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

Bird of the DayJun 30, 20262189,382

A Virginia rail carrying a crayfish to its young offered a literal, intimate reading of The Art Of Survival through parental provisioning. Other entries stressed defense, such as a lapwing repeatedly harassing a heron to protect chicks, or endurance, as a male ring-necked pheasant weathered a snowstorm. It asked for birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young.

The Art Of Survival · 186 photos

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.
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Daphne the Dipper and a very well-fed fledgling.
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A viriginia rail carefully carries a crayfish to its young
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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 in left profile on a dead branch that stretches diagonally across the lower portion of the frame from right to left. The wren has just landed and pauses to assess its surroundings before returning to its nest. Delicately clasped in its beak is a green caterpillar, destined to become a meal for its hungry chicks. The background is softly blurred, revealing the trunk of a large tree that fills the frame. The nest cavity is visible in the upper right corner, providing subtle context for the bird's careful behavior. A beautifully composed portrait of a northern house wren in its riparian habitat, capturing a fleeting moment of parental care along the banks of St. Vrain Creek.
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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.
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Bright red male northern cardinal pokes its head into the snow as it looks for food.
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Two Hooded Crows on the ground and in a dispute over food.
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A Grackle feeding her youngster.
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Tiny chick with red face hiding partially under its big mom, who is dark grey. Both are on the nest.
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Today's theme is . This very flexible snowy egret found plenty of food to survive on in the shallows of a coastal Florida pond on a recent morning.
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An American robin stands on a wooden boardwalk, its bill filled with an uncountable number of mayflies.
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A close-up photo of an adult dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) with a dark slate-gray hood, brown torso, and pale pink bill feeding a streaky brown fledgling junco beak-to-beak on a bed of damp wood mulch. The lighting is dim and diffuse on a cloudy day.
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Bird with teal feathers on its wings, a dark brick red on its neck, dark teal on its crown, and bright yellow eyes. Its bill is fairly long and stabby, its legs & feet are yellow. It is in mid air, with only the left foot in contact with a fallen log and it leaps/dives forward into a pond covered in duckweed.
@1184outdoors.bsky.social91
Firstly the "eating a meal. A succulent Chinese meal!" reference for those who don't know this famous Australian meme, then this is compulsory (and very funny) viewing: https://youtu.be/q4bPMxeCnos?si=CFcHpx8EeodwznpW The image depicts a small, vibrantly coloured green, yellow, turquoise and blue parrot snacking on a tasty treat.
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A color photograph showing the shimmering green back of an Anna’s hummingbird hovering midair with its beak inside a pink penstemon blossom.
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A small, brown streaked bird perched on a slender reddish branch among bright green, sunlit leaves. The bird faces left & is holding a large grub or caterpillar in its beak. It has its back to the sun but, the bold brown markings on the breast are visible.
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Color photo of a northern mockingbird standing on cement with a very dead lizard in its beak.
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Two small woodland birds sit on a branch. The male on left (black back and tail with white front and wing bars) is transferring a beak of food to the female on the right (same markings but brown instead of black). The background is blurred greens.
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An Elegant Tern chases back after an anchovy that it had just dropped.
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A collage of three photos of an American robin family inside their nest, surrounded by the green foliage of our hazelnut tree. Top Photo: A mature American robin sits inside a nest made of twigs and dried grass. Two young chicks sit beside the adult with their bright yellow mouths stretched wide open, begging for food. Bottom-Left: A closer view focuses on one chick inside the twig nest. The chick's head is tilted completely back with its beak wide open to the sky. Bottom-Right: The adult robin rests quietly on the right side of the nest. The top of a chick's fuzzy head is barely visible on the left side of the frame.
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A gold finch perched on Common Mullien plant eating its seeds
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The theme of (birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young) is today's Lapwing telling a heron who’s boss (lots of times until the
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Today's theme is . Here's a sedge warbler with a full beak. Have a good day folks .bsky.social .scotland.bsky.social
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A Northern House Wren perches on a niche in the wall of a weather worn old barn while exhibiting an impressive insect in her beak. We’re on the shaded side of the edifice on a mild mid June evening, so the light is very soft and our subjects palette closely matches that of her perch resulting in an image that’s a delicate study in greys with only modest touches of colour — rather handsome if I do say so.
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A grey and blue fledgling bluebird, at right, lunges forward with beak wide open at its blue and orange father, perched on a branch, to try to be first to the mealworm thatdad is carrying to feed both of his offspring.
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A small gray and white bird is on a nest apparently made of lichens or mossy growth between two forking branches. The bird is sitting alertly, eyes wide, looking to our right.
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Vertical photo of a great egret (bird) with its beak open and a chick in a nest just below, all in a tree.
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Ein Zaunkönig klettert den Stamm hinunter, kopfüber. A wren climbs down the trunk, headfirst.
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A family of Mute Swans (2 adults and 7 cygnets) on a nest made of reeds ont he edge of the lake. The nest is centre frame with both parents standing on it. The one on the right has its head up and facing the camera, the one on the left is preening. In front of them are seven cygnets, five sitting and two standing on the nest. In the foreground is the edge of lake, dotted with lily pads and a few reeds. The background is fresh green reeds
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A young Crested Caracara is standing on a rough, white shell road with a Rough Green Snake dangling from their beak to the ground. The caracara is a large dark brown raptor with long legs, an almost white feathered neck, a flat, dark brown-black cap on the head with a bit of a crest in back, and large pinkish bill with a light gray/blue end. The thin, dangling snake is bright yellow-green. The bird with snake is casting a shadow on the white road beneath them.
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