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dehortop.bsky.social
#UnexpectedNeighbours is the alternate theme for #BirdoftheDay.

Have a nice day everyone 🙋‍♀️🍀
June 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
johnbcaddell.bsky.social
I was trying to get a pic of this black #bird foraging for insects when I got photo bombed by a #yak.
talk about #UnexpectedNeighbours.
#BirdOfTheDay
June 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
rboley.bsky.social
Both #Stripes and #UnexpectedNeighbours in this shot of a Bananaquit and a lizard.

#BirdOfTheDay #ECK #Bonaire
Bananaquit and lizard on a cactus
June 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
aurorag2.bsky.social
Nene
#stripes #unexpectedneighbours
#birdoftheday
June 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
davemeredith.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #UnexpectedNeighbours. Black-headed Gulls keeping their distance from a cousin of theirs, a Mediterranean Gull.

#Cheshire #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s #ManualFocusLens
June 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
adamlittle.bsky.social
#UnexpectedNeighbours here at @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Barnes for @alan678.bsky.social ‘s #BirdoftheDay #Birds #Herons @everyheron.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
June 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
onlyme56.bsky.social
For Alan's alt' theme for #BirdOfTheDay of #UnexpectedNeighbours here's a #Mallard & a #Crow plus a Mallard & a #Pigeon 😁 #birds
June 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
sdcushing.bsky.social
Alan H @alan678.bsky.social shares the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Stripes or #UnexpectedNeighbours:
alan678.bsky.social Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · Jun 12
Good morning. Oh dear.🥴🙄😂 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage. The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species, whether animal, insect, or human.

Willow Warbler

#birds #photography #ECK
A Willow Warbler perches among the dense blue-green needles of a spruce tree, illuminated by warm sunlight. The small songbird faces upward with its slender beak open in mid-song, revealing a pale yellow throat and soft olive-brown plumage. Sunlit branches crisscross the frame, creating a natural lattice around the bird, while the background melts into a blur of green foliage and patches of bright blue sky. The image captures a fleeting moment of birdsong on a clear day, with the warbler appearing alert and animated amid the evergreen canopy.
June 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM
lorichirp.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage. The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species, whether animal, insect, or human.
#birds #photography #ECK

For the alt, a Sandhill Crane and a Canada Goose couple
June 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
splphoto.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt. theme is #UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #naturephotography #photography #wildlife #tanzania 🪶 #splphoto
June 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
aceyy03.bsky.social
#birdoftheday behind every pigeon is a rodent after some seed #unexpectedneighbours

#birds #woodpigeon #rockpigeon #ukbirding #photography #birdphotography #birdwatching #naturephotography #brownrat #greysquirrel #wildlifephotography #canon
June 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
marjosl.eurosky.social
So Alan @alan678.bsky.social have set the themes for #BirdOfTheDay on #Stripes and #UnexpectedNeighbours is here a eagle owl and I hope i have the name good and it fits the theme.
#ECK #Birds #AdlerundWolfpark
June 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
mygardenuk.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @alan678.bsky.social is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage. The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours

Here’s a Wood Pigeon and two striped Sparrows sharing a frame. There is a chicken too. 😄

#Birds #Nature #Twofer #Garden
June 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
goldenfinch.bsky.social
🪶Good Morning Birdies🪶
#BirdoftheDay theme #UnexpectedNeighbours - wee Greylag gosling with Moorhen…☘️😅☘️
June 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
rina2012.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage. The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours

A goldfinch has really beautiful stripes. 🪶

#birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #Scape
A close-up of a goldfinch perched on a twig. It is photographed from the side and is looking slightly downwards. In the foreground is a green leaf; the background is grey.
June 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
fkarpala.bsky.social
This #birdoftheday duck has #unexpectedneighbours.
June 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
mariska68.bsky.social
Goodmorning! Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage and the alt being #UnexpectedNeighbours
My pick for today is a #ReedBunting
June 12, 2026 at 7:37 AM
justinejones.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours #Birds #CattleEgrets #Cattle

First time seeing cattle egrets, so neighborly!
Three white cattle egrets foraging or preening while standing close to three black cattle lying and grazing in tall green grass in a sunlit pasture.
June 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
bajarka1.bsky.social
Good morning from 🇵🇱👋
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes - #MyClick 1, 2.
The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species, whether animal, insect, or human - 3, 4.
#birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
June 12, 2026 at 6:37 AM
heljel.bsky.social
#UnexpectedNeighbours #Birdoftheday a goose with a clipped wing Spitfire at Coningsby Lincolnshire. Two superb fliers!

#Birds #Spitfire
June 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
bobpop13.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage and the alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours, Spinifex Pigeon in Australia and surprised Blue Tit.
June 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
stonesphotographs.bsky.social
As today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage and the alt being #UnexpectedNeighbours
I give you this "Wheatear" covering both themes.

@rspb.bsky.social #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #ThePhotoHour
June 12, 2026 at 6:40 AM
martinsepion.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt. theme is UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species #birds #wildlife #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #photography #wildlife #BirdLife

I suppose they are both basically reptiles, from the point of view of taxonomy.
Coot plus terrapin on a log in the water
June 12, 2026 at 8:41 AM
vaughnmatthews.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stripes, any bird with stripes in their plumage. The alt is #UnexpectedNeighbours,
Birds sharing a frame with another species, whether animal, insect, or human.

A beautiful male Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

#naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife
June 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
maufie.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay alt theme today #UnexpectedNeighbours set by @alan678.bsky.social
Okavango delta Botswana at twilight. Not sure what the birds are though. 😊
June 12, 2026 at 7:08 AM