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Bird of the Day, theme 'Birds In Their Element'

natureJun 22, 20261524,550

Bird of the Day is a daily photo event; today's theme is #BirdsInTheirElement with an alternate theme #Feather&Light, inviting images of birds thriving in their habitats. The gallery concentrates on shorelines, marshes, wetlands, and garden scenes, with action shots, backlit plumage, silhouettes, reflections, and close-up foraging moments. Concrete examples include an Atlantic puffin hauling a bundle of fish at Dyrhólaey, a blue heron wading at a pond edge, and an Anna's hummingbird visiting hummingbird sage. Look for morning-light silhouettes of a great egret, a white-tailed sea eagle wrestling with a fish, and reed buntings tucked into reedbeds; tag your images with #BirdOfTheDay and #BirdsInTheirElement to join.

Nature, Preserved
@simonecannon.bsky.social

An Atlantic Puffin with a successful haul of fish for today's lunch, Dyrhólaey, located in southern Iceland near the village of Vík #birdoftheday #BirdsInTheirElement #birdphotography #naturephotography

5156h ago
Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes are, #BirdsInTheirElement, Focusing on birds thriving within their habitat. The alt is #Feather&Light, showing the beauty of plumage in natural light. #birds #photography #ECK

A sedge warbler perches sideways on a thick green stem, bathed in warm golden light. Its buff-brown plumage, pale underparts and distinctive creamy eyebrow stripe are sharply defined as it stretches its pointed bill upwards towards a cluster of seed heads overhead. The bird’s posture is alert and inquisitive, giving the impression it is carefully inspecting its surroundings or searching for insects. Intersecting stems frame the scene naturally, while a smooth blue-grey background melts into soft bokeh, allowing the delicate detail and character of the sedge warbler to stand out. The overall image conveys a quiet, intimate moment within a wetland habitat.
2629h ago
Mark Simmonds18

Calandra Lark in the steppe near Pinoso for #birdsintheirelement #birdoftheday

Frank17

#BirdsInTheirElement Little Bee-Eater in Arusha Nationalpark, Tanzania. #HabariNzuri #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

Marjo Slingerland-Boks2

Good morning Alan, this is a gorgeous photo and wonderful playing with light 💛have a fine day and stay cool on your walk with Sam

Den 🇮🇪2

Good morning Alan, a beautiful capture to start the day. 👌 Hope you can stay cool today, looks like another hot one (or maybe you're always cool 😉).

Helena Ludwig 🇪🇺🇦🇹🎶📸2

Good morning Alan! What especially wonderful themes on this Monday! Have a good start into the new week! Cute little Bird you captured so lovely. 🤩👍🏻

PJ 🇮🇪☘️
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Feathers & Light) Coy Magpie showing its beautiful feather colours... Co. Galway, Ireland. #Feathers&Light #Magpie #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Magpie showing its beautiful feather colours in the garden today. iridescent blue feathers.
2725h ago
Yvonne Redknap
@yredknap.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BirdsInTheirElement, I have a blue heron slowly wading along the edge of a pond, looking for breakfast. #Photography #Birds #ECK

1728h ago
Kort Duce
@kortduce.bsky.social

An American white pelican fishes in the morning at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement #Feather&Light #bird #birds #light #birdphotography #ECK #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pelican #pelicans

Photo by Kort Duce An American white pelican fishes in the morning at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. In this horizontal color photograph, an American white pelican is seen in right profile trolling the water in the lower left quadrant of the frame. Its reflection ripples across the surface, creating a pleasing graphic pattern. The pelican is viewed through softly blurred green cattails and is set against a wall of sharply focused cattails that stretches across the upper two-thirds of the image. Much of the scene is cloaked in shadow, with only the pelican and the upper cattails illuminated by the morning light. This dramatic contrast adds depth and energy to the photograph. The result is a poetic moment that captures an American white pelican fishing in the natural habitat so vital to its survival.
1537h ago
ronm123photo
@ronm123photo.bsky.social

Going with this magnificent white-tailed eagle (sea eagle) from last Wednesday morning for #ShareMondays2026 #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement #Feather&Light #birds #photography #birdwatching #birdphotography #whitetailedeagle #eagle

A white-tailed eagle (sea eagle) flying down to the sea at speed with its legs and talons outstretched as it dives in the hunt for fish. To quote BBC Country File: A white tailed eagle weighs as much as house cat, has a wingspan the size of an average door and can hit 100 miles per hour when hunting! They truly are magnificent birds!
1079h ago
Cheech2

Out of curiosity if you don't mind me asking. What was your metadata. I'm still a new bird photographer. Did you shoot from a tripod etc? Hope it's okay to ask? Again stunning photo. Can only dream of getting such a capture.

Aintright
@aintright.bsky.social

Daphne the Dipper #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInTheirElement #Photography #Birds #ECK

1136h ago
Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Alan has chosen #BirdsInTheirElement for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. Alt. is #Feathers&Light I have a Herring Gull thriving on the sea shore with a tasty bit of crab breakfast #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #sea #crab #gulls

A Herring Gull floating in a Rock pool with a crab in its beak. The bird is in side profile, looking right with its right side showing. It is backlit by the morning sunshine, casting a shadow along its body and a reflection in the still water of the rock pool. The crab is caught by the claw and dangling below the bird
999h ago
Dave Meredith
@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInTheirElement. A Common Swift in flight over south #Cheshire in the early #1990s #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #ManualFocus #ManualExposure

806h ago
The Garden Jungle
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

Here’s one for the great theme of #BirdOfTheDay which is #BirdsInTheirElement, here is an Oystercatcher by the sea in the Isles of Scilly #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Oystercatcher
907h ago
Tony Allen-Mills
@taminf.bsky.social

I like the new #BirdoftheDay alt theme of #FeatherandLight by @alan678.bsky.social today. Here's a Squacco heron with nicely-lit headgear performing its morning preen. #photography #birds

728h ago
Neil Cameron
@neilcam57.bsky.social

@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Feather&Light nicely demonstrated by this pair of Welcome Swallows (Hirundo neoxena) at Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens #Brisbane #birds #birdphotography #ECK #Nikon #birdsofbluesky #Photography #wildlife #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

A pair of swallows resting among the seedheads of long grass-like plants. The birds shoulders in particular are iridescent blue due to the favourable light.
748h ago
Alan H2

Such a cool shot Neil. Everything is absolutely perfect. Posting from the step is prohibited. So when your friend posts I’ll refuse to send. 😂😂

Jamie Scott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@jcsctoan.bsky.social

Today's #BirdofTheDay theme is #BirdsInTheirElement. Reed bunting in the reeds! Have a good day folks #rspb.bsky.social #rspb.scotland.bsky.social #NaturePhotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching #eastcoastkin

667h ago
AnnaLois
@annalois36.bsky.social

You Said What? for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Feather&Light (Alternative theme for today is #BirdsInTheirElement) #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #robin #ForJanet #bird #birdphotography #LostGardensofHeligan #Kernow #Cornwall (Big camera)

Photograph taken of a robin looking sideways whilst resting on top of a pointed capping stone at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. Long green grass in soft focus behind. The light down there is so bright, so it's feet blend in to the stone. Not worked out what to do to sort that or avoid it again, yet!
638h ago
PacBirds
@pacbirds.bsky.social

An Anna’s hummingbird visiting a hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea), a California endemic plant, for the #BirdsInTheirElement theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #birdphotography #hummingbird #nativeplants #ECK

A female Anna’s hummer flies with her bill into one of the pink flowers of the sage plant. Three whorls of pink flowers are visible and some on an adjacent plant.
583h ago

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