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cathey.bsky.social
A female Eastern Towhee takes a break between vocal performances. If you've ever heard their calls to their mates, you'll understand. 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #Birds #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
hravn.bsky.social
#BirdoftheDay theme is #Shortbeaks today!
Not the greatest pic, but a handsome house #finch all puffed up!
#Flyday #EastCoastKin #BirdsofBluesky
A small round bird with mottled brown wings, and a red head and chest perches on a bare branch. Bits of snow coating the branches.
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
catsandwordle.bsky.social
Hi PB.

A wonderful photo of an AWWsome little fluffball. Thank you!

#ShortBeaks #BirdOfTheDay
#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #EastCoastKin
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
birdsandcats.bsky.social
Red-tailed Hawk
#BirdOfTheDay
#ShortBeaks
Red-tailed hawk seen from behind, sitting on fence, head is turned to the right.
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
socal-miked.bsky.social
Our themesters hath decreed: today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ShortBeaks

I hath complied with the female and male gambel's quail (I wonder if they see other quails and think, "I wish I had one of those things on MY head"?) #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #PhotographersOfBlueSky #quail
female gambel's quail - grey bird with white and maroon accent - look just past the camera male gambel's quail - grey bird with maroon and white accents - foraging in the desert.
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
southwesternimages.bsky.social
I named this guy Valentino. He's pretty teeny and very proud. ❣️🪶
Yuma, AZ ~ November 2025
#birdoftheday #shortbeaks
The vermilion flycatcher, a small bird with a bright red head and a black back. If it turned around, it's chest would match it's red head ❣️ He's sitting on a simple branch with a green background..
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
tonycava.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #OregonJunco #NorthStateHospital

An Oregon junco is perched on the rusted second floor emergency exit stair of the ruin of the Frasier Building at the former North State Hospital in #SedroWoolleyWA
A tiny black and brown Oregon junco looking directly into the camera is perched on the rusted second floor emergency exit stair of the ruin of the Frasier Building at the former North State Hospital in Sedro Woolley WA
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
adrianen.bsky.social
#ShortBeaks and #Pigeons #Birds
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
robcrank68.bsky.social
Nice set of captures AcECox, although today's #BirdOfTheDay was #ShortBeaks & Pigeons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
kevguttridge.bsky.social
A Goldfinch in the Evening sun. #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #Birds
A Goldfinch on a branch catching the evening sun.
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
goossen.bsky.social
My favorite bird pic, this Bluetit drying near my terrace after a refreshing bath.

#BirdoftheDay #ShortBeaks #birdphotography #vroegevogels #harbrinkhoek #tuinvogels #backyarddreams #bluetit #pimpelmees
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
geertkb.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks
A blue tit enjoying a bath, feathers fluffed and water droplets flying. Small bird, big character.

#SonyAlpha #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin
Blue tit bathing in shallow water, photographed at eye level. The bird’s blue, yellow and white feathers are fluffed, with water droplets splashing around it. The soft golden background creates a calm, painterly atmosphere.
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
cherylquine.bsky.social
A bird in the hand… This female greenfinch had to have some R&R after startling itself by flying into my house a few summers ago. Locally, their decline in numbers is noticeable. #ShortBeaks #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶 #eastcoastkin #nature
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
dudedad640.bsky.social
#birdoftheday
#ShortBeaks
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
izandra.bsky.social
we're doing #ShortBeaks again, so here is a white-crowned sparrow. #BirdOfTheDay
A white-crowned sparrow with a bright pink beak (I think I overdid the color in this, but I do recall being intrigued by its very pink beak). It is sitting on a stretched out branch of a plant with long thin leaves, back towards the viewer, head in profile to the left.
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
BotD theme is short beaks. Have a robin, dunnock and coal tit. All with short beaks. Throwing in a starling. Longer beak (proportional to body) but way shorter than, say, a pelican’s. Right? 🤣 All from today

#BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #LondonBirds #Birds #Photography
A photograph of a robin. It is perched on a bramble, facing to the left. It’s mainly greyish-brown with a distinctive orange chest. Behind it is blurred vegetation. A photograph of a dunnock. It is a mainly grey bird with some brown, finch-like patterning. It is perched on a thin, bare twig, looking to the right. Not sure how the twig supports this bird to be honest. Lots of other bare twigs around it, with blurred vegetation and blue sky in the background. A photograph of a coal tit. It is a black and grey bird, small. It is standing on a branch, under some alder seeds and is obscured by some other branches. A total nightmare to get this guy in focus. A photograph of a starling. It is a smallish, dark bird with speckles. There is also some iridescence - green in this case. The bird is perched on a thin bare branch, obscured by other twigs. Behind is a tree branch and sky, blurred.
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
dbminshall.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks - here’s a couple of photos of Blue Tit. Both were taken near St. Clears in South Wales, first in 2024, second in 2025. #ukwildlife #birds @robcrank68.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
cherylquine.bsky.social
Whilst fondly termed robin redbreast, the robin’s feathers are actually orange. We didn’t have a name in the UK for this colour until the fruit started to be imported in the 14thC. It took another few hundred years for it to become the name for a colour. #ShortBeaks #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶
January 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
gwen4braves.bsky.social
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is fast and loves suet! 🪶
#ShortBeaks #BirdOfTheDay
A small olive colored bird with a ruby crown is grabbing a fast bite of suet at a feeder
January 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
the-old-kid.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #ShortBeaks
Here are two juvenile white-crowned sparrows having a little scuffle.
#White-crownedSparrow #sparrows #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #smallbirds #birdsinflight #BirdsInFight #🪶
January 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
linda2.bsky.social
It is only January. Yet, global politics remain ever contentious and present in all our lives. Don't you wish you were a Lesser Antillean Bullfinch?

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #ShortBeaks #birdphotography #ornithology #Photography #wildlifephotography
A Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (female) poised on the back of chair, side profile, seeking food from tables.
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
mfoley25.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as set by Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social
is #ShortBeaks. Here is a Oregon Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) on the feeder.
#FlyDay
#EastCoastkin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Birds #Junco
#Nature #Photography
a small Oregon Dark-eyed Junco, is perched on the edge of a rustic, metal bird feeder. the bird has a distinctive dark, sooty hood contrasting with a brown back and sides, and a white belly. it is pecking at a mix of seeds, including sunflower seeds and corn kernels. the background is softly blurred.
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
txsccs.bsky.social
A couple of Francolins in Maui. They were not tame, but they were definitely used to people. #shortbeaks #BirdOfTheDay
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
maxxxdoubt.bsky.social
#birds #nature
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks or #ShortBeak or #Short Beak. Here's an American Tree Sparrow with a short, two colored beak, dark on the upper and yellow on the lower. That feature alone makes them pretty easy to identify among other similar looking sparrowish birds.
January 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
measureofcalm.bsky.social
From a different place and a different season, a goldfinch pauses during a meal. #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeaks #EastCoastKin
A goldfinch in fall plumage sits on a thin branch of a bush. Its body is facing away from the camera, and its head it turned to the left. It has been eating and has some seed debris on top of its beak. In the top left of the frame a spent flower hangs down.
January 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM