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Bird of the Day, theme 'Little Brown Birds'

Bird of the DayJun 25, 20262328,817

Cute Mallard duckling served the juvenile reading, its down filling the frame. Another reading favored small streaky songbirds, shown by a Lincoln’s sparrow perched on a branch. The theme asked for birds with mainly brown plumage; the alternate was Food (any bird with food in it's beak or feet), shown by a Brown Thrasher with a bug in its beak.

Little Brown Birds · 190 photos

Bird with rusty-brown feathers and gray chest perched on a branch with green leaves in the background.
@leciamichelle.bsky.social385
A meadow pipit stands alert among wind-swept coastal grasses, its warm brown, finely streaked plumage blending beautifully with the surrounding dune vegetation. The bird is shown in crisp side profile with a bright, attentive eye and delicate pink legs, while a soft golden background creates a smooth, uncluttered backdrop that highlights the intricate feather detail.
@alan678.bsky.social364
A photo of a female red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) perched on a brown cattail stem with its back to the camera and its head turned toward the right, with streaked brown, tan, and reddish-orange plumage and a hint of red stain on the shoulder, against a soft blurred beige background.
@hlkfotos.com255
This photograph captures a European pied flycatcher perched on a branch adorned with early spring wild cherry blossoms.
@sealeveloslo.bsky.social229
Small sparrow with fine patterned markings on the throat and head is perched on a slanted branch. Out of focus vegetation in the background.
@pacbirds.bsky.social221
Photo by Kort Duce A northern house wren perches momentarily just outside its nest while carrying food for its hungry hatchlings along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, the wren fills much of the frame as it faces the camera, crouched forward with its tail raised and poised to launch toward its nearby nest cavity. The weathered dead branch on which it perches runs diagonally across the bottom of the frame, creating a strong compositional element. Behind the bird, the riparian forest dissolves into a soft, completely blurred background that isolates the subject and draws attention to its alert posture and prize held in its bill. A beautiful moment of parental devotion frozen in time, capturing a house wren's tireless effort to provide for its growing family.
@kortduce.bsky.social199
A House Wren perched on a Purple Marin house singing away.
@chuck4242.bsky.social196
A European Robin standing on a branch. He danced around my feet for a while actually too close to photograph. Beautiful little bird.
@denterrick.bsky.social170
A small brown bird with a white throat perched on a weathered piece of wood against a soft beige background. Photographed in the San Jacinto Mountains, California.
@birdsbyalex.bsky.social140
photo of a small, tan/brown sparrow perched on a diagonal branch. the bird is facing the camera looking to the right in profile. the branch is covered in lichens and moss.
@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social132
Mallard Duckling
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social119
A juvenile Eurasian Tree Sparrow stands on the ground in dappled sunlight, facing left with its beak slightly open. Its plumage is fluffy and not yet fully developed. In the background, another Eurasian Tree Sparrow is visible out of focus on the left side of the frame. Small green shoots and scattered pink petals are spread across the ground. まだ羽毛がふわふわとしたスズメの幼鳥が、木漏れ日の差す地面の上に立ち、少し口を開けて左を向いている。画面左奥には、もう1羽のスズメがぼけた状態で写っている。地面には小さな草の芽やピンク色の花びらが点在している。
@toritorihkd.bsky.social117
Ein ZilpZalp-Ästling sitzt auf der Gartendeko vom Nachbarn. A chiffchaff fledgling is sitting on the neighbor's garden decoration.
@nurjenniii.bsky.social109
A profile shot captures a Great Egret standing in shallow water, surrounded by thin, vertical green and brown marsh grasses. The bird has brilliant white plumage, a long, elegant S-curved neck, and a sharp yellow-orange bill. It is captured in a moment of success, holding a small, silver fish horizontally at the very tip of its beak. The background consists of soft, rippling grey water that creates a calm, muted backdrop, emphasizing the crisp detail of the bird’s feathers and its focused expression.
@grays.art98
A small brown bird on a horizontal branch. Its back is turned to us, but facing a bit to our right, so we see a profile of its head.
@jon5cents.bsky.social97
A Skylark perched on a stone wall in the sunshine. The bird is facing the camera, to the right of the frame, with its head turned to the left to show its left side. The sun is shining in from the right and lighting up the stone wall the bird is perched on; which runs along the bottoms of the frame and is light grey with patches of yellow lichen. The background is a field of long grass; out of focus
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social91
A little brown bird in profile against a blurred background.
@neilcam57.bsky.social75
Singdrosswl auf einem Ast im Nadelbaum, zeigt ihre gepunktet Brust, hat die Flügel leicht abgespreizt, und den Kopf in Richtung rechter Bildseite gedreht. Im Hintergrund, unscharf, Äste und Nadelzweige.
@annaquent.bsky.social74
A white-rumpedmunia that is enjoying its moment after breakfast.
@renfish2004.bsky.social73
Only about 3 inches long, Bushtits are busy little birds ranging mostly in the western states from Guatemala to Canada. &Bokeh
@dwebstersf.bsky.social73
Sorry, but a butterfly set my BlueSky on fire today, so I'm a bit late for by @robcrank68.bsky.social. I'll claim double points for and with this lucky shot of
@taminf.bsky.social71
Photo of a Brown thrasher in green grass. The bird is facing to the left and it has a bug in its beak.
@blathin384.bsky.social70
A sunlit reddish brown bird with spotted white underparts, long wings, pink legs and feet, and a stubby tail stands on two thin diagonal branches with its back to the camera and facing right against a green background. It looks like there are some tiny seeds smudged on its short pink beak.
@beachrelaxin.bsky.social65
From the vault - A Brown Thrasher perches on a branch among green leaves, showing its long tail, yellow eye, brown back, and streaked breast.
@irishlisa.bsky.social65
A young redwinged blackbird stands in the dappling shade of a tree with its head uplifted begging for food from its dad
@amygann.bsky.social64
Color photograph of a chestnut-backed chickadee perched on a miniature swing with its beak open.
@simmcewen.bsky.social63
A Wood Thrush with warm reddish-brown plumage above, white underparts with bold black spots, a white eye-ring, and pale pink legs. This bird was running around on the forest floor, through dead brown leaves, brown sticks, and some new green foliage. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.
@jancasavant.bsky.social61
Tall, mostly brown wading bird with a long, curved bill watching over two fluffy chicks.
@bettycrackerfl.bsky.social60
This young female Oriole is doing some serious stretching to get to the grape jelly I hid in a backyard plant for the birds to find!
@7and7.bsky.social58
A sparrow glaring out from behind tree branches.
@invisitech.bsky.social56
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