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patricianicoloso.bsky.social
Curicaca/Buff-necked Ibis
Theristicus caudatus
#animal #animais #animals #fotografias #photography #foto #photograph #photo #photos #birding #birdwatching #torres #torresrs #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
#OutStretched is the #BirdoftheDay theme, and didn't quite get the sharpest focus on either the flying or stationary Brown Pelican, but still like this shot. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Seascape
A Brown Pelican in flight, wings outstretched and the line of the wings closely matches the edge of the incoming wave. Another Pelican stands on a rock looking out to sea, as a wave breaks on the far right of frame.
December 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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tjwestre.bsky.social
It was a bit windy 🦅 💨

#birds #wildlifephotography
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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aditya-singh.bsky.social
Togetherness
Painted Storks
#birds #indianbirds #nature #birdphotography #birdphotos #wildlife
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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kupac1.bsky.social
At Braeside Park in Melbourne I witnessed a fight between a Straw-necked Ibis and an Australian Magpie. Usually when birds get into a tiff, it's over in seconds and they go their separate ways. But these two were going at it for five minutes. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingMelbourne #ibises #magpies
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Reddish Egret
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
A female Great Curassow in deep thought at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

Or maybe she's thinking about lunch.

#CostaRica #birds #nature
A large crested bird with a black head, white-speckled crown, and rich chestnut wings standing on a branch against a green forest background.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Glossy Ibis
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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tomcadwallender.bsky.social
Southern Screamer in the Brazilian Pantanal. #birdsoftheworld
December 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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hbphotography.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #splashes

Will go with this Bald Eagle making a splash as s/he picks up a meal near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.

Did you know Bald Eagles are capable of short-distance swimming?
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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briansmith-photos.bsky.social
#FlyDay and #Splashes for #BirdoftheDay in one pictures, with a Brown Pelican making a landing on water. So much more graceful than when they hit the waves after a fish. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
A Brown Pelican, making a splash as it hits the water coming in to land. This isn't the usual fishing attempt, which usually sees the bill hitting the water first, and a much bigger splash. Wings are outstretched, and mirrored in the wavy reflection - a grey day.
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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bird-photography.bsky.social
A fish hopes for the best after finding itself caught in the mouth of a brown pelican as the bird flies off after a dive

📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400, 500mm
8/19/24

Northern Oregon Coast

#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature

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A large pelican stretches its wings out just above the surface of choppy ocean water as it lifts off after diving underneath the surface to grab fish. Its head is lifted up and its long, massive beak points down towards the water. The head of a small fish pokes out of the front of its closed beak as water pours out from the tip of its bill.
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar is this lovely Harris’s Hawk in a superhero pose… (this was also my first yardbird HRSH) 🪶
Harris’s Hawk in flight
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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streetbiologist.bsky.social
Memories of Kenya - A Secretarybird landing on its nest.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #AmboseliBirds #KenyaBirds #KenyaWildlife #photographersofBlueSky #NikonPhotography #NikonZ9
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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gvbodenhausen.bsky.social
Merganser splashdown in Montrose Harbor 🪶
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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jocelynanderson.bsky.social
Ready for the Bird Winter Olympics: a Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) doing some downhill (downbranch?) skiing.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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measureofcalm.bsky.social
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SideViews - the most impressive bird I have ever seen, the Royal Spoonbill. This, I believe, is a juvenile. #birds #EastCoastKin #naturephotography
Side view of the upper body, neck, and head of a royal spoonbill. It has a very long black bill that is wide and flattened on the far end.
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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gladner.bsky.social
Jabiru #CostaRica #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Snail Kite
#photography #thelittlethings #naturephotography #thelittlethings
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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lynzieflynn.bsky.social
Judges scored this dive at 9.3

#pelicans #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #photography #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #waterbirds #shorebirds
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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lynzieflynn.bsky.social
Brown Pelican wondering if he can fill his gular pouch

#bird #birds #wildlife #photography #audubon #nature #naturephotography #birdnerd #wildlife #natgeowild #bbcwildlife #bbcearth #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #blueskyartshow #planetbirds #photography #bestbirdshots #lynzieflynn #pelicans
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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quietlynow.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Movement - this one is more remembered movement - the eagle just glancing the surface of the ocean with its wingtip. #EastCoastKin #birds #Photography #Eagle
a trip to Homer Alaska garnered many eagles - this one was a favorite, watching the bird bank just above the ocean, its wingtip raising spray as it cut through just the surface of the water
December 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Purple Gallinule
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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balail.bsky.social
Purple Gallinule
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM