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The alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FeedingFrenzy — any bird in a rush to eat.

Osprey, Kansas 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #FlyoverCountry

Long-legged, dark-backed and white-chested bird with bare pink head and massive yellow-gray bill, striding along a shoreline

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #PowerPose — any bird showing strength through its stance.

Marabou Stork, Tanzania 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Serengeti #Storks #Tanzania #Africa

large brown bird with substantial raptorial beak, perched on a green and thorny treetop

Today's alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown — birds with brown feathers.

Tawny Eagle, Tanzania 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Serengeti #Raptors #Tanzania #Africa

gray bird with rusty flanks and black-and-white striped head, fluffed up and perched on a bare twig

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RuffledFeathers — birds with feathers out of place.

White-crowned Sparrow, Kansas 2016

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Sparrows #FlyoverCountry

Barely has a concept of a notion about Plan A...

Meanwhile, the Fat Felon did not get upset when his DHS secretary took a plane away from search-and-rescue mission for a lost Coast Guardsman in order to use it to deport some brown people.

white-headed, gray winged, dark-eyed bird with massive yellow-tipped gray bill, floating in blue water

The alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SeaBirds

White-capped Albatross, New Zealand 2015

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Albatross #Aotearoa

Streaky brown bird with white eyestripe, foraging near a small stream. The bird is nearly invisible in the shoreside vegetation

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BirdsInTheirElement — birds in their natural environment.

Banded Rail, New Zealand 2014

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Rails #Aotearoa

Black-backed white-bellied bird with long pointy black bill, standing on one pink leg on a shoreline

The Alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #OneLeg — any bird on one leg.

Black-necked Stilt, Kansas 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #Quivira #FlyoverCountry

Flying bird with grey belly, brown flanks, pale wings, dark head with golden eye-stripe, and red eye

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WaterDroplets — birds with water droplets on them

Horned Grebe, Kansas 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Grebes #FlyoverCountry

Portrait of a round-headed hook-billed brown-streaked bird with dark eyes

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cute — birds you find cute even if others don't.

Merlin, Kansas 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Falcons #FlyoverCountry

Dark duck with white head patch in flight over a still pool that reflects the underside of the duck

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #WingsOverWater — any bird flying over water

Hooded Merganser, Kansas 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Ducks #FlyoverCountry

Gray-backed bird with white belly and reddish-orange face and throat, perched on tree trunk amidst green leaves

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Robins — any Robin will do.

European Robin, France 2005

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #France

Dark gray bird with reddish beak and legs, perched on a thorny branch

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds — any bird on a branch.

Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Tanzania 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #Africa #Tanzania

streaked brown bird and colorful blue-gray bird with rufous tail, both with wings outstretched and facing each other, perched on the same bare branch

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #DramaQueens — upset or angry birds.

Merlin and American Kestrel, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Raptors #Falcons #FlyoverCountry

long-legged long-billed bird with heavy white spotting on brown body and neck, strolling in a grassy lawn

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PeacefulSolitide — a singular bird, in a peaceful setting.

Limpkin, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Vagrants #FlyoverCountry

Head shot of a crested gray bird with dark forehead and beak, holding a spider

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CollectingFood — birds with food in their beaks. The Alt theme is #Grey — birds with Grey feathers on them. Here's a twofer.

Tufted Titmouse with spider, Kansas 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Parids #Spiders #FlyoverCountry

They are truly a death cult

I don't find any jays to be obnoxious :-) Assertive, bold, and raucous, but not obnoxious!

Bird with cream-colored underside, blue-black back and crest, long tail and yellow eye, perched on a branch and eating an orange section

The alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Corvids - birds from the Corvidae family.

Plush-crested Jay, Brazil 2013

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Jays #Brazil #Pantanal

Bird with shaggy black crest, sturdy dark bill, and blue-gray back, perched on a brown post

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WinterSurvivors — birds that remain throughout your winter season.

Belted Kingfisher, Kansas 2025. Common in the summer, but a few hardy birds remain all winter.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Hummingbirds #Kingfishers #FlyoverCountry

Back view of a hovering bird with white-tipped dark tail feathers, iridescent green back and crown, and blurred fast-moving wings

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts — birds showing their butts. The Alt theme is #Green — any bird with Green showing. Here's a twofer.

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Hummingbirds #Arizona #SkyIslands

Bird with white throat, rufous necklace, blue wings, and head uptilted to hold a small fish

The alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsBeingBirds — birds doing what you would expect them to.

Belted Kingfisher, Kansas 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Kingfishers #FlyoverCountry

small bird with long tail and sharp black beak, green wings and crown, black and blue eye-stripes, yellow throat, and orangey breast and belly, perched on a thorny twig

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Portrait — a portrait capture of any bird.

Little Bee-eater, Tanzania 2018

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Africa #Tanzania #Serengeti

Duck with gray chest, reddish flanks, an black-and-white patterned head, perched on a rock in the middle of a rushing stream, with 3 similar ducks in the water behind it

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DivingForFood — birds that dive under water for food.

Harlequin Duck, Wyoming 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Ducks #Yellowstone

Gray bird with black beak, modest crest, and salmon-colored flanks, perched on a dead bare branch

The alternate #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EverydayBirds — birds you see often

Tufted Titmouse, Kansas 2026

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Sparrows #Parids #FlyoverCountry

Streaky brown bird with white bellow and crown stripe, perched on a thistle head and holding a green katydid in its beak

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Bugs — any bird and bug in one capture.

Grasshopper Sparrow, Kansas 2006

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Sparrows #Grasslands #FlyoverCountry

Dark bird with long bill and neck, iridescent blue plumage and bright blue iris perched on a rock overlooking a blue ocean

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds — any bird that lives in or gets it food from water. The Alt theme is #Blue — any bird with Blue on it. Here's a twofer.

Brandt's Cormorant, California 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Cormorants #Shags #California

And the cover and liner notes for Volunteers are pretty damn great as well!

The JA version of Wooden Ships on the Volunteers album is also a thing of beauty.

I can see by your coat, my friend
You're from the other side
There's just one thing I got to know
Can you tell me please, who won?