Katha Traenkle

thank you, Rob 😊

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

Meadow Pipit

Meadow Pipit looking stunning up on The Long Mynd in South Shropshire #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

bird standing on a rock, looking sideye to the right side, background is greenish, brown

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #underrated
#birds

The Black Redstart, here a female one, often well used to housing environment

Black- necked grebe in blue greenish water, beak looks directly the the camera, very red eyes starring at me, bird is anthrazit grey, only the brest is white-grey

Rob has announced today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #Grebes, and the alternative bird, Finches.

Black-Necked Grebe - and yes, the eyes are naturally like this, nothing to do with 🎃

a Blackcap in a very green bush, giving me a glimps and ready to move fast deeper through the green leaves

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #hiding
#birds

Masters of fast hiding are many warblers or "Sylvias"

Here a busy hiding male Blackcap

Ja, leider

long-tailed tit hanging on a branch from, view from behind, no head visible. the outer white tail feathers are clear sign, so easy to know the bird

a little brown bird diagonal perched on a reed stem. View on the belly but the head is turned 180 degrees so you cannot the eyes and beak

#BirdoftheDay today is #OddAngles
#birds

I have two examples, the left side shows clearly the bird, a Long-Tailed Tit, no doubt. The right side could be a female sparrow, but not sure.... and not sure which one, Italian, House Sparrow....so I name it LBB, Little Brown Bird 😉

dito hier. Ch Aussenminister ist nicht vorhanden, der Rest des Bundesrates schweigt und schweigt und schweigt. Ganz viele Tote auf einmal ----> Betroffenheit.
😡 🤬
Die Schweiz war mal stolz auf ihre humanitäre Tradition.

I totally agree, very important book

Awesome picture! 😍

A close up portrait, yellow legged gull, beak pointing to the right side, a little feather in the "nostril", light brown eyes, red eyeliner, orange gony's spot

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #gulls
The gulls season here has just begun ;-)

Yellow legged Gull

So true! Listen to the linnets

Two jackdaws sitting on a conifer - small crows with pale yellow eyes and gray backs of the head.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is "Pairs of the Same Birds", from @robcrank68.bsky.social . How about a pair of Eurasian Jackdaws in Bern, Switzerland? 🪶

war sofort auch mein erster Gedanke 😀

two gooses on a green maedow just landing, wings wide spread, showing its pink legs and the strong white darkbrown contrast of the underwings

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds'
from @robcrank68.bsky.social

Lately I could observe Egyptian Gooses showing a perfect synchronized landing.

😂😂

Awesome angle of view 😍

Gute Besserung!

Blue Tit in flight mid flap & in an upright pose

Blue Tit in flight #Birdsinflight #Birds #UKWildlife

alpine swifts, flocking, on an October evening, in Kerkyra (Corfu Town)

📢 up #ornithology

Ha, the Marble Maschine! Love it! And the Micro pictures are awesome! 😍

wow!

bird flighing to the right, wings pointing downwards, background is light blue morning sky

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #egret
#birds #naturephotography

This is a Purple Heron in flight.

Great Tit captured in flight in an upright position with a wing by it's side that appears to be posing for the camera

A rather cool looking Great Tit captured with a shutter speed of 1/5000 of a second #Birds #Birdsinflight #UKWildlife

Awesome video! 👏

A golden Labrador retriever stands on a small grassy mound surrounded by shallow water, under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The calm lake reflects the sky’s hues, while distant mountains stretch across the horizon. Gentle ripples flow toward the foreground, revealing the sandy lakebed beneath the clear water.

Taken yesterday. I was thinking oh this might look nice and who comes bounding in. Follow the ripples. Ok, I’m off to walk him. See you all in a few hours and I’ll look through all the BOTD. #photography #doglovers #EastCoastKin

A curlew walking on a dune, camera's point of view is from down, bird's background is a greyish sky. The grass on the dune is green and some bigger grass bunches are golden brown in the light

Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #sunlit

Walking in the morning light:

Eurasian Curlew

#birds #naturephotography

YouTube video by Caolan Robertson The Farmers of Kherson - Documentary 4K

Same topic, war crimes against farmers in Ukraine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTn...

at Llãno Seco Unit of Sacramento River Refuge - a pintail duck is coming in for a landing in sparse reeds

Llãno Seco unit pintail coming in for a landing for #BirdOfTheDay #flying #FlyDay #EastCoastKin #birds #Photography #SacramentoRiverRefuge #ducks