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Bird of the Day, theme 'Mamas & Papas'

natureSep 14, 20261112,795

Today's Bird of the Day is the community theme Mamas & Papas, calling for photos that show a male and female of the same bird species together. Submissions feature parenting and pair scenes, from courtship moments to adults with young, often in natural settings and close-up wildlife photography. Standout entries include an Egyptian Goose with its brood, a female Rainbow Bee-eater accepting a courting gift, and Great Crested Grebes feeding their chicks. Also in the gallery are pairs like American Avocets on a Saskatchewan slough, Blue and Yellow Macaws together, and trumpeter swans with three cygnets.

Aintright
@aintright.bsky.social

Bobbin the Robin (left) with his other half. #BirdOfTheDay #Mamas&Papas #birds #Robins

2195h ago
Rina
@rina2012.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, The Alt theme is #Robins I’m going with a European Robin in an autumnal hawthorn bush 🪶🍂🍁 'Farbrausch' #FotoVorschlag #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #wildlife #photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #MacroMonday #ForJanet

A European robin with a bright orange-red breast is perched on a branch in the middle of a lush hawthorn bush, which is densely covered with small red berries and green leaves.
2016h ago
Neil Cameron
@neilcam57.bsky.social

Rob Crank Photography's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas Female Rainbow Bee-eater has accepted the male's courting gift of a bee. I averted my eyes from any sexy time. #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Female Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) has accepted the male's courting gift of a bee at Sir John Chandler Park, Indooroopilly, Qld, Australia
1634h ago
Brent Mail2

Such a lovely capture. The way they’re facing each other with the bee between them makes the whole scene come alive. Where was this photographed?

Laurette
@laurette1.bsky.social

Egyptian Geese in the sun with their brood. #BirdoftheDay #Mamas&Papas #Ducks #Photography

1295h ago
Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@fraggenstein.bsky.social

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Robins, any of the Robin species set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - photo taken last week in The New Forest - Hampshire 09/09/26 😍 🪶🦉 #ukbirding #ECK

1225h ago
Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Rob has chosen #Mamas&Papas as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; mal & female of the same species in the same photo. Alt. is #Robin; any Robin species A pair of Great Crested Grebes feeding their young #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

A pair of Great Crested Grebes on the water, one has two grebettes on its back; the other is offering them a quite large fish. The birds are near the foreground of the shot, the one carrying the grebettes is on the left looking right and the one with the fish is on the right, facing left. Both birds have a dark double crest on their heads and a chestnut/black collar on their necks. They have white cheeks and a long, slender bill. The neck is long and dark at the back and light at the front. The body is dark brown with a pale front. The Grebettes are black and white in a streaking pattern, giving them the name ‘Humbugs’ The bird on the right is offering a fish twice the size of the chicks heads. The rest of the shot is of lake water littered with different kinds of low growing pond weed which breaks up the surface of the water.
1157h ago
Helen Bennett 🌿3

Great capture AB... I just noticed the two little humbugs, they are gorgeous! Hope you have a good day ahead 🕊️

Graham Jones1

What a tender picture. At first you miss the little ones, nestling on the back and then follow the beak that is offering the food so gently. Love it.

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Good morning AB, what a lovely family photo ❤️ Have a fine day✨️

Barrie Cull
@barrie6.bsky.social

Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Mamas&Papas, male & female of the same species in the same photo. The Alt theme is #Robins, any of the Robin species. I love how the female Eider duck in this photo is so well camouflaged amongst the sand and seaweed. I didn’t notice her initially.

A male and female Eider duck sit on the sand and seaweed facing right. The male has white and black plumage with a yellow bill and green marking on its neck. The female is sitting in the background and is well camouflaged amongst the sand and seaweed with her brown and grey plumage.
676h ago
Atlantic Birding1

Lovely shot Barrie. Great ducks, wish I had them around here

Sue Ibrahim
@sueimnw.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mamas&Papas with thanks to Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social ☺️

666h ago
Gray
@grays.art

Red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) CREW pen flint strand Bonita Springs, Florida 9-12-26 Best of the mated pair so far… Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas: male/female of the same species in the same photo. Alt theme is #Robins. #birds #ECK #photography #blueSkyMonday #threewordgenre

Telephoto shot of two red-shouldered hawks perched side-by-side on a weathered tree snag under a clear sky. The hawk on its right sits slightly lower, turned in a three-quarter profile and looking directly toward its companion. The hawk on its left stands taller, facing forward and slightly to its right, making it appear as though they are looking at each other. Both birds display dense rufous-and-cream horizontal barring across their chests, leading to heavily patterned dark wings with white checkerboard spotting against a soft, completely out-of-focus background.
624h ago
Dave Meredith
@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas. A pair of American Avocet on a slough in #Saskatchewan, Canada. The female is ready to mate but the male is too busy preening to notice. #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s #ManualFocus

566h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks
@marjosl.eurosky.social

So Rob have set the themes for #BirdOfTheDay in #Mamas&Papas and the Alt #Robins #ECK #Birds #ForJanet i go for this Robin in the bird feeder a few years ago in the garden.

476h ago
Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Awww .. a very lovely photo Marjo. 😍 You composed it well. 👌🏼

The Garden Jungle
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

Here’s one for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #MamasAndPapas for you, a romantic pair of Blue and Yellow Macaws #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Blue and Yellow Macaw
546h ago
Davids Wildlife
@davidswildlife.bsky.social

Good Morning folks. Have a great day everyone. Grebes on a date #BirdOfTheDay #Mamas&Papas #Birds #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #ECK

506h ago
Paul ward
@rickybirdman.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen #Mamas&Papas as today's #BirdOfTheDay I was very pleased to see this pair of black grouse on the edge of an English moor. They were almost hidden in long grass till their heads popped up to have a look at me! #birds #wildlife #eck #photography #northumberland

485h ago
Glynis R
@gdrosser.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay #Mamas&Papas It is difficult to tell Rainbow Lorikeets apart, but from observing their behaviour I think the male is on the left and the female on the right. There was a cold wind and they had just finished preening, so they are a bit fluffy too.

434h ago

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