Muscovy ducks occasionally show up at our city park. I thought this one was prettier than most and it fits both of today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes! #Iridescence #Black&White

A great egret against a dark background of water and woods at Bombay Hook NWR. #Contrast #BirdOfTheDay

A Ruby-throated hummingbird tasting the coral bells. #FlowerPower #BirdOfTheDay

I believe this is a tri-colored heron for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. #BirdsUpClose

An osprey in flight against a cloudless #blue sky. #BirdOfTheDay

A common yellowthroat perched in a shrub for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. #woodland #yellow

This kingbird is clinging to #ThinBranches in Maryland. #BirdOfTheDay

A blue grosbeak is one of today’s #ColourfulCharacters. #BirdOfTheDay

For #BirdOfTheDay, here’s a catbird posing on our birdbath. Since moving to a house with fewer trees and shrubs, I don’t see many of these anymore. #50ShadesOfGrey #birds

A female yellow warbler balancing on a stalk of wheat. #BirdOfTheDay #Warblers #birds

A snowy egret wades in the reeds at Bombay Hook NWR. #FabulousWaders #BirdOfTheDay #birds #egrets

I believe this is a juvenile snowy egret with a Tri colored heron. Correct me if I’m wrong. #BirdOfTheDay #CHE

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay, here’s a great blue heron doing his best to ignore me. #Screenfillers #herons

I think this Great Egret photographed at Bombay Hook NWR exemplifies both themes for today. #MomentsOfMajesty #PerfectPoise #BirdOfTheDay

The loudmouth of the neighborhood. #OpenBeaks #BirdOfTheDay #bluejay

A little chickadee shoots me the moon. #ButtShotts #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

A Downey woodpecker on a dogwood branch is today’s #BirdOfTheDay. #EbonyAndIvory

I believe this is a non-breeding male Northern Shoveler. #Quackers #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks

An Eastern Bluebird pauses on a fence post in #QuietReflection. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Bluebird

A common gallinule or moorhen fits the “bill” for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. #RedBeak

The food chain. This hooded merganser caught a crab for dinner. #TheArtOfSurvival #SurvivalOfTheFittest #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

A red-winged blackbird perched atop a bird house. #Black #BirdOfTheDay

A great blue heron searching for fish. #BirdOfTheDay #LongLegs

An osprey passes by overhead for today’s #BirdOfTheDay, #InFlight.

A great blue heron waits patiently for fish at the foot of a small dam on the creek. #SilentPresence #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A mute swan in the lake of our city park. #PreenersAndScratchers #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

A white throated sparrow perching on our birdbath. From this angle, his head #Stripes are clearly visible. #BirdOfTheDay #birds

A male yellow warbler #BranchingOut at Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

A mockingbird lands in the balcony railing of our condo at the Outer Banks. #BorrowedPlaces #BirdOfTheDay

This female Eastern Bluebird has an insect she’s taking back to the nesting box at Antietam Battlefield in Maryland. #BirdOfTheDay #FoodInBeaks #Bluebird #Birds