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Bird of the Day, theme 'Grey Day'

Bird of the DayJun 26, 20262519,994

A cheeky heron with its tongue out in Co. Galway embodied the literal grey-plumage reading. Others treated grey as portraiture, as a close-up Great Grey Owl in Shropshire and a white-crowned sparrow closeup emphasized texture and pattern. The alternate theme, Showing Off, appeared as a peacock standing proud on a sandstone wall at Ruthin Castle.

Grey Day · 207 photos

Cheeky looking Heron standing in the water with reeds in the background. If you look closely you can see it has its tongue out! Co. Galway, Ireland.
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social373
A grey heron stands knee-deep in calm, dark green water, holding a small silvery fish delicately in the tip of its long, dagger-like bill. The heron’s pale grey head, striking yellow eye, and finely streaked white neck are sharply in focus, while dappled sunlight filters through surrounding reeds, creating soft patches of light and shadow across its slate-grey back. Gentle ripples spread around its legs, and the blurred reflections of waterside vegetation form a rich, natural backdrop, capturing a quiet moment of hunting success.
@alan678.bsky.social369
A Barred Owl camouflaged in the trees. It has grey, brown and white plumage so it blends into perfectly.
@aleesia27.bsky.social263
A great blue heron stepping up onto a rock in a marina with a sandy beach with large rocks and greenery in the background.
@andreapeterson.bsky.social214
Four Royal Terns are standing on the shore of the beach facing towards the ocean. In Florida, the Royal Tern has a white body, pale gray wings with darker tips, and a crisp white underbelly. They are most easily recognized by their head feathers, which feature a shaggy, jet-black crest (like a "mohawk") and a striking, bright orange-to-reddish bill.
@dwightreads.bsky.social209
A photo of a green heron (Butorides virescens) perched low at the water's edge on a wet log, body hunched forward, holding a tiny silver fish in its beak. It is a small heron with a dark gray-green cap, yellow eyes, a long black beak, chestnut neck and breast, blue-gray back, scalloped wing coverts with buff-colored edges, and long, bright orange legs and feet. Soft-focus green foliage frames the foreground in dim, shady lighting.
@hlkfotos.com199
Photo by Kort Duce A great blue heron lands in shallow water after flying across a pond at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal color photograph, a heron is seen in right profile standing in the water with its wings fully spread as it completes its landing. The pond's gently rippled surface reflects the riparian forest along St. Vrain Creek on the opposite shoreline, creating layers of soft green tones interrupted by darker bands of shadow cast by the trees. Blurred cattails dot the foreground, adding depth and framing the scene. With its wings outstretched and poised above the water, the heron appears almost like a conductor leading a sermon in nature, creating a beautiful and dynamic moment of action.
@kortduce.bsky.social194
A juvenile Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker perches on a diagonal tree branch against a smooth green background. The bird faces toward the upper left with its bill slightly raised. Its grey-brown plumage appears fluffy, and the patterned tail feathers are partly visible behind the branch. 緑色にぼけた背景の前で、コゲラの幼鳥が斜めに伸びた木の枝にとまっている。鳥はやや左上を向き、くちばしを少し持ち上げた姿勢をしている。灰褐色の羽毛はふんわりとしており、枝の後ろから模様のある尾羽の一部が見えている。
@toritorihkd.bsky.social168
Closeup of a sparrow showing brown wing and side, grey front and grey head with black stripet an white crown.
@pacbirds.bsky.social148
A closeup of a sandhill crane.
@amygann.bsky.social148
A Peacock standing tall and proud on top of a sandstone wall at Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Denbighshire, North Wales. It's long iridescent tail feathers run down the picture. The wall is covered in green ivy. The background has trees and rolling hills. It is a male Indian peafowl, also known as the blue peafowl, native to the Indian subcontinent. Male peafowl, known as peacocks, are renowned for their vibrant blue neck feathers and long, iridescent tail feathers. These birds are often kept in gardens or parks and are known for resting on high vantage points like walls or gates.While they have a distinctive long tail, they only display it in a full fan shape during courtship displays
