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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

thank you Rob 😀

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 1d

The mass murderer wants petrol from Azerbaijan 🤬

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

This is so interesting, thank you!

Petr Prochazka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 1d

These cute light feathers around the beak! 😍

Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Team „Everyone is suspicious“

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

"Der Balken ist kaputt" 😂

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 3d

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

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DeHortOp/OutAndAbout @dehortop.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

Love it! 😍

Amy Gann @amygann.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 6d

Too cute and beautiful tone in tone picture!

Baj Mihal @bajmihal.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

#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 · 6d

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 · 7d

Yes, absolutely! Amazing colors

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 7d

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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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 7d

Friss das, Maggus 😆

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 8d

#nichtmeinbundesrat 😡

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Batumi Raptor Count @batumiraptorcount.org · 9d

170.000 RAPTORS IN ONE DAY!

After yesterday’s heavy rain and a quiet morning, today the sky exploded with Steppe Buzzards and large eagles! Continuing from 10 am until almost the end of the count.

At some point, we counted over 14.000 raptors in less than 20 minutes. THAT'S BATUMI!

#ornithology

Today's totals! See our website for more details!

Steppe Buzzards. Photo by Filiep T'jollyn

After-count team photo - with perhaps the most beautiful rainbow ever seen in the background

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Katha Traenkle @kathat.bsky.social · 8d

Natürlich haben die einen Plan B und oft das nötige Kleingeld dafür 😡

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 9d

Back to old #Iceland photos! Two different drone views of the same river braid area in the south-east - the first taken in June 2021 on the #DJIAir2S, the second in October 2024 on the #DJIMavic3Pro.

A network of river braids across a plain with grey rocky sand and yellow vegetation. A tiny green tree can just be seen on the sand. The water is turquoise.

A wider version of the previous photo, taken from the opposite angle. Still lots of turquoise river braids and some dried up rivers meandering across grey rocky sand with some yellow vegetation. A couple of little bushes can just be seen, with autumnal colours.

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