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@artd.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 11:04 AM

#birdoftheday #wingsopennotflying
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@jdublow.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 10:28 AM

#WingsOpenNotFlying #BirdOfTheDay #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #ProtectNature

Regimen fascisticum delenda est!

From its perch on a log, a great blue heron lunges for a fish

@madrinkwater.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:14 AM

#BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #hummingbirds #birds #nature #photography #wck 📷 🪶

A humming-borb stretching and shaking after preening on a light brown twig. Its gray wings are straight out, and its black beak is up. Its underside is white with a black spotted chin, a vertical black furrow in the center, horizontal black furrows on its abdomen, and faint black spots on the underside of its black and white tail. In the background are patches of blue sky, green and yellow leaves, and thin brown branches and twigs.

@maddiejayy.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:59 AM

Why yes, I am coming in very late with today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #WingsOpenNotFlying with this Anhinga! Closest I’ve ever been to one. Stunning! 😍 🪶

An anhinga perched in a tree with its wings stretched out. It is facing to the left, its neck in an “s” shape.

@jeffgaye.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:36 AM

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying

A pair of pelicans appear to be running across the surface of the water.

@espez.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:15 AM

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

Maybe a new dance move?

@junkboxjim.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:10 AM

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying.
Sandhill crane colts trying out that flapping thing.
Kensington Metro Park, MI

@junkboxjim.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:56 AM

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying.
Sandhill crane dancing.

@darlovesbirds.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:54 AM

Word is today's #BirdOfTheDay is #WingsOpenNotFlying. Here's a Turkey Vulture in the act.

@junkboxjim.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:48 AM

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying.
Reddish egret stretching out on a sand bar.
Huguenot Memorial Park, Jacksonville, FL
Aug 29, 2019

Reddish egret with a huge wingspan spreads its wings out in a dramatic pose as it stands on a sandbar.

@figureoutthesea.ca Oct 5, 2026, 3:35 AM

A Mallard rearing up and flapping, just because.

An adolescent Canada Goose, also flapping it up. Those bluish thingies are keratin sheaths, inside which new feathers grow -- vital protection for something as exceedingly complex as a feather.

#BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #photography #birds

Backlit shot of a male Mallard duck in the water, spreading its wings very symmetrically

An adolescent Canada Goose, still a bit covered in down, is rearing up out of the water and spreading its wings. Some of the primary flight feathers are still growing inside of blue keratin sheaths

@whalemaker.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 AM

Mute Swans - like so many others in Brooklyn - will eagerly throw down for good real estate. This guy was loudly charging a rival in Prospect Park Lake, which typically hosts only one breeding pair. #WingsOpenNotFlying #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

@poetryofnature.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:15 AM

Wings open, not flying.

Just a little mourning dove being a little more dove. 🩶🕊️

#Stunday #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #Blue #mourningdove #PoetryOfNature

A mourning dove perches on the edge of a shallow, pebble-lined birdbath with its wings spread wide. Its soft blue-grey feathers are fluffed against the cool autumn air, and it looks calmly to the left. The background is softly blurred grasses and foliage.

@ratkeydesigns.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:10 AM

It may be a tad late but wanted to get the #BirdOfTheDay theme #WingsOpenNotFlying posted as I got my hands on a zoom lens.

📷 #Lumix #GX9

#Panasonic #MicroFourThirds #scape #ECK #EastCoastKin #AOFoto #urbangaze #ExploreSTL #ratkeydesigns

Some small dinosaurs trying to dry off after a swim.

@irishlazz.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:39 AM

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying
I'm sure I can fit that! Just drying out the fluffs.

@orlops.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:40 AM

Hello fellow bird friends! Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. This Chinstrap Penguin has its wings open but Nature decided it can only do a silly walk instead of flying. Dream on, dear penguins!

#birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdsky #AntarcticBirds #Penguins

Head-on view of a Chinstrap Penguin walking towards the camera, its wings spread and held slightly behind its body. The Penguins head is white with a black cap and a black outline of a chinstrap. Beak and eyes are black, feet are pink. The underside of the wings is a dark pink/brown with a black edge. The ground is grey/green rock and some green moss.

@chuck4242.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:54 PM

A Ruby Throated Hummingbird looking like it has tiny angel wings.

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

A Ruby Throated Hummingbird just starting to raise its wings for flight while it's perched on a plant stem.

@florafauna-fungi.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:23 PM

My #birdoftheday the Nannopterum auritum or double-crested #cormorant

These #birds leave their #WingsOpenNotFlying but we still don’t quite know why. Theories include aiding thermoregulation, digestion or indicating the presence of fish.

#zoology #photography #wildlifephotography #funfact

@supertamtam.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:17 PM

#WingsOpenNotFlying is the #birdoftheday theme today.

Hooded Merganser female.

#bird #birder #birding #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #birdsky #birdsofbluesky

@jreads65.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:09 PM

This greater white-fronted goose seemed rather bothered by some of its neighbors.
#BirdoftheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #birds #RidgefieldNWR #goose