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World Migratory Bird Day, communities urged to record sightings

natureMay 9, 202662986

World Migratory Bird Day is an annual event on May 9 that spotlights long-distance bird migrations and urges people to record sightings. Today's gallery mixes field photography, natural-history notes, and original artwork documenting species on the move. Concrete highlights include a Manx shearwater chick photographed on Skokholm Island, a hand-embroidered 'Flocking (swifts)' thread painting, and a fine-art print of a male Baltimore Oriole in apple blossoms. Look for posts on Arctic Terns, Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, stopover shorelines and urban parks, and join with the hashtag #WorldMigratoryBirdDay while submitting sightings to citizen-science reporting tools.

Pretty much as described in the post. A small downy bundle of grey, sitting on grass.
@levparikian.bsky.social184
A square shaped artwork. A light blue fabric background with a series of eight hand embroidered brown outlined flying swifts with their head and some chest stitched in detail. Some of the birds overlap and have a line of light blue stitching alongside them.
@artbyemilytull.bsky.social90
Today is !🌍🐦 Billions of migratory birds use flyways, like superhighways in the sky, to embark on an important journey to and from their breeding grounds. Go
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Cerulean Warbler, by Gene Koziara
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Two birds are perched on opposite sides of a hanging seed feeder. The feeder is a clear cylinder filled with mixed seeds, with small metal perches for the birds to stand on. On the left is a male Rose‑breasted Grosbeak, a medium‑sized songbird with a black head and back, white patches on the wings, and a bright red triangle on its chest. On the right is a female Rose‑breasted Grosbeak, brown and heavily streaked with white, with a pale eyebrow stripe and a thick, pale beak.
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#WorldMigratoryBirdDay
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Image of an Arctic Tern
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World Migratory Bird Day 2026 - Climate Central. Affected North American neighborhood birds include: the American Robin, Tree Swallow, Canada Goose, Mountain Bluebird, and Red-Headed Woodpecker.
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Happy ! 🌍🐦 We're grateful to be able to study these amazing athletes as they connect continents, to learn when they are where, with the end goal of helping ge
@commonternproject.bsky.social18
A Dusky Thrush standing on the spring green field, under Pine tree
@shizukuxuenai.bsky.social17
Twice a year, millions of birds embark on epic journeys in one of the natural world’s greatest wonders. But the journeys of birds are full of danger. This , exp
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World Migratory Bird Day is a great reminder of being mindful of ground-nesting birds: keep dogs on lead, respect signage & report fires. Already this season, m
@antaisce.bsky.social14
It was a beautiful morning to start World Migratory Bird Day down at Montrose Bird Sanctuary.
@geeklewis.bsky.social14
A vibrant male Baltimore oriole perches amidst spring blossoms, creating a striking contrast with the greenery. The bird's vivid orange feathers stand out beautifully.
@karencookphotos.bsky.social13
A list of birds heard and seen in the back yard
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Photo of an Arctic Tern by William Wingfield/Audubon Photography Awards. Photo courtesy of the National Audubon Society.
@heidelyn.bsky.social11
Roseanne Watt Migration Day I had known this day was set in bone. After all, that pull to North is hollowing me, too. But now it’s come, and all I think is grief; this feels like grief. But it’s not the flight that can’t be followed, this being left behind that weighs on me. Something else is in the fields now they’ve left us; the marshes, bereft of them, are opening again, like skin remembering wounds. It’s not enough to say they will return. Something’s always lost in leaving. And anyway, I have less faith in such assurances these days; like when she said she did not fear her dying, I knew she meant the indigo of its moment – not the increments of losing, not how each thing would slow into its last. The day they left was blue, and kind and sudden. And still, some part of me would beg them stay.
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Species of the Week for World Migratory Bird Day: Common Swift Irish name: Gabhlán Gaoithe Scientific name: Apus apus @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social9
Nestling great-created flycatchers
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“Today is !” a male Kentish plover reminds these sanderlings. “If you don't mind, you might begin your long journey to the North. The beach should be reserved f
@gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social8
Celebrating the with White Storks! 🐦🌍 From southern Portugal to the Sahel, our storks travel thousands of kms to reach their sub-Saharan wintering grounds, fr
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@heather147.bsky.social5
Happy world migratory bird day fellow Bluesky !
@billpaquin.bsky.social4
May 9th is ! 🪶 Anyone can help protect migratory birds! That's the inspiration behind this year's theme of "Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter." Use
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World Migratory Bird Day 2026 featured on the UN.org website (9 May 2026)
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Thank you to the Pocklington Canal Amenity Society for the invitation to speak at their annual pie & peas evening last night, celebrating the forthcoming – grea
@ldvnnr.bsky.social3
World Migratory Bird Day is officially celebrated on the second Saturday of May in Canada and the US. These colorful birds really bring nature's colors to life.
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For , we’re celebrating the Swift 🖤✈️ These amazing birds migrate thousands of miles to reach the UK - but are returning in fewer numbers each year due to lost
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birdlife.orgWorld Migratory Bird Day: Birds reveal the health of our worldrspb.org.ukEvery bird counts – Your observations matter!

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