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Rob Crank Photography
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Very much an Amateur Hobbyist Photographer who loves Wildlife.

#EastCoastKin Arts Collective Member

User of Canon Gear

ONLY HERE FOR THE Wildlife, Fauna & Flora

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Good Morning all, I'm out all day today, so will pick up contributions tonight.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons&Doves, the Alt theme is #Black&White, any bird with them colours.
Here's a mixed set of Pigeons & Doves.

#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #PigeonSky
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Carolina Chickadee giving me the stare-down yesterday.
#birdoftheday #StareDown #birds #nature #photography
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Here’s the His and Hers #Staredown from my northern cardinal friends who perhaps are tired of being photographed. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #cardinals #nature #backyardbirds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin 🪶
Head-and-shoulders closeup of a male northern cardinal staring right at the camera. Female northern cardinal faces to the right but turns her head, with tuft raised, to stare into the camera.
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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My contribution to #BirdOfTheDay is this swan, captured at #RoyalParks. This is not Bruce. Bruce had a pristine beak. Still, the #StareDown was real and somewhat serious. Lol! Enjoy your day. 😊

#UKWildlife #BlackSwan #StJamesPark #Photography #Nature
The concentrated stare of a black swan.
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Bobbin the Robin #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #EastCoastKin #ukbirds
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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@robcrank68.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme to #StareDown, birds looking right at you. This Ruby-throated Hummingbird fits the bill.

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #PhotographersUnited
A square photof of male Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting on a red feeder, facing the camera. The bird is perched in profile on the feeder, its head turned to the right to stare directly at the photographer. The bird's belly is a pale green, with a white upper breast patch. The bird's throat feathers - the gorget - are an iridescent copper-orange color. The head, back, and shoulders are a deep iridescent emerald green, while the outer wing feathers are black. The background is completely out of focus green leaves.
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Stare down is the theme today. I’m rather glad that there was a fence separating me and this griffin vulture. And yeah, I think he won the staring competition 😳 Photo taken at the London Zoo

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin
A photograph of a griffin vulture. He’s facing towards the camera with his grey and white mottled wings stretched out to the sides. His neck and face are white, his very large and pointy beak is a light pink. He’s staring down at me with one golden eye and he doesn’t look too happy that I’m taking a pic of him.
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Bit late to the #birdoftheday today! The theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #StareDown (birds looking right at you).

This hawk owl chick was certainly doing that! It was impatiently waiting for the adult to feed it.

#EastCoastKin
#birds
#birdphotography
#canonphotography
A grey fluffy owlet sits on a dead branch looking straight at the camera with yellow eyes. Slate grey back, white and grey barred front. The background is green and purple hues of a Birch forest in spring.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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For #BirdOfTheDay #staredown I'll go with the #manycoloredrushtyrant and for #gulls, these 2 laughing Gulls.

#art #traditionalart #eastcoastkin #bskyart #skyart

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February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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A fledgling Steller's jay visiting our garden in the spring last year, no blue head markings yet, just a bunch of grey floof 🥰

#Birds #Jays #Corvids #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #BlueSky #Edmonds #PNW #BackyardBirds
A blue, grey, and black Steller's jay fledgling standing on a wooden trellis, looking into the camera, with a blue sky behind it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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The bird's body language is something like: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" 🤣
#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds 🪶 #photography #flyday #naturephotography #BirdLife #sony
A brown-black Myna bird on green grass, its forward-leaning posture and intense gaze saying: "Hey, what are you doing? I see everything!" ©Aw
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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#StareDown is the #BirdoftheDay theme, and this Black Oystercatcher certainly giving me that look! #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife #OMSystem #OM3
Black Oystercatcher looking right at me, a feather on its bill as it had been preening. On a weed covered rock, water behind. Strong contrast, dark, dramatic look.
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Long Eared Owl #BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #Birds
Long Eared Owl staring out of a hedgerow
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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socal-miked.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you

I've been made! #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdsky #woodpecker #hawk #osprey #birdsofprey #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #wildlife
red-tail hawk - brown bird with light chest - looking at the camera acorn woodpecker - black and white bird with red crown - looking at the camera osprey - brown bird with white - chest looking at the camera
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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I can see you, Human.

The only Northern Rockhopper penguin amongst a host of Southern Rockhoppers on the #FalklandIslands while we were there.
R5 451mm f8 1:640 ISO800
#BirdOfTheDay #Staredown #Birds #EastCoastKin #MinimalMonday #MacroMonday #ArtYear #Wildlife
Close up photo of a Northern Rockhopper Penguin face showing the red eye looking back at the camera. The face is black with a yellow eyebrow leading to flamboyant yellow feathers which are the distinguishing feature between this subspecies and the common Southern Rockhopper which is prevalent on the islands that make up the Falkland Islands. In this Northern sub species the yellow feathers are longer, more numerous and stick out more. A small area of white neck and part of the orange beak can also be seen
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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My camera and I were definitely not appreciated. #BirdoftheDay theme of #staredown 🪶
A fuzzy light brown, very large, Great horned owlet sits on a gray moss covered tree. It stares directly at the camera.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown any bird looking straight at you.
A puffin on the Isle of May.
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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belleab.bsky.social
A little late, but here’s my contribution to #BirdoftheDay. The theme is #staredown. Met this wild turkey a while ago, who was waiting right by my car, staring me down- clearly hoping for some treats! 🤷‍♀️
#birds #birding #wildturkey #photography
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February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#StareDown
Lark Bunting done in colored pencil.
A drawing of a Lark Bunting sitting on a barbed wire. Black breast feathers, purple and grey wing feathers, and a white circle around the eye.
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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dave1957.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, so here's a nuthatch doing just that.

#birds #photography
A Eurasian nuthatch, wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea), or simply nuthatch, looks straight at the camera by swivelling its head to its left.
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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This diva, who would like to speak to the manager… of my backyard? LOL 😂
#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown #birds 🪶 #photography #flyday #naturephotography #robins #eastcoastkin
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do.
Inquisitive juvenile Australian Magpie.
#bird 🪶
Wearing dusty brown mottled camouflage before the final black and white of adulthood. That sharp golden brown eye gazes intently past a very sharp grey beak.
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, here is a Black Billed Cuckoo doing just that.
Thanks to @robcrank68.bsky.social for todays theme!
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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As per @robcrank68.bsky.social,today's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Gulls.
Here are a couple of different incarnations of a Laughing #Gull. Summer, winter, and juvenile plumage. #birds #photography
February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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An intense stare by this Western Screech Owl
#birdoftheday #staredown
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February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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For my first entry into this lovely little trend, I present a handsome wood duck (taken April 2025 at Riefel Bird Sanctuary in Delta BC)!

Also, for the alt theme: this group of gulls (with GWGU front & centre) in Gibsons Harbour (taken Jun 2023).

#BirdOfTheDay #WoodDuck #GWGU #Gulls
A wood duck standing in some grass, staring right into your soul. The striking red and yellow face markings are visible even in this head-on shot, as are the pretty white lines breaking up the head and body into beautifully different sections. a row of gulls stands on the railing of a pier, with a pretty GWGU standing proudly in front. I am not great with gull IDs but I think I can see a few different species' tail feathers in the background.
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM