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A Bald Eagle as it prepares to get away from the human that dared to see it (me).

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying

Mallard flapping his wings after a bath, and Northern Mockingbird flashing its wings to intimidate me. I was intimidated.

A #Twofer for today's #BirdOfTheDay from Rob. Surely this Steller's Jay isn't flying anymore as it is landing now? 😀

#WingsOpenNotFlying #Blue #Photography #Birds

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage.
So says Rob.

Peacock

which is a male
Peafowl

They're like mostly blue

From Rob Crank Photography today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage.

Northern Mockingbird

#birdphotography #birds #mockingbirds

So, Rob says, "Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage."

Sandhill Crane
with wings spread

This was last winter at Whitewater Draw

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying — birds with their wings open when not flying. The Alt theme is #Blue — any bird with Blue in its plumage.

Here's a twofer. Lilac-breasted Roller, Tanzania 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Tanzania #Africa

#BirdOfTheDay | #WingsOpenNotFlying | #Willet

For today's theme, my mind turned to the Willet which transforms from rather drab to uniquely beautiful when its wings are raised. #birdphotography #birdsofmassachusetts #allenspond

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. Here’s a twofer- a male Northern Shoveler #Birds #NorthernShoveler

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage.
#birds
#ECK
#photographersunited
#photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. #RedWingedBlackbird Sibling 1, who has just climbed over Sibling 2, is informing Mom that she has let it down. Mom is over it.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #fledglings #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying (set by @robcrank68.bsky.social), here's the same Long-billed Curlew at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California from yesterday.

A Khaki Campbell duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) flaps his wings. #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #Birds #Ducks #Photography #EastCoastKin

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #WingsOpenNotFlying, I offer the most impressive wingspan I’ve ever seen—that of the #WavedAlbatross. What a stunning bird! #travel #Galapagos #birds #WildlifePhotography #ECK

今日の #BirdOfTheDay のテーマである #WingsOpenNotFlying にはこちらで。
この時期しか見られないのが残念😢
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #WoodSandpiper #タカブシギ #birds #野鳥 #Japan #BirdsSeenIn2026