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Bird of the Day, theme 'Paridae'

natureSep 18, 20261404,289

Bird of the Day is running the theme Paridae, prompting participants to post tits, titmice, and chickadees, with an alternative theme Pigeons and Doves. The gallery is full of backyard and field photos: blue tit in bushes, black-capped chickadee against a blue sky, chestnut-backed chickadee, tufted titmouse tucked in rhododendron, and tiny long-tailed tits. Several contributors chose the alt theme, posting collared dove on a palm stump, a pigeon resting in a vegetable bin, and a stock dove. Other Paridae highlights include coal tit, marsh tit, crested tit, Carolina chickadee, and a mountain chickadee above Sonora Pass.

HLK
@hlkfotos.com

Chicka-dee-dee-dee. #BirdOfTheDay #Paridae 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) perched on a thin vertical forked branch, facing the camera with its head turned slightly to one side. It is a very small songbird with a black cap and throat bib separated by a broad white cheek patch, a short dark bill, and pale buff-washed white underparts that look fluffed out against the cold. Its dark feet grip the rough bark, and the background is a soft wash of warm orange and brown
51310h ago
Alethea Kontis 알리티아1

Look at this handsome fellow. My favorite!

西肯居士 (Adam)1

Can never have enough chickadee love.

ddm143.bsky.social1

Adorable and totally fearless little puffs!

SeaLevelOslo
@sealeveloslo.bsky.social

"Dammit Dave! You're out of sync again! ...keep it up and we're spending winter in Norway" Three forest doves practicing their migration run high above the fjord. #BirdOfTheDay Alt #Pigeons&Doves #FlyDay #fall

Three stock doves fly high in the evening sky. Two are at the bottom of their wing beat, while the third is on top of its wing beat.
2735h ago
Jamie Scott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@jcsctoan.bsky.social

Today's #BirdofTheDay theme by Rob is #Paridae and of the species. Blue tit in the bushes. Have a good day folks #rspb.bsky.social #rspb.scotland.bsky.social #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #eastcoastkin

27910h ago
Rob Crank Photography1

Beautiful capture Jamie, you have a good day too pal.

PacBirds
@pacbirds.bsky.social

A chestnut-backed chickadee for the #Paridae theme of #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Chickadee in a spruce tree with bright chestnut sides and back and typical black cap and throat.
1977h ago
Clinty1
@clinty1.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae Here's a lovely Black capped Chickadee on a lovely blue sky day #Birds #BlackCappedChickadee

A black capped chickadee perched on a branch, against a blue sky. This bird has a black cap, white ring under the eyes, white and buff colored chest
1695h ago
Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Rob has chosen #Paridae as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any of the Tit, Titmice and Chickadees Alt. #Pigeons&Doves I’m going with the alternative with this shot of a Collared Dove on the stump of a palm tree in a park #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky #flyday #scape

A Collared Dove perched on the stump of a palm tree in a park. The bird is left of centre of the shot, sitting on the stump of a limb of a palm tree. It is facing right so that its right side is showing. It is a medium sized bird with pale grey-beige plumage and a thin black beak. It has a dark red eye and a black collar on the nape of the neck. The outer wingtips have a grey outline. It’s deer can be seen partially hanging over the stump and appear a darkish colour. The tail is obscured. Behind the dove another palm trunk with a light, sandy appearance travels from the bottom left to top left of the frame, tilted slightly left as it goes up. The background is palm leaves, out of focus, taking up the entire scene with white light visible through the gaps.
14312h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Morning AB what a lovely photo ✨️

Rina1

Beautiful shot, AB 👌 Happy Friday 😊

Setmeravelles Fotos1

Thank you for the explanation of Paridae for those of us who don’t know many scientific names :)

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

It looks like this dove is just chill’n without a care in the world. Great photo AB. 👍🏼💫

Barrie Cull
@barrie6.bsky.social

Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, and of the species. The Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves, any Pigeon or Dove will do. I’ve gone with the Alt theme. A Collared Dove does its best impression of the angel Gabriel - ‘I bring you good tidings of great joy, Barrie is putting out the bird seed’ 😊

A Collared Dove hovers above its partner who is sitting on the back of a garden chair. The Doves are grey in colour with a black and white collar on the back of the neck and black and white tail feathers. The foliage in the background is dark green.
11212h ago
Diana, NYC1

Of all the species, the most beautiful. Wonderful pic. Thank you.

Kate Boyce-Miles1

Really elegant and nice photograph, Barrie.

