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@denisephotography.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 2:55 PM

I love when a bird pops up on the backyard fence for a quick second, then flies off. #birds #birdlovers #birdwatching #nature #songsparrow #backyardbirds

Song Sparrow.

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), heard yesterday evening, 92% confidence. 💡 The Common Grackle has a special hinge in its upper bill that lets it saw open acorns. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@birdingjohn.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 11:29 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #JKLM and the alt theme is #grey.

This mockingbird found a nice spot to display its gray feathers against a bright blue sky.

🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #backyardbirds #gray

View from the side and below of a Northern mockingbird perched on a bare branch, its gray feathers contrasting against a bright blue sky.

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Dunlin (Calidris alpina), heard yesterday afternoon, 92% confidence. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@photoguy556.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 12:57 PM

Atlantic Birding's @atlanticbirding.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#LookingDown; any bird looking down/head lowered.
This #NorthernCardinal seems to be looking down at me 😂
#CanonR7 #RF100-400 #Photography #Nature #BackyardBirds #ECK #ShotThroughAGlassDoor

@steddybirds.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 12:50 PM

A white-breasted nuthatch has its downs and ups for today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes. #LookingDown #LookingUp #birds #nuthatches #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

A white-breasted nuthatch, showing its white breast, perches on a branch facing the camera with its black-capped head tilted down to look at what’s below.

A white-breasted nuthatch, showing its white breast, perches on a branch facing the camera with its white head tilted up to look at what’s above.

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio), heard yesterday evening, 59% confidence. 💡 The Eastern Screech-Owl comes in two color forms, gray and reddish, and both can hatch in the same nest. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@steddybirds.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 5:54 PM

Ok, ok I look really #Brown now. But I’m gonna get much redder, I swear! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #cardinals #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

A juvenile northern cardinal, still looking more brown than red, perches on a branch facing front right and showing its bright red beak.

A juvenile northern cardinal, perched in a branch turned away from the camera, has a brown back but red wings and tail feathers. Its red beak is pointed to the left.

@photoguy556.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 5:11 PM

Rob's @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme today is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage.
This Blue jay has that covered.
#CanonR7 #RF100-400 #Photography #Nature #BackyardBirds #ECK #ShotThroughAGlassDoor

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens), heard yesterday evening, 80% confidence. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@steddybirds.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:33 PM

Late to the party today for the Alt. theme of #Pigeons&Doves with this closeup of a mourning dove mom and child in their nest in my carport last spring. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #doves #backyardbirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

A mourning dove mom, in back looking left with her big black eye, watches over her darker brown hatchling in front who is facing right and looking toward the camera.

@photoguy556.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 5:23 PM

Rob's/Alan's @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves, any Pigeon or Dove.
Here's a #MourningDove showing off its iridescent feathers & its missing middle toe, while looking for a bite to eat.
#CanonR7 #RF100-400 #Photography #Nature #BackyardBirds #ECK

@earthwatcherphoto.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:02 PM

Non-breeding Spotted Sandpiper; Island Ford, Chattahoochee River NRA, Sandy Springs, GA

#bird #birds #photograph #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdersOfBluesky #BirdPhoto #BirdPics #BackyardBirds #GeorgiaBirds #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
#WildlifeWatching #Nature #NaturePhotography

A bird, a non-breeding Spotted Sandpiper, foraging on a rock with a river in the upper part of the background. The gray, textured rock covers most of the bottom half of the image. The river covers the rest of the background. The bird is on the right of the picture, facing left with its head down and tail up. Its gray beak is touching the rock. Its head, chin and breast appear gray due to the lighting. Its back and wings appear gray-brown; the wings are mottled with black wing bars. Its underparts are white. Its tail feathers are gray. Its legs are yellow.

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus), heard yesterday morning, 96% confidence. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@katesilvia.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:32 PM

Backyard birds and critters. I love just sitting on my deck and watching what happens. #backyardbirds #sonyvideo

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), heard yesterday afternoon, 73% confidence. 💡 Mourning Doves can drink brackish water that would dehydrate most other birds. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@backyardbirdotd.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:30 PM

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), heard yesterday evening, 92% confidence. 💡 Unusual among woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker feeds mostly on the ground, especially on ants. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

@crystal-photo.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:47 AM

Song sparrow #birdoftheday #gardenbirds #photography #ECK #birdsky #photos #birdsofbluesky #birdwatching #birding #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #birdphotos #birds #blueskyphotography #birdphotography #backyardbirds Canon EOS Rebel T7 300mm f/5.6 ISO 250 1/60s

@alanprachar.com Oct 9, 2026, 2:08 AM

I saw something sparkling in one of my backyard rose bushes. It turned out to be metallic silver ribbon, so I figured it had blown over the fence from a neighbor.

I did not expect to follow it to the most FABULOUS bird’s nest ever. 🕊️🐦🪺

#Birds #BackyardBirds #BirdNest #Nature

A hand holding a narrow strip of shiny metallic silver ribbon found in a backyard rose bush.

A bird’s nest tucked deep inside a rose bush, woven with long strands of metallic gold and silver ribbon among twigs and leaves.

@the-old-kid.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:55 PM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Crooners (birds singing)

Here is a Carolina Wren

#CarolinaWren #Wren #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #smallbirds #backyardbirds #🪶