BirdOfTheDay, theme 'Raptors'

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Today's BirdOfTheDay theme is Raptors, with the alternate prompt Passerine, inviting photos and art of birds of prey and perching songbirds. Entries range from action flight shots and tight portraits to nesting and family scenes, behavior captures, and in-progress drawings. Standout posts include a barn owl note describing its heart-shaped facial disc and sound-based hunting, a male Cooper's hawk portrait along St. Vrain Creek, and a graphite Little Owl study in progress. Tag your posts with #BirdOfTheDay and #Raptors to join the gallery.

Sue

@cameratrapsue.bsky.social

My camera caught this female Northern flicker flying low over the birdbath. While not in complete focus (due to speed of flight), I love the @browningtrailcams.bsky.social cameras as they let me get a screenshot of something that was over in a second. #birds

A day screenshot from video showing a female northern flicker flying low over a shallow plastic birdbath. There are medium sized, multicolored landscaping rocks behind the birdbath along with a wooden fence. The flicker is flying towards the right side of the frame, her head is out of focus but we can still make out her colors, grey, brown and tan. Her tail feathers are out and we can see the orange red color underneath along with the orange on her wing feathers. Her body is tan with black bars on her back and wings.

246444d ago

Delia Kulukundis3

I find this extremely relatable as it reminds me of every northern flicker I've seen in the wild. Just a flash of color then it's gone. (I am a beginner birder)

Jenngarden2

That merits not just wow but ✨wow✨

Petal Lu Ⓥ 💚🌱💙🌎2

Wow 🤩 Sue. That is an absolutely beautiful shot 📸 !

Nature, Preserved

@simonecannon.bsky.social

Barn owls possess the greatest ability of any animal to locate prey by sound. Their heart-shaped facial disc acts like a satellite dish, funneling sound directly into their asymmetrical ears in order to pinpoint a noise's exact location. Tucson, Arizona #birdoftheday #raptors #naturephotography

133045d ago

JoJaSciPo6

Not quite the greatest: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...

Jeffrey2

Suburbs of Santa Barbara. Twenty five feet up in my backyard.

IrishIceSP2

I have a huge print of a barn owl painting that's been a part of my main living environment since 1980. He's my inspiration & guardian.

pupalonies.bsky.social2

They can hear mice 6” under snow and can eat 1000 mice/ year individually.

Tired, leaky brain.2

I JUST saw this on Attenborough.

Mary Gemignani

@marygemignani.bsky.social

Proud papa with his offspring showing the size difference. #birds #SandhillCrane #Colts

A proud male Sandhill Crane standing in a flower bed with his two offspring. The image shows the size difference well. The colts are perhaps 9-11 inches and papa is 4 ft. tall.

This sub species of Sandhills is the Greater Sandhill Crane.

42744d ago

Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦5

Amazing, Mary! I still find it so jarring to see pictures of them in people’s yards. They are very much in the wild out here.

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli5

yesss we're so happy for you mr crane!!!

Mike Greicius3

The legs on that chick are out of control.

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptors, any raptor, the alt is #Passerine, lots of birds to choose from. Good luck! #birds #photography #ECK

A common buzzard perches on a lichen-covered branch beneath a clear blue sky. The bird is bathed in warm sunlight, revealing rich brown plumage, a pale, heavily speckled breast and bright yellow legs gripping the branch. Positioned in the upper right of the frame, it looks intently to the left with a calm, watchful expression. Sparse, twisting branches frame the scene, while a large expanse of blue sky creates a minimalist composition that emphasises the buzzard’s solitary presence.

43345d ago

kansancamera.bsky.social16

One of my favorite #raptors photos, this red-shouldered hawk in NE Kansas #birdoftheday. Caught them in a contemplative mood it seems 🤔

Tarw14

Often out over my house.

The Doctor (Commissions open)4

Great shot Although it looks like he's waiting to talk to the manager about this paparazzi problem 😂

alisonwillis1.bsky.social2

Beautiful bird the Buzzard. Fabulous capture 😍

Mick Lister2

Nicely captured marra 👌 - the steely gaze and fearsome talons tell you all you need to know about its character.