Sue Ibrahim1

Great shot, Barrie. Brilliant caption! 😁

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

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Paridae, any of the species set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - chosen the Coal Tit today - have a pair in the garden that are very busy stripping the Teasel plant of seeds 😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #ECK

8812h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks
@marjosl.eurosky.social

Rob have set the themes for #BirdOfTheDay in #Paridae and the Alt #Pigeons&Doves #ECK #Birds i go for the Alt with this pigeon resting in my vegetable bin. Photo is taken through the window.

A pigeon resting in my vegetable bin, and waiting for some seeds.
5711h ago
P Pekka1

A very handsome pigeon, Marjo. Wonderful photo!

Rosemarie
@roabrams.bsky.social

A tufted titmouse in a rhododendron shrub and a black capped chickadee on a metal rod for @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme #Paridae, and of the species. The Alt theme is #Pigeons&Doves, any Pigeon or Dove will do. #backyardbirding #ECK

A tufted titmouse slightly hidden In a rhododendron bush
6212h ago
Kevin Wertman
@kevin.wertman.org

Here's a black-capped chickadee I saw for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay today. Not the sharpest shot as I was fooling around with an ancient lens, but I like how the branch curves around it. #Paridae #Photography #Birds #Chickadees

A single small bird with black and white head and brownish body stands on a small branch. A larger branch makes a half curve (almost spiral like) around it starting from the top middle and ending at the bottom middle. Behind is bright green.
576h ago
𝗝 𝗶 𝗺 𝗺 𝘆 • 𝗜 𝗻 𝗻 𝗲 𝘀
@jimmyinnes.bsky.social

Pigeon incoming #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #ClassicMono #Scape #ColorADay #BWFri #ECK #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #10MinutesFromHome

Monochrome photo of a silhouetted pigeon about to land on a tv aerial. The pigeon is on the left side of the frame, facing right, wings outstretched at ‘10 to 2’, head and neck craning forwards, and feet dangling down. It is making the last beat of its wings before it lands on its perch. The tv aerial has two horizontal wire sections attached to a central vertical stem. There is nothing else in the photo, just a nondescript greyish sky behind
536h ago
Kafka1

This made me grin. I like how he's flying to the antenna line that is pointing like an arrow ----->. 😆 Adding "incoming"... 😂😂. You have a good sense of humour, my friend. I've noticed it before. Dry, subtle, witty. xo

Froure
@froure.bsky.social

I just recently caught a long-tailed tit on a walk, and boy howdy, are they tiny! I couldn't even identify these little guys until after I'd gotten home because they're so small lol #BirdOfTheDay #Paridae (Alt theme #Pigeons&Doves.)

A long-tailed tit (Paridae) perches on a fat green tree branch with the tree's waxy leaves in the background of the image, but not in focus. The branch diagonally crosses the frame from the bottom left corner to the top right corner, with a few offshoots coming from it, some of which are in focus while others are not. The long-tailed tit is smaller than a robin with a tiny, stubby black beak, black eye, and a tail that is as long as his body, if not longer. He sits in profile, facing left. He has a thin brown line right around the top of his eye that looks like eyeliner. There is also a dark stripe of plumage above his eye that meets another black line across the back of his throat and a third black line running down the outside length of his wings and down his long tail feathers. His crown is pale, with a patch of tan plumage near his beak. His cheeks are streaked pale and dark, while his throat is a pale buff color. His breast is a slightly deeper buff color, and it looks as though the feathers of his neck and breast are slightly puffed.
5311h ago
Mariska1

Nice capture, Froure! I do see them sometimes but I'm not fast enough to photograph them. 😅

Tony Allen-Mills
@taminf.bsky.social

An early autumn visitor to our garden this year was this Marsh Tit, which stops by most mornings for breakfast. Here he is half an hour ago, just in time for the #Paridae theme of #BirdoftheDay by @robcrank68.bsky.social #photography #birds

5211h ago
alisonwillis1.bsky.social
@alisonwillis1.bsky.social

Good morning 🌅 A Marsh Tit perched among the brambles. #BIrdOfTheDay #Paridae #BirdsOfBirdsky #WildlifePhotography #Nature #ECK 📷🪶

A close-up photograph of a small passerine bird, a marsh tit, perched on a thin brown branch amid a thicket of twigs and scattered leaves. The bird has a distinct black cap, a small black bib under its beak, a white cheek patch, a plump white breast, and grayish-brown wings and tail. In the foreground, a wire mesh fence covered in green moss is partially visible. The background features a soft, blurred green wash.
4812h ago

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