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Bird of the Day, theme 'Eye Of The Wild'

natureJul 24, 20261787,278

Bird of the Day is a daily community photo prompt; today’s theme is Eye Of The Wild, asking for portraits where a bird’s piercing eye is the dominant feature. Submissions focus on tight, watchful portraits and over-the-shoulder looks, often emphasizing intense raptor gazes and vivid iris colors. Notable entries include an American Kestrel staring down the photographer, a black-crowned night heron observed at close range for 15 minutes, and a common grackle described as having ‘Bette Davis’ eyes. Look for sharp raptor eyes, turquoise cormorant irises, and backlit flamingo or sandhill crane profiles under the hashtag #EyeOfTheWild.

PJ 🇮🇪☘️
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Eye Of The Wild). Chaffinch with an 'Over The Shoulder' look... Co. Galway, Ireland. #EyeOfTheWild #BirdOfTheDay #Chaffinch #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Chaffinch standing on the ground with an 'Over The Shoulder' look... Co. Galway, Ireland.
11927h ago
jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous3

What a cool bird here's my try

LazyCuttlefish2

He looks like two different birds meshed together.

Barrie Cull2

That’s a terrific photo PJ 👏

Alan H1

Excellent capture PJ. Lovely colours. 😍

jaflorian.bsky.social1

I keep wondering what my Scots-Irish ancestor-immigrants thought with seeing Maryland and Pennsylvania birds and wildlife? along with the thick forests of unsettled lands, and seeing the Appalachian Mountains with its various mountain ranges?

mjlinde.bsky.social1

What a gorgeous bird and a gorgeous capture, PJ! 🤗📸

Nature, Preserved
@simonecannon.bsky.social

An American Kestrel staring me down, Cotacachi, Ecuador #BirdoftheDay #EyeOfTheWild #Flyday #FeatheredFriday

8407h ago
ozzieski.bsky.social1

So pretty. Already for Halloween I see😊

Richard Parry1

Great picture. Thanks for posting.

Jodie1

Just have to say what a beautiful bird.

Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning birders. Happy Friday. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait. #LastBird – The last bird/ birds on your camera roll, no cheating. 😁 #birds #photography #ECK

Close-up portrait of a pheasant’s head peering through tall meadow grasses. The bird’s finely patterned buff, cream, and chestnut plumage is sharply detailed, with delicate scalloped feathers across the neck and face. Its large, pale yellow eye stands out against a reddish patch of bare skin around the eye, while the sturdy grey bill is shown in crisp profile. Softly blurred green grasses frame the bird in the foreground and background, creating a natural, intimate feel and drawing attention to the intricate feather textures and alert expression.
38410h ago
Emyr Wyn Jones22

Responding to @alan678.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay Alt challenge of: #LastBird – The last bird/birds on your camera roll, no cheating. 😁 A surprised looking Reed Warbler - taken last week. #birds #BirdPhotography @rspb.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com @bbappnews.bsky.social

Atlantic Birding2

Lovely shot Alan; really sharp. The detail and texture is gorgeous

Graham Jones1

Not so much piercing as slightly puzzled by life, I think, Alan. Bit like me, marra. Have a top Friday.

A-Girl-Called-Ronnie 🇳🇱1

Great shot, Alan. The eye is great and that plumage is just gorgeous. Very pretty bird 😍. Have a lovely Friday.

Sharon1

Good morning Alan 👀 😂

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Goodmorning Alan, what have you done to him that he give you that look🤔 Lovely themes and this is a wonderful photo 💛🤗

Rina
@rina2012.bsky.social

'Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #EyeOfTheWild the alt is #LastBird' Who’s watching whom? 🤔 Somehow, I felt like this jackdaw was watching me 👀 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #Scape

A close-up photograph of a jackdaw looks directly into the camera with its head tilted to one side. The bird has a compact body, a light grey nape and strikingly light grey eyes. The bird is perched on a metallic, horizontal ledge in the lower part of the frame. The background is barely visible, blurred in light shades of grey and blue.
2008h ago
Alan H1

What on earth did you say Rina. 😅 Such a clean capture, pin sharp. Your bird photography is getting to such a high level. 😍😍

alisonwillis1.bsky.social1

A lot going on behind those eyes! Love the expression.

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

He is seeing you Rina what a beauty and wonderful photo ✨️❤️

Dicky G1

They are super intelligent and inquisitive!

AnnaLois1

It's SO beautiful 😍. Drawn to birds like this Rina. Amazing capture!

Dr Clare Turner1

That tilt of its head makes me think it's saying, "fine, you can take another photo, but make it quick."

