John

Amazing photo!

A white-throated sparrow perched on a wire with its back to us

A white-throated sparrow perched on a wire, facing us

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts, so here's a white-throated sparrow giving us a front and rear view.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Great action shot!

Great photos! The pelican looks frozen in time 🤩

Side view of a ruddy duck, its image reflected in the rippling surface of a lake.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DivingForFood, birds that dive under water for food. Here's a ruddy duck, caught in a rare peaceful moment between dives.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #Flyday

Fantastic photos, Rob - each one a stunner!

Fantastic shot!

Beautiful photo!

A pair of mallards walk on the surface of a frozen lake. In the foreground and slightly blurred, a Canada goose stands on the lake shore, delving into snow with its beak.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, but after weeks of freezing temperatures there's not much flowing water around here, so here are two mallards and a Canada goose on a frozen lake 🥶
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

That Starling club has a pretty strict entrance policy! 😂

Face-on view of a male mallard, his head turned to the right so he can fix us with one eye. He's standing in snow in front of a pond in which several other mallards are swimming.

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #staredown. This mallard was definitely looking at me when I took this photo, although it's more of a shy sideways glance than a stare.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #BlueskyMonday #MallardMonday

View from above of a female Northern cardinal standing on snow, and casting a long shadow

#BirdOfTheDay themes today are #birds&berries and #backlitbeauty. I'm going with backlit (ok, maybe more sidelit): this cardinal casts an epic shadow against the snow.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #Flyday #shadow

Side view of a red-bellied woodpecker standing at the top of a stone plinth where bird seed has been sprinkled. Its head is slightly blurred as it lunges forward to grab a seed between its beak.

#BirdOfTheDay is #openbeak so here's a red-bellied woodpecker with its beak open as it pounces on a seed in the park.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

A juvenile Cooper's hawk perched on a long branch overhanging a stretch of frozen water. There are a few cracks in the ice where the water is reflecting the pale winter sunlight. We are looking at the hawk face-on. Its head turned to the right and its breast feathers are fluffed out.

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #favouriteofthemonth, which for me is this young Cooper's hawk which perched on a branch above a frozen pond.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Close-up side view of a mourning dove, showing the pale blue ring around its eye.

#BirdOfTheDay themes today are #EyeContact and #gardenbirds so here's a mourning dove with a pale blue eye ring that is only really noticeable on a close-up. Thanks for the themes, @alan678.bsky.social - get well soon!
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Great photo!

Side view of a mute swan taking off, with neck outstretched, wings curled in a downward flap, and feet pounding the water's surface.

For #BirdoftheDay theme #swans, here's a mute swan taking off - somehow simultaneously majestic and comical.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #swan

Beautiful photo

Stunning!

Side view of a male downy woodpecker clinging onto the edge of a hanging bird feeder. It has a seed in its beak.

#BirdOfTheDay themes are #Winterlight and #birdsyoulove, so here's a fav visitor to our bird feeder in Brooklyn, the downy woodpecker. They're tiny balls of energy and character and their call sounds like a squeaky dog toy.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

What a beautiful portrait, Alan

Beautiful capture!

Lovely shot!

A tufted titmouse, white-throated sparrow, and Northern cardinal on a stone plinth where seed mix has been scattered. The tufted titmouse and Northern cardinal have just landed to the left and right of the , white-throated sparrow, which already has a seed in its beak.

For #BirdoftheDay, a trio who are #short in beak but big in character - tufted titmouse, white-throated sparrow, and Northern cardinal - grabbing snacks on a cold day in Prospect Park.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday #Flyday #birb #nyc #brooklyn

Beautiful photo!

Thanks Alan!

Bald Eagle: "I'm sure I left my reading glasses right here - somebody must've moved them!" 😂

Superb shot!

Fantastic photo - you've captured the talons twitching, ready for action!

Beautiful photo