Rosemarie2

Am I the only one who had to look up Passerine?😂thanks Alan, taught me a new birding name😊

Christina Evans

@christinae.bsky.social

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) photographed at #KissimmeePrairie is the #BirdoftheDay for the #Raptors theme. #birds #Florida #naturephotography

A large Red-shouldered Hawk is perched and watchful on a very twiggy shrub with sparse leaves in this vertical frame. Facing forward and to the left, the hawk has a very light breast with pale, rusty red, thin horizontal striping. The wings and tail are darker in various shades of brown and reddish brown and wings have some white speckling. The eye is dark brown. Lores, feet and legs are gold-orange. The background is a very smooth pale, warm tan, which complements the bird well.

41944d ago

Kort Duce

@kortduce.bsky.social

A male Cooper's hawk portrait along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #hawk #hawks #riparian #habitat #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

38245d ago

lauren e💙

@learls.bsky.social

The two remaining baby Robins, a bit bigger, and getting ready to fly for @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdoftheDay alt theme #Passerine. The main theme today is #Raptors. Hope you're having a lovely Saturday☀️🍃 #BlueSkyArtShow #curve #ECK #birds #Robins #photography #photographersofbluesky #Michigan

The two remaining baby Robins sit in the nest they're fast outgrowing; one is facing up and right, the other faces left in the upper third of the photo. Below them is their elaborate brown and tan nest of mostly twigs sitting on a gray drainpipe, angling up and to the left. A small triangle of blurred green tree leaves is seen in the bottom left corner, and the gray brick and outer wall of a home make up the right side.

33844d ago

Alan H3

Oh the cutest of the cute Lauren. Wonderfully intimate capture. 😍😍

Retiredlawyer2

Fly Robin, fly...Up, up, to the sky.....

BelleAB2

So so cute! Great shot, Lauren!! 👌🤍

Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM2

Your last post of this was nine days ago, and one is already out of the nest! Time flies! Have a lovely rest of the day, Lauren!🫶🏼

leeks2

i thought i heard some peeping from the nest in our tree....but i think instead mom has abandoned it a second time (1st time raided by another bird) be free little ones!

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptors, any raptor, the alt is #Passerine I’m going with a kestrel in a meadow. 🪶 #birds #birding #BlueSkyArtShow #curve #wildlife #photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #nature #thelittlethings #ECK

A kestrel is perched in a meadow with its wings spread out. It is looking slightly to the left.

29245d ago

Lecia Michelle

@leciamichelle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Raptors. A red-tailed hawk. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Red-tailed hawk in flight, its underside showing rust and white colored feathers. Its talons are curled against yellow feet.

24944d ago

Betty Cracker of Florida

@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social

Here’s a handsome Osprey to celebrate today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #Raptors 🪶

Rugged seabird perched on a branch. It has a dark head, back and wings complemented by a snowy white belly and throat. It clutches half-eaten fish in its talons.

25545d ago

ChrisP

@wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social

A house martin checking that the coast is clear before leaving its nest. #birds

25345d ago

PJ 🇮🇪☘️

@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Passerine) Chaffinch in the early morning sun munching its prized nut! Co. Galway, Ireland. #Passerine #Chaffinch #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

18245d ago

toritori

@toritorihkd.bsky.social

“Don’t look at me!” For today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Passerine, here’s a Large-billed Crow up close 🪶 #こっち見んな #土アップなんか近すぎて色々見えちゃってますが😅 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Large-billedCrow #ハシブトガラス #birds #野鳥 #BirdsSeenIn2026

Close-up portrait of a Large-billed Crow facing the camera with its bill slightly open. Fine feather details are visible around the face and throat, with bright green foliage blurred in the background.
カメラの正面を向き、くちばしをわずかに開いたハシブトガラスのクローズアップ。顔や喉の羽毛の細かな質感が見え、背景には緑色の葉が大きくぼけて写っている。

16345d ago

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Passerine. A Red-breasted Nuthatch on a snowy and icy pine branch on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario. Also a post for #SmallBirdSaturday #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #VintageLens #ManualFocus

17245d ago

julielfrost.bsky.social

@julielfrost.bsky.social

The turkey vulture, an underappreciated #raptor, for today's #BirdOfTheDay. #Birds #Photography #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfBluesky

A turkey vulture sits atop a dead tree branch against a pale blue sky.

16045d ago

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