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PacBirds

@pacbirds.bsky.social

Gerrit Wildlife photographer from Northern California All photos are mine (except the reposts) instagram.com/pacbirds Kindness • Humility • Courage pacbirds.myportfolio.com

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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 6h ago

Immature male Bullock’s oriole for the #SummerVisitors theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social These birds breed in California and most of the Western US, and winter in central and southern Mexico. #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Bird seen from the back perched on a rusty t-post, with yellow tail and head, brown and grey back, wings and sides, with black chin and line through eye.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · yesterday

A white-faced ibis climbing around in cattails for the #FabulousWaders theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @helenbennett.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #shorebirds #ECK

A red/maroon wader with a curved bill, white face, and coppery wings is balancing on cattails with wings stretched up.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2d ago

A lilac-breasted roller from a trip to Chobe NP, Botswana in 2009 for the #Firsts theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @atlanticbirding.bsky.social 📷 Canon EOS Rebel Xsi, 250 mm #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Multi-colored bird perched on a dead branch with dead branches in the background

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 4d ago

A California scrub-jay inside a crab apple bush for the #HedgingYourBets theme of #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #blossom #photography #ECK

Closeup of a scrub-jay perched inside a shrub with out of focus blossoms in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 4d ago

To the little vole this white-tailed kite that’s holding it by its neck is really #big - it’s all relative. #blueskyartshow #birds #nature #photography #stunday #ECK

Juvenile kite landing on a snag while holding a small grey rodent. Wings and tail of the raptor are spread out and the light falls through them.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 5d ago

Juvenile green herons for the #EgretsAndHerons theme of #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #photography #ECK

2 juvenile green herons stand on a small concrete weir. Both have their striped necks stretched out and one is grabbing the beak of the other. Wetland vegetation in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 6d ago

A juvenile Cooper’s hawk sat inside a dense oak tree squeaking while an adult was flying around bringing it food. #yourchoice #birdoftheday #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Juvenile Cooper’s hawk calling with its beak wide open, perched inside a valley oak tree with lots of vegetation around it.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · last wk.

This wood duck hits both of today’s themes of #BirdOfTheDay : #MultiColour and #DucksOutOfWater picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #ECK

A wood duck drake stands on a slope near the water. At least 6 colors can be identified in his plumage.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · last wk.

A pair of hooded mergansers in the pouring rain for the #WeatheringTheElements theme of #BirdOfTheDay While she appears to be acting coy, he spits some more water at her, as if she is not wet enough 🤷‍♂️ #birds #nature #photography #ECK

On a pond in the rain, a male hoodie swims toward a female and spits out a stream of water toward her, while the female is preening her chest, giving her a coy look.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · last wk.

An ‘ōma’o or Hawaiian thrush for the #grey theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social This endemic of the big island of Hawai’i took some patience to find and photograph. 📍 Kaulana Manu (formerly Kīpuka 21), Hawai’i, HI #birds #nature #photography #HawaiianBirds #ECK

A thrush with grey head, grey breast and belly and brown back and feathers is perched on a slanted branch with a patchy canopy in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · last wk.

A male ruddy duck is doing his typical courtship behavior: blowing bubbles! #memories #birds #nature #birdphotography #ECK

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · last wk.

Two juvenile green herons for the #CHE (Cormorants, Herons, Egrets) theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social It was a memorable shot on a day when none of my planned shots worked out and I had not expected to find these #Memories #birds #nature #photography #stunday #ECK

2 juvenile green herons stand side by side on a small concrete weir looking at each other with wetland vegetation in the background and around them.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

An American robin eating toyon berries for the #ForJanet theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #stunday #ECK #birding

A male American robin is perched on a branch of a toyon shrub with a red berry in his beak, with a bunch of red berries hanging below him.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A juvenile great horned owl for the #EyeOfTheWild theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Don’t you love the cute little ears? #birds #nature #owls #photography #ECK

Juvenile owl looking down from a cottonwood tree, with fuzzy patterned feather coat, giant eyes, and tiny hints of ear plumes.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Wison’s warbler (left) and yellow warbler (right) at the edge of the creek for the #Yellow theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

