Stephen
@stephencook.bsky.social
My head is usually below the parapet. Gloucestershire and Orkney.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any bird with Black & White plumage. Black guillemots on the Holm of Papa, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingDown Sandwich tern seen on the Arne peninsula in Dorset, UK. I haven't rotated this image.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. European shag seen in Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage set. A male Cherrie's tanager, seen on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The male is indistinguishable from a scarlet-rumped tanager which is seen on the Carribbean side.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Everyone, including me, is posting gannets. For a change here's a true wild rock dove on a cliff top in Hoy.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. Northern gannet taken at Cantick Head, Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds
@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. A pair of northern fulmars nesting on the cliffs on Hoy, Orkney. #OrkneyBirds
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors; any bird of prey. Hen harrier in Hoy, Orkney. A regular garden bird there. #OrkneyBirds
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Redheads, any bird with a Red on its head/beak. A crimson collared tanager in Costa Rica.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhoutte; any bird in silhouette. A magnificent frigate bird seen in Costa Rica.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Mouthful; a bird with anything in its beak. House sparrows at a cafe in St Mary's, Scilly.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Herons&Egrets Here's photo of a white egret taken in India. Could be a great white egret (ardea alba) or a medium egret (ardea intermedia). I don't know.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ItsAllWhite, birds main colour is White. The Alt theme is #RedHeads, birds with heads that are any shade of Red. Bewick's swan at WWT Slimbridge UK and a pale-billed woodpecker in Costa Rica.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Coastal&River with #Rocky as the Alt. A northern gannet and European shag both at Cantick Head in Orkney. Two birds, one rock.
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #50ShadesOfGrey; birds with grey plumage A northern fulmar in Orkney.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LittleBrownBirds This is a Eurasian wren that flew into the house a few days ago and then stunned itself trying to get out. I rescued it and it let me take a few phone pictures before flying off. It's a little brown bird.
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird. A Starling and Bohemian Waxwing both seen in Orkney.
#BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour (birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage) An orange-chinned parakeet.
