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gettoknownature.bsky.social
Came across this amusing #WorstBirdPic from my archives. The bird is in focus even! There just isn’t very much of it. lol
(Ruddy Turnstone) #birds 🌿 #PhotoFailFriday
A stone jetty in the foreground with a small bird’s head just barely sticking up from behind it.
October 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
theineptbirder.bsky.social
I don't ONLY take many a #worstbirdpic, ...I also take a mean #worstbirdvid. Here's the full-length, no-edit, TRYING-MY-BEST, director's cut of a beautiful and graceful Forster's Tern. 🪶
October 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
theineptbirder.bsky.social
That time I thought I saw a rare rail across a pond. Spoiler alert: it was a Common Gallinule. Still pretty cool. But these pics. It’s like a #worstbirdpic montage. 🪶
October 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
watchinthesky.bsky.social
Indeed! This guy was about 100 yards away, at the closest…
Close enough to make out kestrel, otherwise #worstbirdpic 🤷‍♂️
November 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
theineptbirder.bsky.social
Do I have more pics? Yes! Are they even more horriblur? Yes! Here ya go. #worstbirdpic 🪶
October 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
quasimoduck.bsky.social
casi todo lo que tomo es #worstbirdpic pero miren qué carita tan tiernita.
October 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
theineptbirder.bsky.social
I have a lot of pics and stories to share from Cape May but first there’s a burning question. (The answer determines if I have a lifer or not.) So, …Purple Sandpiper? Not that one, the other one. (look lower) #worstbirdpic
(seen Oct. 22 on the Higbee jetty) Come on, you geniuses, help me out. 🪶
October 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
gettoknownature.bsky.social
Came across this amusing #WorstBirdPic from my archives. The bird is in focus even! There just isn’t very much of it. lol
(Ruddy Turnstone) #birds 🌿 #PhotoFailFriday
A stone jetty in the foreground with a small bird’s head just barely sticking up from behind it.
October 31, 2026 at 1:05 AM
gettoknownature.bsky.social
LOL
Ruby-crowned Kinglet doing that thing they do (zip all over like they’re playing “the tree is lava.”) But at least you can see its little golden feet!
#WorstBirdPic #birds 🌿
A small gray bird with a light belly has its wings spread as it leaps off a branch in a blur. Its legs are dark and feet are dark yellow.
October 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
saskajanet.bsky.social
In this photo you definitely NOT appreciate the eye ring, short beak and tail of the Ruby Crowned Kinglet, or how it constantly flicks its wings while foraging almost frantically through shrubs and trees
#PlacesWhereBirdsWereJustASecondAgo #worstbirdpic #birds
A blurry photo of twigs with brown and yellow leaves. Definitely no bird in this photo.
October 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Pileated woodpecker. This is not the most flattering photo 🤣
📷 #Texas, October 2026

#WorstBirdPic #Birds #Woodpeckers #Photography #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasStateParks
A pileated woodpecker at work on a branch. Only a portion of its body, one eye, and a little of its spiky hair are visible
October 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Pileated woodpecker (you'll have to trust me a little on this one).
📷 #Texas, October 2026

#WorstBirdPic #Birds #Woodpeckers #Photography #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasStateParks
A vertical branch. On it, on the opposite side from the camera, a black and white bird. Head not visible.
October 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
silkunderground.bsky.social
I also tried to get this guy in action, while scooping up bugs in the air above the meadow. dunno why I bothered 😅
#birds #PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic
the same ruby throated hummingbird from the quoted photo, this time a flying blur leaving the wire.
September 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
saskajanet.bsky.social
Seems about right for fall warbler viewing 🙄 #worstbirdpic #birdbutt (It's a Palm Warbler. Trust me) #birds
The backside of a warbler, perched on a bare twig. Its butt is in the air, showing off its yellow under-tail coverts.
September 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Another photo of a bird that turned out to not be a bird.
📷 #Texas, September 2026

#WorstBirdPic #NotABird #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography
A clump of dead brown leaves on the edge of the water. I really thought it was a bird. It was not.
September 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
watchinthesky.bsky.social
Thanks! I like it too and was not inclined to tag it as a #WorstBirdPic
September 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
saskajanet.bsky.social
This weekend was pretty much a bust for photos. Saw some interesting fall migrants but they were united in terrible lighting, and general zippiness in dense foliage 😂. Today it rained. Here’s a #worstbirdpic that managed to at least provide solid ID of my first Pine Siskin of the fall #birds
Very blurry photo of a bird leaving the scene with wings spread. A few bare twigs cross the frame and the sky behind is grey. The tiny bird has a heavily streaked body and a bright band of yellow through its wing.
August 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
watchinthesky.bsky.social
A very handsome Hooded oriole - probably 😆🌻
#WorstBirdPic
A bright yellow oriole flies up off of a feeder right when the camera shutter was pushed so it is very blurry. Filed under worst bird photo LOL
August 23, 2026 at 1:12 AM
nerdbird.bsky.social
Eight lifers on this Spain eclipse trip so far, including my main target - European bee-eater! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

🪶 #worstbirdpic
a mostly green bird with a yellow chin perched on a dainty twig, nothing but blue sky in the background
August 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
klifnotshort.bsky.social
#PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic

No , really , it’s a Northern Waterthrush .., 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
klifnotshort.bsky.social
#worstbirdpic #warblurs

Can you see the bird ?

I’ll add crop in comments
Bird pretending to be a leaf
December 11, 2024 at 4:33 AM
micathemineral.bsky.social
other highlights include this thrilling action shot, which I'm calling "Hold Still You Little Bastard"

#worstbirdpic
fog with the wingtip of a tern disappearing off the left edge
July 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
micathemineral.bsky.social
This weekend we took a boat trip out to an island off the coast of maine to see puffins and other seabirds. 🪶 The only thing that could have improved the trip is SLIGHTLY less fog.

I'm so excited to be digging into my photos and finding masterpieces like this common tern shot! 😍

#worstbirdpic
July 9, 2024 at 10:59 PM
micathemineral.bsky.social
spring migration going great so far! 🪶 #worstbirdpic

(this post brought to you by autofocus's one true love: branch)
May 4, 2024 at 3:46 PM
jacob-long.com
#WorstBirdPic exposure was a little too long
November 13, 2024 at 10:38 AM