5 w/Fujinon XF 55-200mm Lens (2025)
#AnimalArtTuesday, #Birds, #notabranch, #BirdOfTheDay, #EastCoastKin, #Photography, #PhotographersofBluesky, #Hummingbirds, #MaineCoast
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
lizziewallis.bsky.social
Male bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) (aka Bearded tit) on a reed in North Norfolk.
I'm a bit late for today's
#BirdofTheDay theme: #NotABranch
#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
Male bearded reedling, a small passerine, long-tailed, cinnamon-brown bird found in reedbeds, easily identified by the male's distinctive blue-grey head and black "moustache" which droops down the sides of its cheeks. It is perched on a reed, with a seedy head, and the background is a reed bed.
September 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
earthlingnoreally.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #NotABranch #AnimalArtTuesday #TelephoneBox -ish

Confused pigeon waits for a bird call - 2025

#Phonetography
#EastCoastKin #ArtYear #peckupthephone #coo-coo #RaptureIMeanCallMe
A pigeon on the tiles near the payphones in Main Street Station in Toronto. A person has entered the station, with other people in the background. Windows are reflecting daylight on the tiles.
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
scifigab.bsky.social
Barn Swallow

#notabranch #birds
September 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
norvysdesigns.bsky.social
A bird for #BirdOfTheDay standing on, #notabranch but a stone at the harbour.
#nature #harbour #stives #Cornwall #birds #photography
A photograph of a bird stood on a stone at the harbour. There are a few birds in the background.
September 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
jamessh0000.bsky.social
The birds at Glenveagh Castle don't use branches for lunch #BirdOfTheDay #notabranch
A chaffinch standing on the edge of a plate, on an outside table, helping themselves to some coleslaw and puff pastry
September 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
photoguy556.bsky.social
Another one for
@alan678.bsky.social
’s #BirdOfTheDay. The theme today is #notabranch (So birds perched on anything except a branch).
And for #Twosday here are 2 young Cardinals, I don't usually get two of these at the same time. #cardinals #botd #EastCoastKin #backyardbirding #shotthroughawindow
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
birdsnbooks.bsky.social
For #birdoftheday #notabranch a handsome and hopeful Australian magpie perched on a cafe chair offering to share my breakfast. Sunshine Coast 2022 🪶
A large black and white bird with a long bill perched on the back of a cafe chair and peering toward the camera.
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
babybunnehh.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #notabranch
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
dwightreads.bsky.social
My submission for
#BirdOfTheDay #notabranch #rockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue #waterbird #GreatBlueHeron #birds #wildlife #photography #outdoors #florida
#PhotographersUnited #nature
#ArtChallenges #photohour
#EastCoastKin #AnimalArtTuesday
A Great Blue Heron is standing on some grey rocks looking towards the turquoise water of the Gulf of Mexico.
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
they-live-among-us.bsky.social
Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #notabranch (birds perched on anything but a branch). Here‘re my contributions: an eastern mockingbird perched on a utility pole, and a juvenile red-tail perched on a fence.

#wildlifephotorgaphy #urbandwildlife #mockingbird #red-tailedhawk
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
annaherrington.bsky.social
Female or juvenile Black-headed grosbeak... I think. 🪶
#birdoftheday #notabranch
Bird with black/white stripe head, soft brown breast, white stripes in wings, fat beak, sitting on metal fencing, with something in its beak.
September 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
scoffeywrites.bsky.social
#birdoftheday #notabranch
Poor little guy hit a window and was rescued by my son. Flew off after a few minutes.
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
dan-arc.bsky.social
The sun had just disappeared when I spotted this great blue heron down the river. Got my camera setup just in time to film them catching a lil fishy
#BirdOfTheDay #NotABranch #bird #birds #wildlife #canada
September 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
In this case, the pipes are calling … #notabranch #treeswallow #massaudubon #birdphotography #birds 🪶
A tree swallow, with its iridescent blue forehead shining as it looks toward the camera, is perched on a green pipe facing right to left. Photo taken at the Massachusetts Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick MA
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
photoguy556.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #notabranch (birds perched on anything except a branch), I give you a House Wren in his house. From April until July these guys are in this house. They seem to pack up and leave overnight. #housewren #canonR10 #EastCoastKin #photography #botd
September 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM