Bird of the Day, theme 'Rocky'

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Bird of the Day today is themed Rocky, asking for birds perched on rocks, with an alternate theme Contortionist for birds in odd poses. The gallery features shorebirds and waterbirds on rocky perches, closeups of grooming or stretching birds, and playful cliffside seabirds. Standouts include a moorhen stretching on a lake rock in County Galway, a ruddy turnstone grooming at a local wildlife refuge, and a killdeer chick walking a pond shoreline in Longmont, Colorado. You will also find puffins on cliffs, a green heron in a contorted preen, and a rock pipit on the seashore to match the prompt.

PacBirds

@pacbirds.bsky.social

A rufous hummingbird for the #contortionist theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Male rufous hummer perched in a redbud shrub, bent and twisted with head down, tail fanned and wings stretched behind in curves, with out of focus flowers

43845d ago

Yvonne Redknap1

Fabulous shot, PacBirds. What on earth is he doing? 🤣

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Hi everyone. Busy day at my brother’s farm, was harvesting silage. Going to do some #BirdOfTheDay reposts. Repost=Step! 🕺💃🍻🥂🐣🥃🍷🍾🍺🧊 Taken this morning. The heat was already too much for this little guy. Grass didn’t offer much shade. 😂 #Contortionist #ForJanet #Robin #birds #ECK

A European robin sits low on a weathered tree stump, its bright orange-red breast fluffed out as it tries to keep cool on a hot summer day. With both wings held slightly away from its body and its tail raised, the bird adopts a classic heat-relief posture, allowing air to circulate through its feathers. A few blades of grass partially frame the robin’s face, while warm sunlight highlights the rich chestnut-brown plumage and the soft, pale feathers along its sides. The blurred green background creates a peaceful garden setting, drawing attention to the robin’s determined effort to stay comfortable in the midday heat.

39345d ago

Graham Jones1

Aw? Bless his little rusty bib. Great shot marra. ❤️

alisonwillis1.bsky.social1

Thank goodness later cut silage. Unlike fields next to us.....Skylarks :-(

Jimmy Innes1

Good luck ploughing through all the posts now! Not sure if that is an easier job than harvesting silage 🤣🤣

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Aaww poor little thing and wonderful photo 🧡 That ead heavy work in the heat dear Alan. Enjoy your well deserved rest this evening 🙏🤗

SueN1

Home made lemon cake on its way with me to the step.

Dr Anke Marsh1

Look at the wee thing 🥺

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

How about some yoga?🧘 "The #BirdOfTheDay themes today: #Rocky, alt #Contortionist" #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #swans #Scape

A mute swan stretches its neck high into the air, so that it looks like a candle. Its wings are slightly spread.

25745d ago

Emyr Wyn Jones28

@alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rocky. Alt #Contortionist. This pair of nesting Shags are going through some contortions on the rocks! #birds #ukbirding #ECK #BirdPhotography @mybirdcards.com @britishbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Dawn Photography1

What a long neck! 🤗 have a lovely day Rina 💜

PJ 🇮🇪☘️

@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Rocky / Contortionist) Moorhen stretching on a rock at the lake... Co. Galway, Ireland. #Rocky #Contortionist #Moorhen #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

25745d ago

Big Dave2

Yeah, that's how I strained my calf muscle! Silly bird will end up on crutches.

🥒🐸🌮🦋 Anemia B2

I love my Moorhen friends. I feed the birds on the lake in the backyard. They pick peices of food and give them to the babies beak to beak. They are really cool.

Peacebird2

Bird yoga 🪶 Lovely 💙

Jimmy Innes

@jimmyinnes.bsky.social

Rare shot of the Yellow Swivel-Headed Contortion Wagtail 😎 #BirdOfTheDay #Contortionist #Birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #Scape #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography #10MinutesFromHome

Vertical photo taken on a summer’s eve. A yellow wagtail sits on the top of a brown and spiky teasel plant. There are about 10 heads of teasel visible in the scene. The wagtail is sitting on one of the uppermost ones. The bird is facing obliquely away from you, but is head is swivelled round 180 degrees, looking directly behind itself, probably sensing some danger or other. It is a quirky contorted shape for the bird to be in. The bird and teasel are set against a blurred focus background of yellow and green crops

21145d ago

Alan H1

🎬 Death Becomes Her, Meryl Streep. 😂 Great shot Jimmy.

Robyn

@handcranked.bsky.social

Rockin' robin #BirdOfTheDay #rocky #scape #FlyDay #SensoryArt #IAm #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #birds #ForJanet #ArtYear #OM-3

An American robin standing on a rock next to patchy green and brown grass. The rock has lichen on it. The robin's body is facing away from the camera and a bit to the right. The head is turned fully to the right. It has a dark gray head, back, and wings, a reddish-orange breast, and white around the eyes and legs. The beak is orange and glowing in the light. There's a bare, brown stalk to the left of the bird and another larger rock blurred in the background on the right side. There's also a blurred rock in the foreground.

