Skip to content
topics.

Bird of the Day, theme 'Herons & Egrets'

natureSep 7, 202627515,500

Bird of the Day is a daily community prompt with today’s theme #Herons&Egrets, calling for any heron or egret shot and an alternate theme #Borbs for chubby birds. Posts show morning and golden-hour photography, close-up watchful portraits, and birds interacting with water and light, with playful or calm poses. Concrete examples in the gallery include a Great Blue Heron at sunrise in the Gilbert Riparian Area, a Black-crowned Night Heron pictured standing quietly, and a Snowy Egret actively fishing and reflecting in the water. Look for images of cattle egrets on green banks, a bare-throated tiger-heron from Costa Rica, and Tri-coloured Heron sightings under the same hashtag #Herons&Egrets.

A grey heron standing on the shore of a suburban lake lit up by the low slung noon day sun. The sun is so low here in Winter that noon looks like 7am in the Summer.
@denterrick.bsky.social1025
fan art by @gleng.bsky.social
@gleng.bsky.social874
A Great Blue Heron stands on a mud island in the middle of a pond.
@chuck4242.bsky.social657
A large bird on a sunny day, against a background of dark blue waters reflecting green rushes. The mostly grey bird has all of its feathers fluffed up making it seem 10 x the normal size. It has a piercing yellow eye, formidable pointed grey beak, a charcoal cap & white cheek.
@swandiveswim.bsky.social434
Small chestnut-headed bird with a speckled white-and-brown chest standing on a moss-covered log against a soft green background.
@mikemelton.bsky.social401
A Grey Heron sitting on a riverbank. The bird is left of centre of frame, looking right so that its right side is visible. It hand along, sharp, orange beak, darker on top near the head. I had a white head with a large, dark stripe across the eye, ending is a crest at the back of the head. Its neck is tucked into its body and is a greyish white. Its back and wings are a light grey, with a darker grey at the edges of the wings. Its legs and tail are obscured by a mound of exposed riverbed in the foreground. The background is of the river, which has a brown tinge but is clear enough to see a sandy bottom near the bird, darker elsewhere.
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social340
A close-up portrait of a European robin perched on a slender branch, its bright orange-red breast and face contrasting beautifully with its soft brown back and wings. The robin gazes to the left with a bright, alert eye, while the softly blurred green and earthy background creates a natural, tranquil setting.
@alan678.bsky.social271
A great blue heron stands on the rocks in the river. The golden light of dawn is hitting tbe water and backlighting the bird. There is a flare of a golden ball kf light in front of the heron
@amygann.bsky.social245
A small grey heron, the back darker grey than wings and breast, standing on a plant in a lake. It is partly hidden by plants. The beak is relatively short for a heron and it has reddish eyes.
@chrisqhq.bsky.social253
Great Blue Heron looking to the right in front of and slightly below a Great Egret, both standing on the bank of a pond on brown grass with large mossy rocks. The Heron has blue feathers on wings and body, a long gray neck, a white throat, a dark cap and orange bill and eyes. The Egret is all white with an orange bill and long dark gray legs. Both birds are large and thin.
@howieschomer.bsky.social235
A stocky medium-sized heron perched in a willow tree with bright red eye, black cap and back, gray wing and white face and neck.
@pacbirds.bsky.social230
A white cattle egret walks through a green meadow. The small egret has predominantly white plumage with a slight ochre tinge on its head and neck. It is looking to the right with its yellowish beak.
@rina2012.bsky.social212
photo of an oak titmouse perched in a bare tree with mossy branches. they are facing the camera head tilted slightly to the left, looking slightly up and to the right. they are very floofed out.
@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social208
A close-up of a great blue heron standing on the boat dock in a marina. The sun is shining from behind the bird which results in a glow around its neck, head, and beak. The water behind the bird looks dark and gray, and a small bit of the boat dock is visible in the lower right hand corner.
@andreapeterson.bsky.social215
fan art by @aintright.bsky.social
@aintright.bsky.social210
fan art by @gladner.bsky.social
@gladner.bsky.social194
close-up photograph of a Great Blue Heron standing tall inside a dense patch of brown and green marsh reeds. The bird is captured from the chest up, showcasing its elegantly curved, "S"-shaped neck covered in soft white and gray feathers. A distinct pattern of black and white streaks runs vertically down the front of its neck. Its head is sharply defined with a prominent black stripe extending backward from its bright yellow eye, ending in a delicate, dark plume. Its long, thick, dagger-like bill is a vibrant orange-yellow, pointing slightly to the right. The background features a soft-focus view of calm, blue water peeking through the reeds.
@grays.art196
fan art by @sharonwelby.bsky.social
@sharonwelby.bsky.social163
fan art by @msriffle.bsky.social
@msriffle.bsky.social183
A photo of a European robin.
@sealeveloslo.bsky.social160
Deceptively round bird with a curved beak
@drbrianpet.bsky.social157
fan art by @rickybirdman.bsky.social
@rickybirdman.bsky.social147
A male Common Pheasant (also known as a Ring-necked Pheasant) feeding in hoarfrost covered grass on the edge of a meadow.
@davemeredith.bsky.social137
fan art by @gatrueblue.bsky.social
@gatrueblue.bsky.social141
Snowy egret with white feathers standing in a shallow lake shaking a fish in its beak. Water droples spray from its beak and the silver fish.
@leciamichelle.bsky.social144
fan art by @whulbert-photos.bsky.social
@whulbert-photos.bsky.social136
A rotund American Redstart perches on a branch, facing the camera. He looks like a tennis ball, painted to celebrate Halloween.
@marklevinephotos.bsky.social131
fan art by @invisitech.bsky.social
@invisitech.bsky.social130
A Great Blue Heron in the water in front of some green cattails. The heron has just shaken off some water and as a result all of the the bird's feathers are puffed up.
@timosborne.ca118
A great blue heron standing amid rocks on the edge of a river is shown in a left rear quartering view. The bird's grayish-blue body feathers are ruffled by the wind, its gray and white head is held high and tilted upward. Its left foot is raised, with its digits splayed out and searching for the next place to step.
@dougengstrom.bsky.social110

Related

Bird of the Day, theme 'Herons & Egrets'nature