#plumage
Beautiful plumage though
November 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
November 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#BirdOfTheDay #TexturedPlumage. Plumage? Not criticizing!🤪 Here is the textured plumage/feathers of a Solitary Sandpiper making waves. Hope your weekend is spent doing things you enjoy, even if it includes making waves!
November 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Wanted to share the plumage of the Chestnut-Back Chickadee.

#bird #Chestnut-BackChickadee #nature
November 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Golden-capped Parakeet

Endemic to southeastern and central Brazil.

Plumage: Mostly green body featuring a striking red forehead, lores, and orbital region grading into a yellowish crown, alongside a dull orange-red belly patch.

📸: @jarbas.mattos
November 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
November 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Pied Avocet

The species shows no seasonal plumage variation. The tail is white, and the legs are bluish. The long, black beak is slender and upturned.

Europe

📸: @irshan_ck
November 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
November 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Like capuchin monkeys, these South American birds are named after Capuchin monks & their distinctive hooded cowls.

The male moos like a cow, puffs up his plumage, and raises his bright orange undertail coverts (pompoms) to show off to potential females 😊

IG: @markrusli_ ~
@mandaiwildlifereserve
November 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Hello wonderful Bird friends! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TexturedPlumage Alt. Is #BeaksOpen. Here is a twofer - a Brandt's Cormorant preening its richly textured plumage with open beak. Sweet!
#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdsky #cormorants #BrandtsCormorant
November 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Day 60: One Horror movie I recommend

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)

#filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky
November 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Fire-tailed Myzornis.

It has bright green plumage with a black mask around the eyes and black scalloping on the crown.

The species is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.

📸: @krishnamurrthy
November 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Shhh! Be Very Quiet... Early morning. My little feathered sweetheart, Greta The Spruce Grouse (Husband of Gustavo, Sister of Gemma), practicing the fine art of camouflage. Stunning plumage. What a beauty.
♥️📸🇨🇦
#AlgonquinPark #SpruceGrouse #Birds #Wildlife #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada
November 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
November 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Quoicoubec
November 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Mute Swan.

The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a large, recognizable waterfowl species native to Europe and Asia and introduced in North America and other regions.

• Plumage: Wholly white body feathers in adults.

📸: @barbaravanbuerck
November 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Helen's @helenbennett.bsky.social themes for #BirdOfTheDay are #TexturedPlumage and alt: #BeaksOpen
The white tailed eagle is showing off some fine plumage in the sunlight.
#BOTD #birds #eagle #nature #photography #eastcoastkin
November 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Backlit.

A great egret preening its mating plumage. The wispy feathers are called aigrettes.Taken last spring.

#birds
#photography
#birdsoflbluesky
November 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
We can talk about this.🤷‍♀️
#BirdOfTheDay
#ButtShots
Staunton, Hampshire
November 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TexturedPlumage Any capture that highlights the patterns, and depth of a bird feathers.

This tricolor heron in mating plumage shows a richness in color and texture at the Gatorland rookery, Orlando.

#Birds #birding #ECK #FloridaBirds #herons
November 7, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Such a beautiful bird! Heres another view of the plumage when I was able to see one in person.
November 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
black phoebe
November 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
November 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Egret, in mating plumage

#photography #birds
November 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Per Helen: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TexturedPlumage Any capture that highlights the patterns, and depth of a bird's feathers.

Alt: #BeaksOpen any bird with an open beak or bill!

A male Northern Pintail and his beautiful plumage! #birds #photography #ECK
November 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM