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@fraggenstein.bsky.social

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #singing, bird’s singing or calling. The Alt theme is #bowed birds with their heads bowed - set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ Managed to catch the iridescent colours of this Starling whilst it was calling 😁🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #EastCoastKin

Photo taken in garden ~ South Wales

The European Starling is a common, highly social, and noisy bird, often seen in large, fast-moving flocks. Here is a detailed description:

They are medium-sized birds, slightly smaller than a blackbird or an American robin.

They appear quite "chunky" or sturdy, with a very short, triangular tail and a long, slender, pointed beak.

In flight, their wings are short and pointed, making them look somewhat like a four-pointed star.

At a distance, they appear mostly black.

Up close during Spring/Summer their feathers are actually a highly glossy, metallic, or iridescent black, with strong purple and green sheens.

In winter, their feathers become less glossy, appearing browner and covered in many small, bright white spots.

The beak changes colour with the seasons, appearing yellow in the breeding season (summer) and darker or brownish in the winter.

They are very active and confident on the ground, often walking or running quickly rather than hopping.

They are highly gregarious, meaning they spend most of the year in large, noisy flocks.

They are loud and produce a wide variety of sounds, including constant rattles, whirrs, clicks, and whistles.

In winter, they are famous for forming "murmuration's"— massive, swirling, and rapidly changing shapes in the sky at sunset.

Silhouette: A chunky body with a very short tail.

Speckled/spangled appearance.

Fast, direct flight in groups.

January 21, 2026 at 12:22 PM

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R. Pangan

@rmpangan.bsky.social

Double the beauty to start you day!💕 Good morning! Let's make it a fantastic day!💖🌄
#RoseWednesday
#MyGarden
#rosesofbluesky
#Flowers
#gardening
#MyRoseGarden
#PrettyInPink
#bloomscrolling
#gardenersofbluesky
#ColorADay
#eastcoastkin

📸 June 23, 2025

Two pink roses in full bloom from June 2025 in my garden. Fully double cup-shaped, medium sized, mid pink that fades to pale pink as they mature. The one in front - closer to the camera has a few more petals in the middle still unopened while the one at the back is fully opened revealing a yellow stamen. Green leaves in background and blurred grass. A petal of another rose to the left also caught in camera. I love this shade of pink! I bought and planted myself but I can't remember its name. 🤔 Medium frangrance.

January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM

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Jenny

@jenneke1961.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
☕☕

Out of bloom fluffy, white flower with little raindrops. Dark backdrop.

January 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM

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Putzi Overground

@putzioverground.bsky.social

'Schnee und Eis nah dran' #FotoVorschlag - Eisblumen

Blick von oben auf eine rosa blühende Primel, deren Blüten und Blätter von weißen Eiskristallen überzogen sind.

January 20, 2026 at 8:06 AM

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elegantcloud51.bsky.social

@elegantcloud51.bsky.social

Just finished this small acrylic on canvas board. Started it probably a year ago. Time for completion. We see a lot of Cardinals at our feeder and around in the woods. Beautiful.

January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM

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Climb To The Clouds

@climbtotheclouds.bsky.social

Good morning. Happy Wednesday.
Unrelenting flow changes the landscape, even if we taste drought, we keep cutting our path.
Have a beautiful day, my friends.
#photography #WaterfallWednesday #nature #waterfalls #hiking #EastCoastKin #newhampshire

January 21, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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Pelzerb

@pelzerb.bsky.social

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all

#ImageAndVerse
#EmilyDickinson
#SilentSunday
#SkySunday
#Poem314
#stunday

📷 01/11/26 #EastCoastKin
Spa Creek, Annapolis, MD (US)
#MobilePhoto #Photography

A vertical outdoor photograph showing golden dried ornamental grasses with feathery plumes bend gracefully in the foreground against a bright blue sky with wispy white clouds. Bare winter tree branches are visible in the background, creating a peaceful winter landscape scene.

January 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM

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Pelzerb

@pelzerb.bsky.social

Adopt the pace of nature:
her secret is patience. 🌲🌊
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Taking a lesson from the Severn
River on yesterday's walk.
Sometimes the best way to get
through the week is to slow
down and just watch the water.

#WaterWednesday
#Photography #EastCoastKin
Annapolis, Maryland. (U.S.)

Calm blue water stretches toward a concrete bridge in the distance. Bare tree branches frame the top of the image against a blue sky with white clouds. An evergreen shrub and dried golden reeds appear in the right foreground along the shoreline.

January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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Luis Cordoba Photographer

@luiscordoba.bsky.social

A cozy, playful warm-up after one of the coldest winters since 2016
#humansOfBlueSky #portraits #cityscape

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#storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #cityscape #photography #portrait #landscape #just #today #winter #morning #sunrise

January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM

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#LoudORCHID

@ladyslipperhere.bsky.social

#Coffee #GoodMorning ☕️☕️
#BlueSky #Worldwide
#PHOTOGRAPHY
#LoudORCHID 😱
#DigitalIMAGE
#LadySlipperHERE <
#PhotographersOfBlueSKY 🦋

January 21, 2026 at 10:10 AM

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Sally Parker, @ArtQuartet

@artquartet.bsky.social

#Artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) created shadow boxes containing found objects and collage (known as assemblages). To the audience they are visual puzzles and sometimes unsolved mysteries.
#LegendaryWednesday
#art #mystery

January 21, 2026 at 11:40 AM

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Solivagant

@wanderingsag.bsky.social

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (21st January) was at 7.58am, sunset is at 4.38pm

January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM

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Standing Mountain

@standingmountain.bsky.social

𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎,
𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚕-
𝚄𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎
𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎,
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚛é𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎..

#WisdomKeeper