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Bird Of The Day, theme 'Robins'

natureMay 16, 20261989,165

Bird Of The Day is a weekly community prompt; today's theme is Robins, with an alternate Water Droplets challenge. The gallery mixes close-up wildlife photography, black-and-white studies, and traditional art, with images such as a Little Egret mid-splash, a cygnet covered in water droplets, and an American robin pausing to feed on berries. Also notable are a pair of western and Clark's grebes fighting over a nest, a puffin shaking off water, and long-exposure sunrise landscapes included under cross-tagged prompts. Tag your work with #BirdOfTheDay and #Robins to join the gallery.

Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social

My cohost Rob has said “ Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets, any bird capture with splashes of water. The Alt theme is #Robins, any Robin will do.” Of course I’m going with one of my favourites. The Little Egret. #birds #photography #ECK

A little egret taking off from dark blue water, its white body partly cropped at the top of the frame. Its long black legs trail beneath it, yellow feet lifting from the surface and kicking up bright splashes, droplets, ripples, and reflections below.
41845d ago
Anna Quent2

Beautiful water colour, fabulous capture, Alan😍

ChrQue2

Very nice picture. Unusual but I like it!

Rina2

Wow! What a stunning shot, Alan 👌👌 Love it! 👏👏

Aleesia2

Geez, Alan, this is beyond beautiful! It deserves a week in the naughty chair! 🪑😁💙

🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰2

That is an absolute belter Alan 👏🏻

Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images
@jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social

'Rippled Shadows' (2024) -- Shadow Selfie on the North Shores of Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #Stunday ✨ #BlueSkyArtShow #Morning ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford

a high contrasted selfie shadow projects out over sunlit shallows rippled by the gusty spring wind
27445d ago
linda2.bsky.social
@linda2.bsky.social

A cygnet covered with water #droplets for today's #BirdOfTheDay! #ukwildlife #cygnet #waterdroplets #birdphotography #muteswan #photography

A cygnet with a face and head covered in waterdroplets.
24645d ago
Rina
@rina2012.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets, The Alt theme is #Robins A blue tit enjoys a bath on the shores of #LakeConstance 🪶 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK

A blue tit is bathing in the shallow water amongst some pebbles. Drops of water are splashing.
20145d ago
AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸
@alinagrafik.eurosky.social

#BlueskyArtShow #Morning Early morning light and fog. #ECK #EastCoastKin #MinimalMonday #Minimalism #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastKin #Hiking

A simple image of dark brown grass in the shadow of a hill with morning sun shining down into the valley and fog. All the transitions are soft due to the fog and low light. At the very top is blue sky. Laguna Lake Open Space in San Luis Obispo, California
21845d ago
Rebecca, House of Ogg2

Beautiful, Alina! Looks like a fine art oil painting✨✨

Dave Meredith
@davemeredith.bsky.social

Long exposure of clouds moving over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at sunrise in the 2020s for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Morning. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #clouds #sunrise #TenMinutesFromHome #LongExposureProject #2020s

20745d ago
Michael R Photography 🌿
@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets. I photographed this stunning little ruddy turnstone last week. It was fishing in the shallows of our local wildlife refuge on the #GulfofMexico. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #Nikon #Z8 #shorebirds #Birdsky

19245d ago
emma2

a truly astounding capture michael

PacBirds
@pacbirds.bsky.social

A western grebe (left) and a Clark’s grebe (right) fighting over a nest site for the #WaterDroplets theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #ECK

Two grebes in a pond that are grabbing each other by their bills. One has lifted himself out of the water and has a straw colored bill and his eye is surrounded by black, which is the western grebe, the other is reaching up with an orange bill and has an eye surrounded by white, which is the Clark’s grebe.
17445d ago
Tom3

In the history of mankind, no one will ever get a better side-by-side comparison shot of these two species. W🤩W!!

Rhonda Howard
@1184outdoors.bsky.social

Black Skimmer creating #WaterDroplets as he fishes. #birds #BirdOfTheDay

Bird flying just above a water surface with the bottom of his bill partially submerged. His upperside is black, his underside is white and his bill is orange w/ a black tip. Below and behind his bill is a stream of disturbed water, a wake and water droplets.
15845d ago
PJ 🇮🇪☘️
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird of The Day - (Water Droplets) A Coot splashing about in the lake today... Co. Galway, Ireland. #WaterDroplets #BirdOfTheDay #Coot #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

A Coot splashing about in the lake today... Co. Galway, Ireland.
16845d ago
Alex Rimberg
@ajrimberg.bsky.social

A robin graciously poses for us on a branch. "You may admire my bright red breast...for a moment." Norwich VT, May 2026 As per @robcrank68.bsky.social's alt theme of #Robins for #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Nature #Birds #Wildlife #ColorADay #GreenSat

In this image, a robin perches on a small branch that angles up toward the top left from the bottom middle of the frame. A second smaller branch curves out toward the right and then back left, and is tipped with small buds. A portion of a larger branch can be seen in the upper left. The robin is in center of the image, a bit to the left, and is fully in focus with clear detail of its deep red breast, black head, and buff-colored highlights. Its head is in profile, looking up to the left, and its beak, which is backlit by the sun, is a beautiful orange-yellow. The background is filled with a lovely blue and green bokeh from the early spring foliage and sky.
16045d ago
The Garden Jungle
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

#WaterDroplets is for #BirdOfTheDay today, here’s a majestic Swan and Cygnet at Walcot Park #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Swan and Cygnet
12745d ago
Kort Duce
@kortduce.bsky.social

An American robin pauses while feeding on last year's berries along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #WaterDroplets #Robins #birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #robin #robins #americanrobin #americanrobins #BirdsSeenIn2026

Photo by Kort Duce An American robin pauses while feeding on last year's berries along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the robin is perched at the center of the frame on a budding bush, surrounded by small, dark berries. The robin is facing the camera. The background is softly blurred, with a tangle of branches set against gray clouds from an overcast day.
12445d ago
Pirritin
@pirritin.bsky.social

I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly #BirdOfTheDay #BOTD #WaterDroplets, any bird capture with splashes of water #WeekSforSongs #AlphabetChallenge #Birds #BirdButt #BirdPhotography #Gulls #Nature #ECK

11645d ago
Rosemarie
@roabrams.bsky.social

Early morning mist/dew, Pollock-Krasner house backyard, Springs, NY #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSong Morning Dew written by Bonnie Dobson, covered by Grateful Dead #BlueSkyArtShow #morning #ECK #photography #deadhead

Morning mist and dew over backyard of PollockKrasner home, Springs NY. There is a bench overlooking marshland, a small white building on left surrounded by trees.
11945d ago

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