20845d ago

Graham Jones2

Great capture. I'm tempted to dub you Rockin' Robyn for posting this with the ForJanet hash tag but that would've been obvious, wouldn't it? Not like me. Thanks mate. ❤️

Chris @ Heroes Peak1

Thanks now I have a brain worm that just goes "tweet, tweetly-eet" over and over

Kort Duce

@kortduce.bsky.social

A killdeer chick walks along the shoreline of a pond at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #FlyDay #BirdOfTheDay #Rocky #ECK #bird #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands #killdeer #chicks

17945d ago

Charlie Ludwig

@chuck4242.bsky.social

A Green Heron trying to show off its circus skills. #BirdOfTheDay #Contortionist #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK

A Green Heron curled into a weird shape while standing and preening. The bird is standing on a log in the water with the morning sun spotlighting it.

15045d ago

Clinty11

I love everything about this shot Charlie!

Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rocky while the #ALT theme is #Contortionist. This beautiful little ruddy turnstone fits both themes. It was photographed while grooming at our local wildlife refuge. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #NikonZ8 #conservation

16045d ago

shhhhhhyemilybaby1

you're such a tease, huh 😉

swandiveswim.bsky.social

@swandiveswim.bsky.social

#birds #Sandpiper Alan H says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rocky. Here is a Spotted Sandpiper on sentry duty (there were chicks nearby).

A brown & white bird faces left, standing on a flat topped rock in front of a grey background. The bird has a pointed orange beak, a patterned brown head & back, a thin white eye ring, and brown spots on white breast feathers.

14345d ago

BobS1

Such a great capture. I see these often in a lagoon where I walk my pups, but with hands full, and not wanting their attention drawn, I settle for a mind shot.

HLK

@hlkfotos.com

River waxwing, sometimes. #BirdOfTheDay #Rocky 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a rounded rock at the edge of a shallow stream, facing left. It's a tan songbird with a black mask across its dark eyes, a small black beak, sleek crest, pale yellow belly, gray wings, and gray tail with a bright yellow tip. Some small bright red waxy feathers are visible on the wings. Smooth brown water-worn stones surround the bird, with clear water in the background on a sunny afternoon.

13545d ago

Another Bob 🇺🇸🫶🇨🇦🫶🇲🇽🫶🇺🇦1

Such beautiful birds. I only seem to see them every few years around here, but they're one of my favorites.

Eric Olson Photography1

Great shot! They look so surreal. I’ve never actually seen one in person.

DWebster🇺🇦🇨🇴🇨🇺🇲🇽🇨🇦🌎🦜1

Great capture…Can’t say I’ve ever seen one on the edge of water, like that!

Gray

@grays.art

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) preens atop a water marker Crew flint one strand lakes Bonita Springs, Florida 7-7-26 Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay themes today: #Rocky, birds perched on rocks. Alt #Contortionist, birds getting into strange shapes. #flyday #eck #threewordgenre #birds #birding

A small heron stands atop a weathered wooden post, contorted while preening its feathers. The bird's long, thin legs support its slender body, which features a blend of blue-gray and maroon plumage. The post itself is marked with a white square bearing the bold black number "18" and a small white rectangle with a symbol below it. The background consists of a soft, out-of-focus light blue body of water.

13045d ago

Gray26

Another photo of the little blue

PacBirds1

Love these!! I wish we had little blues here, but they only visit once in quite a lot of years. Wonderful shots 😍😍😍

Three Word Genre1

Elegant waterside portrait. Your three words are well-preened. Little blue heron. #ThreeWordGenre

Lauren

@tinylongwing.bsky.social

For #BirdOfTheDay, I actually don't have many birds perched on rocks I can show... How about a bird perched in front of the #Rocky Mountains! This singing Townsend's Warbler was done for the latest season of @songbirding.com , go have a listen. #BirdArt #SciArt 🪶

Digital illustration of a singing male Townsend's Warbler perched high at the very tip of a conifer. He is colored in bold yellow, black, and white, with his beak open in song, and stands out bright and colorful against the cool blue sky and the jagged slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the background.

11145d ago

Squatlo Bob

@squatlobob.bsky.social

Remembering a trip we took to Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee a few years ago. The sunrises there are often spectacular. A great blue heron silhouette in a distant cypress tree helped set the mood for this shot. #naturephotography #landscape #greatblueheron #birds #reelfootlake #BirdoftheDay

A great blue heron is silhouetted against a pink/blue/purple morning background as it is perched on the branch of a distant cypress tree above reflecting water.

13545d ago

G'ma1

Beautiful photo. The Holloman Cemetery is close by. I'm a Holloman.

Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@fraggenstein.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Rocky, birds perched on rocks set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ I'm heading over to Skomer - West Wales today so feel I have to post a Puffin 😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife #naturephotography #naturetherapy #seabirds #puffin

12945d ago

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