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Bird of the Day, theme 'RedBeaks'

natureJun 21, 20262188,105

Bird of the Day, weekly prompt 'RedBeaks', asks contributors to post birds with red on their beaks; the alternate theme is Paridae, the tit family. Submissions are mostly photography, ranging from tight portraits and midair action shots to archival travel images. Standout posts include a red-billed oxpecker riding a giraffe, Atlantic puffins displaying orange-striped bills on the Isle of May, and a juvenile northern cardinal perched on a cypress twig. Also look for sooty oystercatchers, red-crested pochards, and great tit portraits, and join the prompt with the hashtag #RedBeaks.

Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social

Morning folks, Rob’s day for hosting #BirdOfTheDay Warm and sunny day here, so Sam and I are going to enjoy it. Thank you for the wonderful photos you post each day to the feed. Juvenile female Stonechat yesterday using the art of stillness to “ hide” from me. #birds #photography #Stunday #ECK

A juvenile stonechat perches among bright green bracken on an Irish mountain, its mottled brown and buff plumage blending beautifully with the rugged landscape. The young bird is shown in profile, revealing a large dark eye, a slender pointed bill and a soft, fluffy underside. Fresh fern fronds surround the bird, while the distant hillside fades into a smooth, muted green background. The image captures a quiet moment in a wild upland habitat, highlighting the stonechat’s natural camouflage and the peaceful atmosphere of the Irish mountainside.
53645d ago
PJ 🇮🇪☘️
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Paridae) Great Tit perched in a rose bush... Co. Galway, Ireland. #Paridae #GreatTit #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Great Tit perched in a rose bush... Co. Galway, Ireland.
55445d ago
Rob Crank Photography
@robcrank68.bsky.social

Good morning everyone. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak, the Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the Species. Time for more Bird Cup 2026 Stories. #birds #photography #ECK #birdphotography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #BirdLife @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #wildlife

Molly Moorhen was taking a quick drink when she spotted the paparazzi heading her way, so she finished up and got ready to leave because she couldn't be bothered about all the questions she knew they would be asking her. And it was all because she hasn't gone over to America to support her partner Marcos Llorente Moorhen, after their poor performance against Cape Verde in the 2026 Bird Cup. But it was pointless her going over because she knew they would be doing more training sessions, so there would be no slip ups in their next game against Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Captured at WWT Slimbridge.
24345d ago
Alan H6

Peter’s going to cheat. Reporting him to FIFA. 😂 Great shots and themes Rob.

Neil Cameron4

Great shots, Rob, but we want our swan back! 🙃😜

Kort Duce
@kortduce.bsky.social

A northern house wren perches on a branch with food for its chicks just outside its nest along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #photography #wren #wrens #BirdsSeenln2026

Photo by Kort Duce A northern house wren perches on a branch with food for its chicks just outside its nest along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, a house wren is perched on a dead branch that crosses the frame diagonally from the lower right to the upper left. The tree from which the branch extends is barely visible as it rises vertically along the right edge of the frame, while a much smaller branch reaches upward nearby. The wren has just landed and looks back over its left shoulder with its tail slightly raised and its wings settling from the final beat of flight. Clasped delicately in its beak are an insect and a spider, destined to become a meal for its hungry chicks. The background is softly blurred and features a large tree that fills much of the frame, with the nest cavity visible in the upper left corner. About five-eighths of the way across the image, the tree gives way to the lush greens of the riparian forest and a soft gray sky. On the far right, the main tree supporting the foreground branches comes back into view, creating a natural frame around the bird. A beautifully composed portrait of a house wren in its riparian habitat, capturing a fleeting moment of parental care along the banks of St. Vrain Creek.
21945d ago
Lori Batchelor🇨🇦
@lorichirp.bsky.social

Per Rob Crank: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak, the Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the Species. #birds #photography #ECK From the archives, an unusual duck to see in Burnaby, BC, Canada, a beautiful male Mandarin!

