Bird of the Day, theme 'The Art Of Survival'

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Bird of the Day is a daily community event and today's prompt is The Art Of Survival, focused on birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, or raising young. Participants are sharing wildlife and nature photography that highlights feeding, parental care, territorial disputes, and birds adapting to human-shaped landscapes. Standout entries include pelicans breeding at St James’s Park with four newly hatched chicks, a Virginia rail carefully carrying a crawdad to its young, and great blue heron chicks watching a helicopter over Bonita Springs, FL. Look for close-up feeding shots like an Anna’s hummingbird at penstemon and a northern house wren delivering food to chicks along St. Vrain Creek.

Laurette

@laurette1.bsky.social

First time in over 360 years that pelicans have bred at St James’s Park, London. Four chicks hatched last month. #BirdoftheDay #LivingLandscapes #London #Photography

69945d ago

Alan H1

😍😍😍😍 Fabulous shot and absolutely amazing news Laurette.

Yana Das1

Those chicks will be extra pampered or under a lot of pressure to perform...

GypsyJ💙🇮🇪🦋🥀🌻1

Are these American White Pelicans?

Caleigh Fisher1

❤️. I'll have to visit.

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival Birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young. Alt #LivingLandscapes Where the environment is as important as the bird. Good luck. Small bird in a big world. #birds #photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #ECK

A Eurasian wren perches delicately on a slender twig beside an old tree trunk, its tiny beak packed with soft green moss gathered for nesting. Just to the left, a deep natural cavity in the weathered bark marks the entrance to its nest, revealing the purpose of the bird’s determined visit. The rough textures of the ancient trunk contrast beautifully with the wren’s warm brown plumage, while the smooth green background keeps the focus on this intimate glimpse of breeding behaviour. The image captures a fleeting moment of dedication as one of Britain’s smallest birds returns home with fresh nesting material.

32745d ago

Graham Jones3

This is so lovely, Alan. The smallness of the bird, the determination of it to build its safe warm home for the family it knows is coming, the textures of that tree. Fabulous capture. 👌

Neil Cameron2

Oh I like that image very much indeed! Just a cracker, mate.

Atlantic Birding1

Nice scale in that shot Alan

Helen Bennett 🌿1

Lovely photo 👏🤎 Hope you have a great day my friend 🤗👋

A-Girl-Called-Ronnie 🇳🇱1

Great image, beautifully done Alan.

Mr Garden1

Smashing shot. 👌 The Wren is such a small bird but a great survivor in a big harsh environment. 😍

Aintright

@aintright.bsky.social

Daphne the Dipper and a very well-fed fledgling. #BirdOfTheDay #TheArtOfSurvival #Birds #Birdphotography #Nature #ECK

31445d ago

RoseMay1

… et plus gros que Daphne !

Grumpy 💙 European 🪶1

Fantastic Dipper shot. 👌 I really know how hard this is…

Gray1

Beautiful, Bill, and on the beak 😻

Amy Gann

@amygann.bsky.social

A virginia rail carefully carries a crawdad/crayfish to its young. For the #birdoftheday theme of #theartofsurvival #birds #rail #virginiarail #crayfish #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A viriginia rail carefully carries a crayfish to its young

23045d ago

Dave Meredith3

The first version with the hilarious autocorrect was more fun. 😀

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What a incredible photo Amy🧡

edg59.bsky.social1

I'm always amazed birds can just swallow those things... recently saw a grebe suck one down, claws last and hanging out for a moment till it swallowed all of it.

toritori

@toritorihkd.bsky.social

I never managed a close shot of an Oriental Blue-and-white Flycatcher this season, but this one turned out to be a good fit for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #LivingLandscapes. 🪶 Thanks, Alan! 😊 遠い😭 #nature #photography #wildlife #Blue-and-whiteFlycatcher #オオルリ #birds #野鳥 #Japan #BirdsSeenIn2026

An Oriental Blue-and-white Flycatcher perches on a branching tree limb against a background of bright green foliage. The bird faces right and occupies a small portion of the frame, with the surrounding vegetation and branches dominating the composition.
明るい緑色の葉を背景に、枝分かれした木の枝にオオルリがとまっている。鳥は右を向いており、画面の中では小さく写っている。構図の大部分を周囲の枝や葉が占めている。

20545d ago

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. #BirdOfTheDay #TheArtOfSurvival #LivingLandscapes #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #photography #wren #wrens #BirdsSeenln2026

18445d ago

seatbelt-fastened.bsky.social1

you must be the most 'silent' person on the planet to get these great shots. OR, wildlife knows you are a friend....