@listermj.bsky.social147
Great Grey Owl
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social140
Grey Crowned Crane. Close-up of head and neck. Bird has long neck with red wattle, white cheeks and crown of gold coloured plumage. Portrait view. Credit: Greenpeace / Takeshi Mizukoshi
@greenpeace.org130
Weiböicher Buchfink, von vorn gesehen, auf einer Wiese. Der bildseitig rechte Fuß ist angehoben, daneben ein unscharfes Gänseblümchen. Der Kopf ist in Richtung linker Bildseite gedreht.
@annaquent.bsky.social127
Today's themes are and . I think this beautiful somewhat juvenile reddish egret fits both themes. It was fishing in the shallows of the Gulf of Mexico in North
@msriffle.bsky.social124
A Male Chaffinch perched on a small branch in the forest in song. The bird is in the bottom right of the frame with its left side showing and head tilted up and beak open in song. The branch travels from the bottoms right to the top left of the frame and two other branches can be seen behind it travelling a similar direction. The background is out of focus greens and browns of the forest.
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social121
Grey hooded parrotbill
@ronmac11.bsky.social111
Today's theme is This was my ultimate Grey day pic. Great Blue Heron
@gladner.bsky.social111
strike a pose… A mourning dove showing off her bluish-grey, feathery flair, proving once again that… you can never have too much flair
@jriegs.bsky.social111
A Grey Heron wading in the local park lake here in the Dublin suburbs.
@denterrick.bsky.social105
A Brown Pelican flies, angling left with outstetched wings, over a calm seafoam-colored Atlantic Ocean, against a clear light blue sky, on a sunny afternoon, in Florida.
@learls.bsky.social103
Fledgling gray catbird with gray feathers perched on a branch with green leaves.
@leciamichelle.bsky.social93
A Great Grey Owl perched on a snowy stump.
@invisitech.bsky.social87
A sunlit slate gray bird with a shaggy upright crest, a small white dot in front of her black eye, large black dagger like beak, white neck and underparts, and a rusty red chest band and belly band stands on an old lichen covered tree branch in profile facing right with her beak slightly open against a mottled background in many shades of green. With the sunlight gleaming off her eye and a slight upward curve to her short tail she has a perky mischievous vibe. When she matures, her chest band will become gray like her back and crest.
@beachrelaxin.bsky.social79
A grey bird with white over & under the eye, has a cream coloured throat and breast. The bird sits among Green Alder leaves. Both it & the leaves in the foreground are in bright sunlight.
@swandiveswim.bsky.social78
A secret cove in Bodega Bay photographed from the bluff above it. There's a bluff in the background with green moss and textured rock with a little beach nestled on the right. There's a tiny gray and white seagull about to land on a smaller rock in front of the bluff on the left side halfway down and another flying close to the bluff near the center of the photo. Waves are crashing on the beach and around the rocks. The water is a beautiful seafoam green. There are green plants blurred in the foreground on the right side.
@handcranked.bsky.social75
A house Finch on top of an evergreen tree, blue sky in background
@roabrams.bsky.social72
This Eastern Warbling Vireo is a grayish-olive songbird. It has a grayish crown, a white eyebrow stripe, plain wings without bars, and a pale yellow wash on its flanks and undertail coverts. This bird was perched on a brown branch of a tree and surrounded by green leaves and more branches. The blurry brown trunk of a tree is in the background. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.
@jancasavant.bsky.social68
A young trumpeter swan, called a cygnet, glides through the water, eating thin strands of vegetation as it goes.
@julielfrost.bsky.social68
Just a tad after midnight but it's still Friday somewhere 😂 so here's a set for @alan678.bsky.social theme of , which is any bird with grey in its plumage. So
@robcrank68.bsky.social65
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