19745d ago
HLK
@hlkfotos.com

A red-billed oxpecker on a giraffe. #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeaks 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) perched on the neck of a giraffe. It is a tan and yellow bird with a bright red beak and bright yellow flesh around its red-orange iris, facing toward the left of frame and surrounded on each side by the giraffe's mane hair.
16645d ago
Helen Bennett 🌿2

What a fabulous looking bird! 👏❤️

Leslie Bulion2

That eye is so vivid!

Den 🇮🇪2

What a beauty! Lovely shot.

🔞Kadaver Kitchen🔞2

Nobody want to mention how determined they look? This oxpecker in particular looks like it too is sick and tired of the bullshit.

julielfrost.bsky.social
@julielfrost.bsky.social

A broad-billed #hummingbird with its red bill tipped with black for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #RedBeaks. #Birds #Photography #Hummingbirds #Nature #WildlifePhotography #StunDay

A vibrant, metallic green and blue broad-billed hummingbird displays its black-tipped red bill.
12244d ago
LaffingKat2

Beautiful closeup! He looks fierce!

PacBirds
@pacbirds.bsky.social

Sooty oystercatcher at Bateman’s Bay, NSW 🇦🇺, for the #RedBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #photography #birding #ECK #stunday

Black oystercatcher with bright red bill and eye standing on oyster covered rocks amid the surf of the Pacific Ocean.
12045d ago
Pirritin
@pirritin.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak, the Alt theme is #Paridae, any of the Species. A pair of Greylag geese with a touch of red in their orange beaks. #Merihanhi #Nature #Birds #ECK

11245d ago
Gray
@grays.art

Juvenile northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) on cypress twig in Bonita Springs, Florida 6-16-26 Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with (or will have) Red on its beak. Alt theme is #Paridae, any of that family. #stunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun #eck #threeWordGenre #birds

Perched on a sunny branch, with its body facing our right, while its head turns left toward us, and its face bisected by the shadow of a foreground, vertical twig, the bird’s feathers are tones of tan, and brown across its back, and chest, with red highlights on its wings, tail, and the crest on top of its head, and an area of black surrounds both its eyes, and the base of its dark, cone-shaped beak against a background of green foliage, and branches.
10045d ago
Kevin Wertman
@kevin.wertman.org

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, @robcrank68.bsky.social has specified any bird with red on its beak. So here's a red-crested pochard with a big ole head that I saw out at Animal Kingdom. #RedBeaks #Photography #Birds #Ducks

A red-crested pochard swims in rippled water, which is reflecting various colors around it. It has a huge brownish orange noggin and a bright red beak. it's body is mottled brown and white.
11045d ago
Neil Cameron
@neilcam57.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks so here's 3 parrots & a dinosaur baby. Details in the alt text. #ECK #Photography #Nikon #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Australia #birdsofbluesky #nature

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) showing off its unusual brush tongue, St Lucia, Brisbane.
9745d ago
Sandra Aamodt
@sandra-aamodt.bsky.social

Masked tityra male at Tranquilo Bay Resort on Bastimentos Island in Bocas del Toro, Panama #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeaks #birds

White bird with a red beak, flaring his wings as he holds onto the side of a palm trunk. The edges of his wings and tail are black, and so is the mask around his red eye patch.
8845d ago
Suse
@bookish33.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from Rob is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak. I’m going with this Common Shelduck. Its colours are so beautiful. #photography #birdsarecool

In the bright sunshine, a duck with a red beak, black head and a tan, white and black body has just dipped its beak in the water. It is beside a large rock and ripples are emanating out from its movements.
10645d ago
swandiveswim.bsky.social
@swandiveswim.bsky.social

#Birds Rob ‪@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak. A Common Merganser drake with his flaming red bill.

A duck floating on red, gold, & brown colored waters. The duck has a long bright red bill, glossy greenish black head, snow white neck, breast & sides, with black on the back.
10445d ago

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