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Bird of the Day, theme 'Borbs'

Bird of the DaySep 25, 202620411,545

Two sanderlings and a red knot on a sandy beach showed the literal borb as compact shorebirds. Others found borb in winter fluff, a puffed-up robin at Forest Farm Nature Reserve, Cardiff, or in tiny form, a ruby-throated hummingbird on a rain-soaked wire. The alternate theme Brown asked for any bird with brown plumage, shown by Bewick's wren, Seattle.

Borbs · 153 photos

Closeup of a tiny spherical brown bird perched on a slanted branch, with a prominent white eye stripe and white throat. Its beak is wide open, turned up and to the side.
@pacbirds.bsky.social845
My has to be this stunning Western Black-eared Wheatear taken in the spring near Pinoso.
@markbirdingpinoso.bsky.social821
Bobbin the Robin.
@aintright.bsky.social500
Today's theme is , birds looking plump set by @alan678.bsky.social - Puffed up Robin on a chilly morning back in February this year at Forest Farm Nature Reserv
@fraggenstein.bsky.social355
Per Rob Crank: "Alan as asked me to cover today's theme, which is , birds looking plump. The Alt theme is , birds with Brown in their plumage." A White-crowned
@lorichirp.bsky.social336
Looks like a gray female northern cardinal sort of. Her feathers are all fluffed.
@drbrianpet.bsky.social299
A small brown owl with yellow eyes standing on one leg facing the camera. Photographed in Huntington Beach, California.
@birdsbyalex.bsky.social298
Quail perched on a fence with green background
@rodsclicks.bsky.social254
Three very round shorebirds birds resting on the sandy beach with the blurry ocean behind them.
@gettoknownature.bsky.social241
A horizontal photo of a Sharp-tailed Grouse sitting in snow. The grouse takes up most of the right half of the photo and is looking to the left, sitting in profile. The grouse appears quite round. The grouse has a buffy white breast with brown chevron-like feathers. The chevron feathers are sparse near the bottom of the breast but become continuous in the upper half. The upper breast feathers have a brown V on the outer part of the feather with a buffy white center. The brown is darker brown on the margins of the V and more golden inside. The wings are mottled with golden brown, dark brown, and white patterns. The neck and head have fine feathers, with brown and darker brown over a buffy white base. The bird's comb, an eyebrow-like patch of feathers, is bright yellow. The bird's eye is brown. Its beak is a dark grayish brown, with a downward curve of the upper beak at the tip. The bird is surrounded by white snow and short, golden prairie grasses.
@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social233
A puffed-up black phoebe bird that looks like a little feathered sphere with legs and a beak. The bird is mostly dark brown with a white belly and white tips on a row of wing feathers. The eye, beak, and feet are black. It's facing about 10 o'clock with its head turned back toward the camera. It's perched on a wooden post with a few bright leaves around it. The background is shades of blurred green with some gold and orange.
@handcranked.bsky.social193
A young sandhill crane standing in shallow water, its back to the camera. The bird is brown/tan/cinnamon colored with red markings at the top of the beak between the eyes
@clinty1.bsky.social157
A blue and black stellar’s jay perched on the white railing of a deck with a smoke tree behind it. The bird looks particularly round for a jay because it has floofed out its feathers while hoping for a peanut. Friends, it was successful in receiving a peanut for its efforts.
@andreapeterson.bsky.social146
A roadrunner strikes a pose looking at the camera. The bird looks very round, a borb.
@watchinthesky.bsky.social140
A Bewick's Wren surveys the perimeter for any intruders.
@dwebstersf.bsky.social132
A photo of a juvenile Cooper's hawk (Astur cooperii) perched on the flat top of a cut off tree stump, its wings held partially out, tail up, and feathers floofed out while it gazes upward with its beak slightly open. It's a medium-sized hawk with a dark brown upper body, streaky brown and tan breast & belly, striped tail, smalled hooked beak, and pale irises. A rat's tail is just visible hanging over the edge of the stump behind the hawk. The background is a blurred shady forest setting.
@hlkfotos.com125
Mandarin Duck
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social124
A Tawny Owl is sitting on the branch of a tree and is fast asleep with its eyes closed. It has brown and white plumage.
@barrie6.bsky.social117
The shaggy green mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies shaking his tummy while dancing on the infield. An infielder scratched his head in the background.
@jencross.bsky.social115
A Curlew in the sea with seaweed floating around. Its feathers are ruffled - it had actually just been preening and was shaking itself out.
@martinefenn.bsky.social109
photo of a song sparrow standing on moss covered wood with english ivy in the background. the sparrow is facing the camera with their head turned to the right in profile.
@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social102
Blue-bellied Kingfisher on branch seen from profile
@jhmsparky.bsky.social90
A female bushtit perched on a bare horizontal branch in sunshine. The background of the photograph is blue sky.
@simmcewen.bsky.social89
This photo shows a fluffy, grey pigeon with white feathers around its neck, perched on a wooden railing. In the background, there is a building with a yellow awning.
@adrmil.soapyfrog.com87
Today’s theme is - birds looking plump. The alt. theme is - birds with brown in their plumage. Here’s a female mallard looking a tad plump, so maybe it’s a two-
@belleab.bsky.social81
A female House Finch perched on a bare, red maple branch, puffs herself up quite round to stay warm.
@frazeology.com81
Fluffed up Northern pygmy owl perched on a branch.
@mcoupephotography.bsky.social78
2-shot focus stack of a small bird on slender branches in front of a nearly full moon rising at twilight.
@1184outdoors.bsky.social75
A Winter Wren stands in the snow on the back of a wooden bench, facing left in full profile. This bird is a round mound of brownd.
@marklevinephotos.bsky.social74
This Gyr Falcon has the down pat. He's all puffed up since the shot was taken on a brisk December day. Taken at a Raptor Conservancy.
@invisitech.bsky.social72
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