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Bird Of The Day, theme 'RockSolid'

natureMay 3, 202631548

The Bird Of The Day prompt theme "RockSolid" asks photographers to submit birds perched on or standing by rocks, with an alternate theme "Mouthful" for birds carrying food. Recent entries include a Meadow Pipit on a stone wall, Bridled Guillemot, Puffin, Shag with young and Razorbill from the Farne Islands, Black Oystercatchers, and a great grey shrike photographed in Lanzarote. One photographer reported a nasty fall after photographing Black Oystercatchers and now keeps a first aid kit, underscoring the hazards of rocky shore birding. The prompt focuses attention on rocky-shore and cliff species and gives birders and wildlife photographers a targeted theme to practice composition and behavior capture.