A male Wilson’s and male yellow warbler standing on the shore next to each other ready to drink and bathe, with the forest floor in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A sandhill crane running along the shore to take off for the #ArtOfMotion theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birding #sandhillcrane #ECK

A lanky sandhill crane runs overland to take off with wings spread out and head, neck, and body stretched horizontally with a large pond in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A ruddy turnstone’s finely patterned, smooth feather texture contrasts with rough volcanic rock for the #TantalisingTextures theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social 📍Hilo, Hawaii #birds #nature #photography #shorebird #wader #ECK

A ruddy turnstone with finely patterned head breast and shoulders walks on uneven coarsely textured volcanic rock among small tide pools, with out-of-focus surf in the background.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A black-capped chickadee from a trip to Seattle for the #Paridae theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #chickadee #photography #ECK

Small bird with black head, white cheeks, perched on a vertical twig with red buds that are just starting to open.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

A long-billed dowitcher from last Friday, for the #Summerlovin theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social The bird had just returned from its Alaskan breeding grounds within the last few weeks. #birds #nature #photography #stunday #ECK

Dowitcher in flight seen from below in the early morning light, showing intricate patterning of the wings and spread out tail, and warm orange head and body.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

Male hooded mergansers in courtship display for the #Triplets theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social I had to do some digging to find a shot with exactly 3 birds of one species in the frame. This one is from February 2025. #birds #photography #nature #birding #stunday #ECK

Three male hooded mergansers swim back and forth in a pond and are here caught lined up in a row swimming opposite directions. Hoods are raised.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 2w ago

Western bluebird for the #Blue theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #stunday #ECK

Male western bluebird perched on the stem of a dead weed with blue head wings and tail, rufous vest and light blue and white belly.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

Two synchronized feeding juvenile black-necked stilts in early morning light for the #Growing theme of #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #photography #nature #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #EastCoastKin

Two stilts lean down in parallel moves near the shore of a pond reflecting the colorful sunrise.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

A calliope hummingbird for the #Migratory theme of #BirdOfTheDay. It migrates about 5,000 miles annually between breeding grounds in northwestern North American forests and its southwestern Mexico wintering grounds. #hummingbird #SmallBirdSaturday #birds #photography #nature #ECK

Closeup of a tiny hummingbird, olive above, white below, with a gorget of magenta iridescent rays.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

It saddened me to see this beautiful common raven in a cage at the entrance to the Jose Cuervo tequila factory in Tequila, Mexico. Over 100,000 visitors walk by this “cuervo grande” annually; not my kind of #birdwatching. #Corvidae #BirdOfTheDay @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #photography #ECK

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

A tree swallow feeding its young for the #SingersAndWingers theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

A male tree swallow hangs on a nest box with his wings spread out behind him while putting his beak into the wide open beak of a juvenile that is reaching its head out of the opening of the nest box.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wood duck or Carolina duck ducklings for the #NewLife theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #ducklings #woodduck #nature #photography #birding #ECK

6 wood duck ducklings swimming towards the camera on a pond with ripply reflection of vegetation

2 wood duck ducklings walking on a gravelly shore

Closeup of 4 wood duck ducklings

Female wood duck with 6 ducklings on the gravelly shore of a creek, heading for the water

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tennessee Warbler, a rare vagrant in Northern California from October 2022, for the #PerfectPoise theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #rarity #photography #ECK

A small warbler, olive and grey above, white below, with a prominent eyeline, sharp bill and white under tail coverts, balancing gracefully on the branch of a shrub.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

A tree swallow for the #OpenBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #ECK

Closeup of a swallow head, with blue iridescent top of head, shoulder, and back, black wing, and white throat and chest and prominent black lores.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 3w ago

A wood duck (or Carolina duck) for the #AmongTheRipples theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography #ECK #stunday

A male wood duck on a wooded creek, among a complicated ripple pattern with out of focus foliage in the foreground.

PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 4w ago

A juvenile California scrub-jay looking down for the #UpAndDown theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #ECK #photography

Juvenile scrub-jay perched at the end of a dead branch looking at the ground, background bokeh of riparian woodland.