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@coeurdelola.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:24 AM

#BirdOfTheDay Bonjour , lundi #Art #Photo #Nature #birds #photography #naturephotography #birdsofbluesky #blueskymonday #birdphotography #AwkwardAvian

@tomguzzio.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:22 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds; any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. The Alt is #AwkwardAvian; any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position!

Double-crested cormorants seem inherently silly, so perhaps this counts for two?

A double-crested cormorant looks up from preening and over towards the camera.

@photosbyvertego.eurosky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:16 AM

@helenbennett.bsky.social says "Good morning! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background.

Bonus points for any bokeh balls! ☺️🪶📷️

Alt: #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position!

@lizziewallis.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:14 AM

🪶📷 Helen's #birdoftheday Alt. is #AwkwardAvian; any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position.

European shag (Gulosus aristotelis) having a scratch. Taken on Hornøya, Varanger 🇳🇴

#ECK
#birds
#birdphotography

A large black sea bird sits on a rock, head twisted round and down as it attempts to scratch the top of its head with its raised foot. It is sitting on a pinkish rock, with rocks in the background.

@jenniemunday.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:13 AM

Eating whislt horizontal? Fine. Eating whilst upside down? Definitely awkward! 🤣
Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AwkwardAvian
#Birds #BlueTit #Nature #Wilflife #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography

Two blue tits cling to the wire mesh of a bird feeder which is filled with brown nuts. The bird on the left is horizontal, facing the feeder, back on view. The bird on the right is upside down, completly vertical. The small birds are yellow with blue wings and tail, blue cap, and a white face with a dark eye stripe.

@aintright.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 AM

Neil the Nuthatch #BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

@bobpop13.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:05 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background.
Alt: #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position!
Blurry foreground and background for these Red Grouse and an Atlanta hawk drying out on a wet day.

@monicapelger.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:59 AM

#AwkwardAvian Juvenile White Stork using its sibling’s back as launch pad.
Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

@whulbert-photos.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:53 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position!

Marsh Harrier feeling shy:

@jrrosin1.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:50 AM

#BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian
Bald Eagle says “Oops, butts up people?”

Bald Eagle taking a nosedive off of a Ponderosa Pine tree branch.

@microdoodles.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:33 AM

@helenbennett.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position. This common grackle was caught scratching an itch.

Common grackle standing on one foot, facing left, and leaning to the side to balance.

@slnieckar.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:23 AM

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #AwkwardAvian, I offer a pile of overgrown young swallows spilling out of the nest.

#birds

Three (at least) swallows are full-grown but still squeezing into the nest, and look grumpy about it.

@amygann.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:17 AM

Whooping cranes often present as a graceful figure in the marsh. But, this moment (in the midst of getting a drink of water) is an exception.

For the #birdoftheday theme of #awkwardavian

#birds #whoopingcrane #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A whooping crane lifts its head after taking a drink. It was too close to fit in the frame. One foot is lifted, and it it facinf the camera directly. One eye has its nictitating membrane covering its eye
Photographed at International Crane Foundation

@debdebz.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:11 AM

@helenbennett.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position!

Black Swan looking anything but graceful!

#birds #birdphotography #BirdsOfAustralia #ProtectBirdHabitat #EastCoastKin #BirdsSeenIn2026

@cookslikejamie.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:56 AM

It really really really wanted that berry.

#BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian #Pigeon #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #ActionPhotography #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #EastCoastKin
📷 Canon EOS R50 🔘 Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L + 1.4× extender

A grey pigeon launches awkwardly downward through leafy garden branches, wings and tail spread wide while its head points toward the ground and its beak tries to reach a nearby berry. Green foliage and thin branches frame the bird against patches of blue sky.

@froure.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:54 AM

I think this #AwkwardAvian is also a member of the #BokehBirds club lol.
#BirdOfTheDay 🪶

A color photograph of a brown bird caught mid-jump above a thin grey branch, with other blurred branches and blue sky in the background. The thin branches in focus span diagonally across the right and center of the frame, forming a rough triangle. The branch in the upper right of the frame has golden lichen attached. The bird is almost centered in the frame, and only his backside and tail can be seen. He is small, with streaky brown plumage highlighted with black stripes along with tan patches. The bird's talon hang down as though he has jumped up awkwardly.

@jcacampbell.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:49 AM

The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #AwkwardAvian. This heron is not looking its most majestic.

A grey heron perched on a roof facing diagonally to the right. Its left leg is scratching its head and its crest is raised.

@canenmabel.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:47 AM

#BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian
#photography
#Swans

An adult white swan with black and orange beak on the water with its neck and head turned all the way pruning its tail feathers.

@germinalmaths.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:39 AM

Greylag goose.
Strathclyde Country Park, Scotland.

#BirdOfTheDay
#AwkwardAvian