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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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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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jaxonsigns.bsky.social
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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andreapeterson.bsky.social
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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cumberlandjc.bsky.social
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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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
@alan678.bsky.social
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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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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tamanthak.bsky.social
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
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manchesterbirder.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls. This Peregrine was very aware of me 50 metres below, with a bonus Herring Gull. #birds
Peregrine on a pylon, staring down at me far below. Herring Gull on a post, with juvenile plumage fading into the pale grey of adulthood.
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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msj99.bsky.social
Red-footed Falcon #StareDown #BirdOfTheDay
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #StareDown as today’s #BirdOfTheDay.
Alt. Is #Gulls

I love a stare down picture, here’s a Blue Tit, Stonechat and Robin throwing me daggers!

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #stonechat #robin #bluetit
A Blue Tit in an Ivy bush in side profile with its head turned to look directly at the camera. The bird a in the shade and its angry eyebrows are on full display A Stonechat perched on a bramble facing into the setting sun with its head turned to stare down the camera. The background is out of focus grey cloud A Robin perched on a branch in sunshine facing directly into the camera. The bird is hunched down, ready to fly and staring directly into camera.
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #StareDown

Well, I just happened to shoot this adorably pear-shaped Song Sparrow today! A perfect frontal shot showing off its intricately patterned outfit and fierce attitude

-- Lost Lagoon, Vancouver. February 2026

#photography #birds
A Song Sparrow sitting on a bare branch facing me, with a tangle of brown branches in the background. It is fluffy and pear-shaped
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Per @robcrank68.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown, birds looking right at you, the Alt theme is #Gulls, any Gull will do.
#EastCoastKin
#photographersunited
#photography
#birds
Duck checking me out Curious goose The owl was not thrilled by being photographed at the event a couple of years ago Gull walking towards me
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown
Chilean Blue Eagle got his eyes on me
#BirdOfTheDay
#Birds🪶🦉
#NaturePhotography #birdphotography
#EastCoastKin
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM