Mountain Bamboo Partridges, rounded game birds with mottled brown, black and white plumage and brown head with a black and white stripe. Feeding on bare ground near vegetation.

Mountain Bamboo Partridges, rounded game birds with mottled brown, black and white plumage and brown head with a black and white stripe. Feeding on bare ground near vegetation.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore #birds in one shot, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social

A nice excuse to share this early morning party of Mountain Bamboo Partridges I photographed at Doi Lang West in northern #Thailand at the end of January.
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Male Ornate Sunbird, a tiny bird with bright yellow underparts, olive-brown upperparts, a brilliant iridescent blue throat and breast, and a thin, decurved bill, perched on a lone branch.

Male Ornate Sunbird, a tiny bird with bright yellow underparts, olive-brown upperparts, a brilliant iridescent blue throat and breast, and a thin, decurved bill, perched on a lone branch.

The alt theme for #birdoftheday is #songBirds and it's also #smallBirdSaturday, so I'm going to throw this tiny male Ornate Sunbird into the mix. It even meets the #primaryColours main theme. Taken recently in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok
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Black-naped Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black wings, thick black line through the eye and onto the back of the neck, and pale pinkish bill, perched in a tree under pale green foliage.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

I went looking for #PrimaryColours for the #birdoftheday theme set by @alan678.bsky.social and the bright yellows of these Orioles leapt out. Black-naped from Benchakitti Park in #Bangkok and Black-hooded from #ChiangDao
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Red Collared Dove, a reddish bird with grey head and thin black collar, perched on a red rooftop.

Spotted Dove, a brown bird with a long tail and black and white spotted necklace, perched on a tree trunk in dappled sunlight, facing away but turning over its shoulder to look towards us.

Oriental Turtle Dove, a bird with peach coloured front, brown and black wings and black and white barred patch on the side of its neck. On bare ground with its neck puffed out.

Zebra Doves, small, cinnamon coloured birds, with fine black and white barring, perched on power lines.

#BirdOfTheDay
Alternative theme is
#PigeonsAndDoves so here's a selection from #Thailand from the past few weeks. Red Collared Dove, Spotted Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove and Zebra Dove.
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Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a small branch, seen through other branches.

Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a branch, against green leaves, staring directly at the camera with golden yellow eyes.

Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a branch, against green leaves, facing left, stretching its left wing.

#BestOfTheMonth #birdoftheday for me is this Spotted Owlet in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok a few days ago. Was good to finally get good shots of a familiar bird.
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Oriental Pied Hornbill, a large black and white bird with large yellow casque on its head, broad black and white wings, and a long neck and tail, wings spread wide as it passes high overhead in a clear blue sky.

A lot of options for the #birdoftheday #WingsWideOpen theme set by @alan678.bsky.social today.

Not the best IQ but chose this Oriental Pied Hornbill flying over Wat Tham Pha Plong, #Chiangdao #Thailand last month, as I've not posted it before.
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Silver-throated Tit, a small grey bird with black and white head markings and a long tail, fluffed up into a ball, perched in bare branches.

#borb is today's theme, which I'll admit I didn't understand at first. But it's round bodied, so my #birdoftheday is Silver-throated Tit, a close relative of the familiar Long-tailed Tit, I photographed recently in #Beijing #China
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Stork-billed Kingfisher, a large sandy yellow bird with powder blue wings, a pale grey cap and huge red bill, perched high on bare branches and crouching ready to dive for a fish.

#PowerPose seemed like quite a challenging theme for #birdoftheday, but maybe this Stork-billed #Kingfisher I encountered yesterday in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok #Thailand qualifies.
#birds #birding #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

This is #Thailand for #birdsSeenIn2026 btw

Great Myna, mainly black starling-like bird with white tip and underside to tail and bright yellow/orange bill and legs, perched on a small branch and ruffling its feathers.

#RuffledFeathers for this punk Great Myna is my #BirdOfTheDay
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Close up of a Great Cormorant, a glossy black water bird with white head and neck feathering, bright white and yellow pouch and deep green eye, swimming in the sea.

Going to use today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BirdsInTheirElement, to share a portrait of a Great Cormorant in its natural environment, the sea; in this case the #Bosphorus #Istanbul #Turkey. Good to appreciate #commonbirds
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Red-knobbed Coot, black waterbird with bright white bill and forehead blaze and two small red knobs on the head, bathing in water with droplets on its back.

Red-knobbed Coot, black waterbird with bright white bill and forehead blaze and two small red knobs on the head, bathing in water with droplets on its back.

#birds with #WaterDroplets on them is today's #birdoftheday theme. I'm choosing this Red-knobbed Coot from #ElHondo in #Valencia #Spain last November
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European Shag, a black waterbird with yellow gape line, flying low over water.

Adult Mediterranean Gull, white seabird with black head and red bill, flying over sea with the city of Istanbul and one of the Bosphorus bridges in the background

Great Cormorants, black waterbirds with yellow face patch, and white on the head and flanks, flying low over water, the Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul in the background.

Yelkouan Shearwaters, a flock of small, long-winged brown and white seabirds, flying very low over the Bosphorus, Istanbul.

With #WingsOverWater being today's #birdoftheday theme I thought I'd choose a selection of birds over the busy #Bosphorus in #Istanbul #Turkey. European Shag, Mediterranean Gull, Great Cormorant and Yelkouan Shearwater (streaming through in the 100s)
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Eurasian Hoopoe, peach coloured bird with bold black and white striped back and wings, prominent crest and long decurved bill, perched high on a bare branch against blue sky.

Spoilt for choice for today's #birdoftheday theme, #BranchBirds, so went for something with just a bird and a branch in it. This Hoopoe was singing at high altitude on Doi Lang West #Thailand.
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Male Mrs Hume's Pheasant is one striking bird!
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Male Mrs Hume's Pheasant, a warm brown game bird with striking blue and white markings and extremely long silver and black tail, next to roadside vegetation in very low pre-dawn light.

Male Mrs Hume's Pheasant, a warm brown game bird with striking blue and white markings and extremely long silver and black tail, next to roadside vegetation in pre-dawn light.

Male Mrs Hume's Pheasant, a warm brown game bird with striking blue and white markings and extremely long silver and black tail, next to roadside vegetation in pre-dawn light.

Male Mrs Hume's Pheasant, a warm brown game bird with striking blue and white markings and extremely long silver and black tail, next to roadside vegetation at dawn.

Mrs Hume's Pheasant is another challenging bird of Northern #Thailand mountains. Need to be at one of their roadside feeding areas pre-dawn. Once the sun is up they melt away back into the jungle.
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A Common Ringed Plover, small brown wading bird with black and white rings on the head and an orange bill. Crouching on shingle in the sun, eyes partly closed.

#peacefulSolitude, today's #birdoftheday theme. This Common Ringed Plover was dozing peacefully on the beach at Landguard Point #Suffolk back in January.
#birds #birding #UKbirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #eastcoastkin

Hooded Crow, head and shoulders, black and grey corvid bird, carrying a mussel shell in its bill.

Just got this shot, which would have been perfect for yesterday's #birdoftheday theme, #collectingFood. Hooded Crow with mussel shell on the European side of the #Bosphorus #Istanbul #Turkey
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Turkestan Shrike, brown and white bird, perched on a gorse bush with a wasp in its bill.

#birdoftheday theme is #collectingFood. Here's the Turkestan Shrike from Dunwich Heath #Suffolk last year with a wasp it caught in mid air.
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Oriental Magpie, glossy black and white corvid bird with long tail, in flight.

Oriental Magpie, glossy black and white corvid bird with long tail, in flight.

#birdoftheday theme is #winterSurvivors or #corvids. As it was -11°C when I arrived in #Beijing I think this Oriental Magpie counts as both.
#birds #birding #birdingChina #birdsSeenIn2026

A pair of Ring-necked Parakeets, bright green birds with very long tail and bright red bill, in courtship behaviour in a large London plane tree

A pair of Ring-necked Parakeets, bright green birds with very long tail and bright red bill, in courtship behaviour in a large London plane tree

A pair of amorous Ring-necked Parakeets at St Pancras Gardens for Valentine's Day (didn't get chance to post it yesterday).
#birds #birding #UKbirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #valentinesday