Gray

@grays.art

Great blue heron chicks (Ardea herodias) watching a helicopter Bonita Springs, FL 6-30-26 #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival: #birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, raising young. The Alt #LivingLandscapes: where the environment is as important as the bird. #ECK #twofer

Two Great Blue Heron chicks stand together in a large stick nest built high in a pine tree. One chick stretches its long neck high into the air, looking upward against a bright blue sky, while the second, slightly smaller chick stands right beside it in the nest. Green pine branches surround the large, messy nest structure, which is viewed from a low angle looking upward.

CREW pen flint strand trails and lakes.
Monthly the park service flies over and sometimes lands for land maintenance.

16445d ago

Alan H2

So so theme perfect Gray. Terrific capture.

Gray2

This photo was taken yesterday 6-29-26 😅

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Fantastic photo. Great composition. 👍

Katherine Mancuso

@katherinemancuso.bsky.social

Adrift ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ #TidesOutTuesday #BirdOfTheDay #LivingLandscapes #PNW

A heron floating on driftwood in the cove with evergreen trees and cloudy mountains in the distance.

This heron was hanging out in the cove for a few days. Hopefully he made it home successfully.

13945d ago

Alan H1

Fabulous and absolutely theme perfect Katherine. Thank you. 🙏🏼

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What a wonderful photo 💙

Lecia Michelle

@leciamichelle.bsky.social

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival, (i.e. birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, or raising young). A male northern cardinal looking for food in the snow.

Bright red male northern cardinal pokes its head into the snow as it looks for food.

14044d ago

Defund-and-Abolish (Rayanne)2

I have never seen a picture showing this behavior. Neat!

Grumpy Auntie Chooses Hope 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩵 🟦💙2

I’ve been meaning to share this baby dark eyed Junco! It’s learning to forage; the parents found a whole cherry the other day and went nuts.

Gray1

Thematically right on, Lecia, and the contrast is great 😍

Den 🇮🇪

@denterrick.bsky.social

For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #LivingLandscapes I spotted this Grey Heron in the park this afternoon. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

A Grey Heron seen through the trees standing in a park lake. Beautiful sunshine for a few minutes until the heavens opened and I got soaked. Summer in Ireland.

13044d ago

Alan H1

Fabulous capture Den. Theme perfect. Love the dappled lighting and natural framing. 👌🏼👌🏼

HLK1

Beautiful framing and light, Den!

Dennis Waldron

@wphoto.bsky.social

A Grackle feeding her youngster. #TheArtOfSurvival #BirdOfTheDay #Grackle #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography

12145d ago

PacBirds

@pacbirds.bsky.social

Dusky moorhen chick hiding under it’s mom’s wing for the #TheArtOfSurvival theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Lane Cove National Park, Sydney 🇦🇺 #birds #nature #birphotography #photography #ECK

Tiny chick with red face hiding partially under its big mom, who is dark grey. Both are on the nest.

11945d ago

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Safe place to be. Great photo. 👍

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LivingLandscapes. A Ring-billed Gull standing on a rock in Colpoy's Bay, Ontario watching the sunrise. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome

There's a silhouetted gull standing on a rock sticking out of water in the foreground with a section of the Niagara Escarpment on the horizon near the top of the image. The sky and top half of the water is a pinky orange changing to blue around the bird.

The first time I posted this photo on Bluesky several people claimed it was AI slop. In reality it was photographed with a decade old mirrorless camera and the plastic telephoto kit zoom that came with it.

11945d ago

Alan H1

The colours are mesmerising Dave. Fantastic shot.

Travis Locke1

Beautiful colours and contrast 👌

Neil Cameron1

Yep, that's stunning. Way to go, Dave!

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Layers of pastel perfection with a very contemplative Gull just chilling. 👌

PJ 🇮🇪☘️

@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (The Art Of Survival) Two Hooded Crows in a dispute over food... Co. Galway, Ireland. #TheArtOfSurvival #BirdOfTheDay #Crows #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Two Hooded Crows on the ground and in a dispute over food.

12345d ago

Jennifer1

That guy needs his mouth washed out with soap. You just know that’s mid curse

Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival. This very flexible snowy egret found plenty of food to survive on in the shallows of a coastal Florida pond on a recent morning. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #birdsinflight #Birdsky #birders #NikonZ8 #conservation

10845d ago

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