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@bbappnews.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:45 AMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

Bird of the Day: White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) #birdoftheday #botd | #whitewagtail #motacillaalba | #birdsoftheworld #birds |
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A slender bird standing on a flat pale limestone rock, facing right in three-quarter view, with a white face and underparts, grey crown and nape, dark grey back and wings with pale wing-bar edging, a long dark tail with white outer feathers, a fine dark bill, black eye, and pale legs, against a softly blurred rocky sandy background.

Text on card: Widespread across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa, inhabiting farmland, roadsides, towns, rivers, and rocky habitats, often near water. A trim bird with contrasting black, white, and grey plumage that constantly pumps its long tail up and down; it is one of the most familiar small birds of open country.

📷: Photo by Becky Matsubara (CC BY 2.0)
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@whatbirds.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:05 AMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue and photo credit) 🌍 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉🐧🦆🦩🦅🪿🦚

A medium-sized bird (36–42 cm / 14–17 in long) perches upright on a leafy branch against a soft, out-of-focus background. It features chestnut-brown wings, a streaked brown and white chest, a long dark tail, a prominent white stripe above its sharp red eye, and a slightly hooked black beak.

Clue: Look closely above my red eye for a striking white stripe and listen for my low, bubbling call echoing across the thickets, savannas, and wetlands of sub-Saharan Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula!

Fun Fact: Unlike most of its kind, which are notorious nest parasites, this species builds its own messy, dome-shaped nest and raises its own chicks—with the male doing most of the egg incubation and chick feeding!

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Text source: Gemini (Edited)

📷: Photo by Becky Matsubara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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@leciamichelle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:00 PMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

Cardinals are in the park every day being effortlessly beautiful.

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#birdsofbluesky

Male cardinal with bright red feathers and black around its eyes and chest stands on a flat boulder staring down at the grass.

@jamesfalletti.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:54 PMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Pemaquid Point, Maine

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@whatbirds.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:57 PM

👍 Good guess! There is a Rufous-vented ground cuckoo from South America, but ours is African and belongs to this genus:

@janienesbittjones.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:40 AMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

My husband had been feeding the crows where he works, but he missed a few days. This is what he saw today. Out of the 100s of cars on campus, they chose his to dine upon. They brought their own food. I think they’re trying to tell him something. #birds #crows #fowl #wildlife

@whatbirds.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:48 AM

👍🫢🙂

@whatbirds.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:05 AM

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue and photo credit) 🌍 #whatbird | #birdsoftheworld | #birds 🦉🐧🦆🦩🦅🪿🦚

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:59 AMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

🪶 Rob has chosen #Green as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any birds or backgrounds that have green in them

Alternative is #Geese, any Goose/Geese will do

- A Song Thrush singing against a green background

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@lil-bird-hugger.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:51 PMReposted by @whatbirds.bsky.social

Not a good video at all (I'm working) but I'm pretty sure my #mourningdove momma had a child or 2 hatch since I've been here. Once again #birds confused w/ #climatechange. Oct 9, 2026 in PA &this mom is still hatching eggs! #ABABirds #birdsofbluesky #lightsoutformigratorybirds #whatbird #Audubon