Michael R Photography 🌿
@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild. I photographed this black crowned night heron for a good 15 minutes before it finally flew off. It was 20 feet away and didn't seem to mind. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #NikonZ8 #conservation #nature #eyes

1525h ago
edg59.bsky.social1

you may be interested to read of one which has featured in the UK press... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Aintright
@aintright.bsky.social

Simon the Sparrowhawk. #BirdofTheDay #EyeOfTheWild #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #eastcoastkin

1358h ago
Gray1

Fabulous, Bill 😻 We have a similar bird, the American kestrel, which I’ve seen in the Midwest, but not yet down South here.

jon5cents
@jon5cents.bsky.social

🪶 Alan @alan678.bsky.social says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait. This red-headed barbet seemed quite accusatory. #birds #photography #costarica

A bird on a bare branch with moss hanging from it. The bird is mostly green with some yellow and black on the lower side of the wing, a red head and throat, and a white band on the back of the neck, separating the red from the green. It has a light-colored beak. Its body is in profile facing to our right, but its head is turned toward the camera, giving quite a stern look.
1083h ago
Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@fraggenstein.bsky.social

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait set by @alan678.bsky.social - up close with a feeding female Sparrowhawk - photo captured in the garden South Wales 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography

1109h ago
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒
@janesgallery.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme @alan678.bsky.social #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye or eyes as the dominant feature of the portrait. Lanner Falcon with the striking yellow around his eye #BOTD #Birds #Nature #ECK

Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus), notable for its distinctive reddish-brown crown and nape.It is a medium-sized bird of prey commonly found across Africa and parts of southern Europe.The species is frequently utilized in falconry due to its adaptable nature and striking appearance
1049h ago
Alan H1

Wow! That’s a stunner Jane. So theme perfect. 😍

Amy Gann
@amygann.bsky.social

A killdeer keeps a watchful eye over the landscape. For the #birdoftheday theme of #eyeofthewild #birds #killdeer #plover #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A close up of a killdeer facing away from the camera but its large eye is still prominent
1016h ago
DWebster🇺🇦🇨🇴🇨🇺🇲🇽🇨🇦🌎🦜
@dwebstersf.bsky.social

A vigilant Yellow-eyed Junco shares the borderlands from southern Arizona to deep into Mexico. Indigenous locals in Mexico called them 'caster of fire' or 'lightning bird', and that they collected light during the day and released it at night. #Birdoftheday #EyeOfTheWild #birds #aves #sparrows

1003h ago
PacBirds
@pacbirds.bsky.social

A juvenile great horned owl for the #EyeOfTheWild theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Don’t you love the cute little ears? #birds #nature #owls #photography #ECK

Juvenile owl looking down from a cottonwood tree, with fuzzy patterned feather coat, giant eyes, and tiny hints of ear plumes.
983h ago
Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 #EyeOfTheWild is Alan’s prompt for today’s #BirdOfTheDay; shots featuring a Birds Eye. Alt. is #LastRoll; your last shot I have a Swift in flight, with its eye on me, taken yesterday #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #flyday #swift #bluesky

A Swift in flight against a clear blue sky. The bird is in the centre right of the shot; flying from right to left with its left side showing. Its wings are in an upward beat, so the underside of its left wing is in the light, and it has one eye on the camera as it passes. The background is a clear blue sky
959h ago
Colm B
@beara318.bsky.social

A heron for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #EyeOfTheWild There are lots of herons around yet they are still a great 📷 capture, especially up close! This heron, aswell as showing us two mighty eyes, also lets us known what fantastic plumage they have. #birds #nature #photography #longlens ##ECK

A heron poised in nice light showing off some excellent plumage.
864h ago
Jackie Knott1

Do you know what type of Heron? Locale? I went through 20 photos trying to identify it and couldn't.

Gray
@grays.art

Sandhill crane profile (Antigone canadensis) Crew pen flint strand 4-19-26 Bonita Springs, FL Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #EyeOfTheWild – piercing eye(s) as the dominant feature of the portrait. Alt: #LastBird (s) on your camera roll, no cheating! #birds #ECK #threewordgenre #flyday

Close up profile of a Sandhill crane’s red eye, red cap, white cheeks and neck, and black beak close enough to see theoigh the black beak’s nostrils to the neutral bowl background created by the lake’s surface.
859h ago
Ray Haze1

What a beautiful specimen. 👏

Three Word Genre1

A portrait with real presence. Your three words keep a steady eye on it. Sandhill crane profile. #ThreeWordGenre

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