Bird of the Day, theme 'Amongtheripples'

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Bird of the Day is a daily community event; today’s main theme is #AmongTheRipples, birds on water, with the alternative theme #BestSideEye. Gallery entries focus on birds interacting with water and the patterns they make, plus portraits that read as sceptical glances; entries emphasize ripples, reflections, morning mist, and playful side-eye expressions. Concrete examples include a great blue heron hunting in a pond at McNary National Wildlife Refuge and a cygnet making ripples with its beak, a Ruddy Duck billed the “ripple king,” and an American White Pelican that fits both the water and side-eye themes. Look for mallards and ring-necked drakes leaving wake patterns, a Herring Gull drifting through a rock pool at dawn, and shorebirds like a Pied Stilt and a Wood Duck framed amid concentric ripples.

Marjo Slingerland-Boks

@marjosl.eurosky.social

What do you think is this not my #BestSideEye view for Alan's second theme for #BirdOfTheDay 🤔is what this cute little Robin is thinking 😅 #ECK #Birds

53445d ago

CrystalClearPNW1

Our American Robins have a beautiful morning song…even when they start singing at 4:30am when the sun comes up 🥱

Pam Brown1

Excellent shot and adorable bird! 🥰😍

Richard Parry1

Great picture. Thanks for posting.

Eric Olson Photography1

“Yo, back off a step!” 😂 Great photo 😊

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay #BestSideEye. This was a very small young Meadow Pipit up on the mountain three days ago. Too young to have fear. Only a few centimetres tall. #birds #photography #Stunday #ECK

A juvenile Meadow Pipit stands among tall, sunlit meadow grasses, its warm buff and brown streaked plumage blending beautifully with the surrounding vegetation. The young bird faces slightly to the right, its large dark eye alert and its slender pale bill catching the light. Soft sunlight highlights the finely streaked breast and delicately patterned wings, while blurred green grasses in the foreground and background create a natural frame, emphasising the bird’s camouflage and its grassland habitat.

32845d ago

Graham Jones1

Perfect shot, Alan. Not so much a side eye as an inquisitive eye? I hope this beautiful little bird does not grow to fear the close proximity of us humans.

Neil Cameron1

An overdose of cuteness! Well done. Funny thing is that it has the gizz of a significantly larger bird.

Helena Ludwig 🇪🇺🇦🇹🎶📸1

So gorgeous! 🤩 Good morning and hsppy Sunday! 👋🏻☕️

Linda Barnia King

@lindaking78.bsky.social

Great Blue Heron hunting in one of the ponds near the headquarters of McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, Washington… #BirdoftheDay #AmongtheRipples #Birds #Herons #BirdPhotography #BirdLife #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #ornithology

32045d ago

Amy Gann

@amygann.bsky.social

A great blue heron stands in the river as a mist filled with the glow of the morning sun fills the air. For the #birdoftheday theme of #amongtheripples #birds #heron #greatblueheron #protectnature #sunrise #EastCoastKin #stunday

23945d ago

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸1

It's so gorgeous that it's surreal!

simmcewen.bsky.social

@simmcewen.bsky.social

Red-crested Cardinal #BestSideEye #birdoftheday #wildlife #Maui #nature #birds #photography

Color photograph of red-crested Cardinal standing on rocks with some low green plants on the them and a bare stick in the foreground. The cardinal is facing to the left but looking at the camera.

25745d ago

Yvonne Redknap1

Definitely giving you the side eye! 😀

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

"Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are: Main: #AmongTheRipples birds onwater. Alt: #BestSideEye" I’m going with a cygnet that makes ripples with its beak 🪶 #Stunday #Swanday #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK

A close-up of the head of a cygnet eating green plants in the water, creating small ripples. The face is reflected in the water, blurred.

23045d ago

Alan H2

Absolutely beautiful capture Rina. Such a great piece of photography. Ahem, show off. 😅🫶🏼

AnnaLois1

Look at its little fluffy self 😍

norfolkm1

An image you can immerse yourself in. Simply lovely.

Richard Parry1

Great picture. Thanks for posting.

