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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 13h

thank you, Alan! 😀

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 13h

Colorful and cute 😍

Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 22h

Good morning. My co host Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has announced today's #BirdOfTheDay is the 'Family Paridae of Birds' which constitute 'Tits, Chickadees & Titmice'

Fortuitous for me as I saw this little Coal Tit in my garden yesterday. #birds #Stunday #photography #EastCoastKin

A small coal tit perches delicately on a cluster of fading pink hydrangea blooms. The bird’s black cap and bib contrast with its pale cheeks and buff-toned breast, while its tiny claws grip the petals for balance. The background is softly blurred in dark green, highlighting the vivid texture and colour of the flowers

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 14h

love the acrobatic mr beared tit! 😀

Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 22h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is the 'Family Paridae of Birds' which constitute 'Tits, Chickadees & Titmice'

My visit to RSPB Leighton Moss to capture the 'Bearded Tits' inspired today's theme

My choices are Blue Tit, Marsh Tit & Mr & Mrs Bearded Tits

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding

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alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social · 23h

Have a super Sunday! Pause to watch birds, birds are beautiful. Be kind today make someone’s day a little better. Snow Bunting, these beautiful birds are arriving in the UK for the winter. Usually found along the coast. #sundayvibes #sunday #birds #birdwatching #birding

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 16h

🪶Today's #BirdOfTheDay is the 'Family Paridae'
@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social
#birds #naturephotography

Here is a Marsh Tit, a bird often overlooked

marsh tit on a vertical branch, the bird is looking to the right, on top of the branch, there is a part of a greish leaf. The background different light brown tones, and a bit greenish, a perfect background for the little bird in his brown, black white coloring

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Juveniles/Chicks'
@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social
#birds 🪶

So, here are they! Long-eared Owl juveniles

3 chicks in a cherry tree, 2 of them looking toward me with huge orange eyes

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 3d

A #GreyPlover posing for #BirdOfTheDay #Spotted

#EastCoastKin #scape #bird #birdphotography #photography #photographersofbluesky #Florida

A black and white spotted Gray Plover (aka Black-bellied Plover)stands in light blue, shallow ocean water. In front of it is gray sand. Behind it is a foamy breaking wave.

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

thank you Rob 😀

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

The mass murderer wants petrol from Azerbaijan 🤬

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #spotted

These Common Snipes got spotted, which is not always easy, due to the perfect stripes
#birds #naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social

thwo common snipes in a swamp meadow in light green and brown tones. the birds are looking to the left, showing there super long beaks

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

This is so interesting, thank you!

Petr Prochazka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 7d

What an epic return! 🤩🌍🐦

A common snipe tagged in April 2025 near Olomouc is back in Czechia after migrating to the Yamalo-Nenets AO (east of the Urals) – a round trip of over 7,500 km!

#HABITRACK #ornithology #birdmigration #snipe

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

These cute light feathers around the beak! 😍

Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Spotted, and this Red-tailed Hawk definitely had me under observation.
#Birds
📷🪶👀

A red-tailed hawk was right over the road in a tree at the Ridgefield NWR driving tour. And of course, I had my longest lens on the camera. Photo from February of this year.

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

Team „Everyone is suspicious“

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 4d

"Der Balken ist kaputt" 😂

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 5d

Höre gerade das Interview mit Omar Bartov, so mega interessant, danke!

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DeHortOp/OutAndAbout @dehortop.bsky.social · 7d

Silly #Walks today for #BirdOfTheDay

You may not see the silly in the picture but i remember watching those birds walking around silly 😅

Have a nice day everyone 🍀

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 7d

Ganz ehrlich, ich freue mich tierisch über jede dieser Aktionen! Leider wird es wieder irgendeine fürchterlich Aktion gegen Ukrainische Zivilbevölkerung geben 😡

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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 8d

I realized I’ve neglected to put a #Duck up for today’s #BirdOfTheDay - so many favorites, but I do think the Northern Pintail is a rather dapper duck.
#Birds
📷🪶🦆

A pair of Northern Pintails, drake in the foreground and hen in the rear, swimming along the Padilla Bay Trail, Skagit County Washington

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 8d

Love it! 😍

Amy Gann @amygann.bsky.social · 9d

An older photograph, but fitting for the #birdoftheday theme of #AllWeathers. Sandhill crane gathered on a foggy morning. As the sun rose, the light provided an orange-pink glow.

#birds #nature #wildlife #crane #sandhillcrane #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A group of sandhill crane in the water. They are surrounded by fog and have an orange-pink glow from the rising sun

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 8d

Too cute and beautiful tone in tone picture!

Baj Mihal @bajmihal.bsky.social · 8d

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) 🪶 Орехче

Tiny wren perched on an old fence that was once painted brown but is lost a lot of the colour and is now spotted with lighter, beige stripes and spots, a perfect blend of for the camouflage plumage of the bird. Lighter blurry background.

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Jan Casavant @jancasavant.bsky.social · 8d

For #BirdOfTheDay I have to post my favorite duck--a male #CinnamonTeal in Petaluma, California. We don't have this species in Mass. and I miss them! 🧡

#birds #ducks #tealducks #EastCoastKin #EllisCreek #NorCal #photography #Olympus #reflections @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social

A handsome male Cinnamon Teal duck with a cinnamon-red colored body feathers, a red eye, and brown, white and blue on its wings, gliding across a pond with reflections of green tule reeds. Seen at Ellis Creek wetlands in Petaluma, California.

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 8d

#BirdOfTheDay #ducks #photography
#birds

Ducks sheltering in a cosy spot near a bridge, Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran

We see 8 mallard ducks sheltering in a nook made from hewn stones as water rushes by

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 8d

Today's #birdoftheday theme is 'ducks'.
@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social
#bird #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

Did I mention that I love Shovelers? Here is one 😅

Here a male Northern Shoveler

A male Shoveler with orange eye, swimming to the left in light blue water, showing also it red brown side

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, absolutely! Amazing colors

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 9d

Its obvious, #autumnvibes are everywhere!
#birds 🪶 #naturephotography
#lowcarbonbirding

Fieldfare

Fieldfare in a kind of cherry tree, with red cherries, the bird is looking to the right side, legs covered with the leafs. background light blue-green

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