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@adirondacknature.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:14 PM

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FallBirds. Here’s a lovely Ring-necked Pheasant, hunkered down on some grass by a little pond. Hulls Falls Road, Keene, NY (4 October 2026). wildadirondacks.org/adirondack-b...

#Adirondacks #ECK #ADK #birds #photography

A brightly colored bird with an iridescent copper-gold and rust-red body, a dark blue-green head, a red facial wattle, and a long, pointed, barred tail is huddled on some green vegetation.

@trusttheroad-24.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 1:31 AM

Alan has set today's#BirdOfTheDay theme today as #LightAndShadow, any bird capture that has both. The alt is #FallBirds, any Autumn/ Fall bird captures.

Pilated Woodpecker
Anhinga

#birds #photography #ECK #wck #florida

Pilated Woodpecker, peering out from the dark side of a tree, into the bright morning sun. Tallish woodpecker with that distinctive red feather hairdo, seemingly blown back by an unending wind.

Anhinga, back to sun, wings spread three-quarters wide. Observed a steady flapping rather than usual still hold. The sun wasn't high enough yet to penetrate the canopy, though a bit of sun illuminates the neck and head here rather nicely.

@supertamtam.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 9:38 PM

#Fallbirds is the alt #birdoftheday theme for today.

Trumpeter Swan
Rice Lake, Minnesota
Autumn 🍂 2025

@mfoley25.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 9:13 PM

A peacock strutting his stuff at Petersen Rock Garden 🦚 and wild turkeys at the park 🦃. A twofer for Alan’s @alan678.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay themes of #LightAndShadow and
#FallBirds
#ECK #WCK #PNW
#Birds #Peacock #Turkey
#Nature #Photography

A male Indian peafowl, commonly known as a peacock, is walking from left to right across dry ground. The bird has a vibrant iridescent blue neck and chest, paired with a patterned back of black and white scalloped feathers. A crest of small, delicate feathers stands atop its head, and its long, multi-colored tail feathers, shimmering with green and blue tones, trail behind it as it steps forward. Sunlight casts a dark shadow of the peacock onto the patch of yellowing grass in the lower left corner, while the rest of the terrain consists of dry, reddish-brown dirt.

A flock of wild turkeys foraging in a grassy clearing beneath a large, leaning tree covered in lichen. A thick, textured tree trunk bends dramatically across the right side of the frame, its wide canopy extending over seven visible turkeys scattered across a slightly sloped, pine-needle-strewn ground. In the background, the landscape opens up into a park with rolling green hills, scattered evergreen bushes, and a distant picnic table on the far right under a clear, overcast sky.

@franceflo.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 6:08 PM

From The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LightAndShadow, any bird capture that has both. The alt is #FallBirds, any Autumn/ Fall bird captures.
Blue headed vireo , perched on top canopy last week , ✅ both themes 🤞🏻

#migration2026 #vireo #birdsphoto #photography #wildlife #nature #birdsSeenin2026

Blue-headed vireo , turned to left , perched on high branch , with branch shadows contouring its darker grey head pattern.

@marsha8of9.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 6:06 PM

I found some extra time to post another #BirdOfTheDay only this time it's the main theme, #LightAndShadow. This coincidently also covers the ALT theme #FallBirds as well. A migrating Ovenbird foraging in a tree, Sept. 5th. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #naturephotography #ECK 🪶📷🦉

Viewer's right center of frame, an Ovenbird is facing viewer's right and looking down, in the same directions. Light is filtered in on their head, while shadows from the tree limbs play across its back.

@adrianen.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:50 PM

#BirdOfTheDay #FallBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography

Goldfinch
Starling
Linnet
Long-Tailed Tit
Jay
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail

@margasib.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:34 PM

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LightAndShadow and the Alt is #FallBirds. This gorgeous Northern Yellow Warbler from last week's birding ticks both boxes!

#birding #ECK #photography #Texas #warblers #fall

@fraggenstein.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:23 PM

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FallBirds, any Autumn/ Fall bird captures ~ I believe from today onwards the nights are now longer than the days 😟 but we will be welcoming the Winter migrants like this Fieldfare 🤩 Photo taken over The Vale of Glamorgan - South Wales 😍🪶🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ECK

@fkarpala.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:19 PM

This wild turkey is one of the #FallBirds and is the #BirdOfTheDay.

@frametoframenature.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:00 PM

For @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme #FallBirds Here are an American Redstart male & female recently in our backyard. Our trees have been very busy this week. #Birdphotography #Nature #BirdsSeenIn2026

@mdemk.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:57 PM

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LightAndShadow, any bird capture that has both. The alt is #FallBirds, any Autumn/ Fall bird captures.
Two Chipping Sparrows in shadow at Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota #🪶

@frametoframenature.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:56 PM

For @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme #FallBirds Here is a Cape May Warbler recently in our backyard. The #birds are on the move south. #Birdphotography #Nature #BirdsSeenIn2026

Cape May Warbler in Ontario, Canada. Sept 2026

@debramyersart.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:55 PM

#birdoftheday #lightandshadow and #fallbirds I hit the jackpot. There is no fall bird more fall than this. #wildturkey :)

@stevenmarx.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:42 PM

It's @alan678.bsky.social turn to host #BirdOfTheDay and his theme is #Light&Shadow, any bird captured that has both. First two could also work for the alt #fallbirds

Red-bellied woodpecker
Dark-eyed junco
Great-tailed grackle female

#birds #photography #sonyalpha

A red bellied woodpecker is seen from below, perched on a fairly large branch. The middle of the body is blocked by the branch, bird is facing left, back side in shadow, front in sun with neck and left side of head visible.

A dark eyed junco is seen from behind perched on a branch with snow visible in the crook of branches. Most of the back of the bird is in shadow while the top part of the head is in sun

A female great tailed grackle is perched on a small branch, back to the camera, head turned to the left. Most of the bird is in shadow while the Sunnis shining on its front, slightly visible in the top of its head and fringes on the left

@wzrdprang.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:36 PM

#birdoftheday alt-theme #fallbirds here is a swan family in autumn. The parents are rebonding & the youngsters are trying to mimic their movements while being embarrassed their parents are so into each other. Dial it back!!

A swan family of 4 floats upon a lake in autumn. Wing feathers are deployed and necks hold heads high.

@shadowjaime.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:06 PM

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn
#BirdOfTheDay #FallBirds

(Some of you have seen this guy on my timeline before.)

A tom turkey is peeping in a bathroom window. The sky is blue and the sun is shining, but there is snow on the ground. An orange and yellow stained-glass butterfly hangs in the window.

The turkey’s tail feathers are fully fanned, but he’s not strutting, just continuing to look in the window.

@ginnystibolt.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:01 PM

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LightAndShadow & alt #FallBirds, I offer this lovely drake Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in our front pond in North Florida with the golden fall colors reflecting from the surface for both themes. #HappyFall

Photo of a duck swimming in slightly rippled water which is colored golden by reflections of the surrounding foliage and the duck's reflection. The duck has a dark green head, a yellow bill, a white ring around its neck, a brown breast, gray & black wings & back.

@ilovedogs2024.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 3:59 PM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LightAndShadow, any bird capture that has both.

The alt is #FallBirds, any Autumn/ Fall bird

@tramo.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 3:54 PM

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #FallBirds #Birds #Photography Redwing

Redwing standing in the grass sun is catching the red on its wings very nice also the eye is shining in the sun