雪乃しずく（shizukuxuenai）1

Oh ❣ So sweet 🤩 Thanks for sharing such a lovely photo, Rina 🫶

Connect2Nature 🇨🇦

@invisitech.bsky.social

#Connect2Nature #Birds #BirdoftheDay I'm not sure if a Great Grey Owl can do a #BestSideEye, but there's enough judgement in a direct stare. Taken at a Raptor Conservatory. #Nature #Photography

A Great Grey Owl looking intensely at the camera.

19945d ago

Sylvia Long1

Amazing creature! Thanks for sharing that.

Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷

@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #AmongTheRipples Mr. American Robin is sippin' among, and causing, ripples in my pond! #birds #becurious

17145d ago

SeaLevelOslo

@sealeveloslo.bsky.social

Climbing for another dive. Swallows putting on an airshow by the sea. #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #BirdOfTheDay #AmongTheRipples #BestSideEye

A barn swallow in flight ascending to the top right corner with the sea surface and its ripples and reflections in the background.

15945d ago

Alex Rimberg2

Great capture, Sea Level! You’re getting quite good at capturing birds in flight!

Michael J.1

Yes indeed, your efforts paid off! I’m truly happy for your success!

Lori Batchelor🇨🇦

@lorichirp.bsky.social

Per Alan H: Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are: Main: #AmongTheRipples birds on water. Alt: #BestSideEye birds appearing to be casting a sceptical or unimpressed glance. #birds #photography #ECK A female Mallard leaving a ripples wake.

14845d ago

Mark D Alexander

@mad7500.bsky.social

I was trying to find a photo for #BirdOfTheDay #AmongTheRipples The shocking thing is I took this in January!! I remember that day like it was last week. It was cold 🥶 but such a beautiful Winters day ☀️ #SeizeTheDay life is speeding by..✨🤍✨🦢✨💚✨📷🪶 #Swanday #Stunday #ECK #Nature #Photography #Swan

14045d ago

Jen Langston 🏴‍☠️2

Gorgeous! I love cold, winter days. To me, they are so beautiful to every one of my senses. What a beautiful photo of liquid golden water and a regal swan. 🦢💛🤍

jon5cents2

Wonderful little light play there!

Jaime Hylton, Hodophile, Orophile, Librocubicularist2

Happy days to you, Mark. 🫶

Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦1

Oh....this shot is so beautiful, Mark🏆

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸1

Gorgeous! It's like liquid gold, and so befitting a swan.

debmaluk.bsky.social

@debmaluk.bsky.social

the ripple king... a Ruddy Duck for #BirdOfTheDay #amongtheripples

Ruddy Duck making bubbles on the water. He is rust colored with a black head and white cheek. His bill is a vibrant blue. His black tail feathers are raised.

14245d ago

Marina Mueller 🇨🇦1

This is wonderful! I will see one some day 🤓

Becky Grambo 🍁1

@saskajanet.bsky.social Look at this magnificent beast!

PacBirds

@pacbirds.bsky.social

A wood duck (or Carolina duck) for the #AmongTheRipples theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #ECK #stunday

A male wood duck on a wooded creek, among a complicated ripple pattern with out of focus foliage in the foreground.

12145d ago

Neil Cameron

@neilcam57.bsky.social

‪Alan H @alan678.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AmongTheRipples "Well, well, who's this handsome fellow then? Why, I do think it is I." Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), Oxley Creek Common #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

Black and white bird with long black beak and long pink legs is pictured with its reflection in a still pond.

11545d ago

Alan H2

So so beautiful Neil. Fab capture.

Doug Engstrom2

What a nice shot! That reflection is great.

HLK1

He is very handsome. Beautiful image!

Uncletimrob1

Great photo - and OCC is one of the best!

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AmongTheRipples with the alternative #BestSideEye. I think this American White Pelican covers both. #Saskatchewan #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Velvia #1990s #ManualFocus #ManualExposure #PhotoHour

11645d ago

Alan H2

Smarty pants. Twofer. Well you’re already there. So turn round then back again to the step Dave. 😂😂

Rosemarie1

Wonderful photo Dave! Perfect lighting and meets the challenges 💙

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Bird of the Day, theme 'Amongtheripples'

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