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Bird of the Day, theme 'Birds'

natureJun 24, 20261786,334

Today's Bird of the Day is a daily photo challenge with main theme #Birds&Buds, asking for bird images that include flowers, and an alternate #Birds&Bokeh for bird portraits with creamy, blurry backgrounds. Entries focus on close-up portraits and natural behavior in soft light, from flower-framed finches and goldfinches to long-lens bokeh portraits and perched raptors. Look for a male Stonechat among blossoms, an Atlantic Puffin set against sea bokeh, and a red-shouldered hawk balanced on a sand pine snag in a yoga-like pose.

Alan H
@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning, today's main #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. The alt is #Birds&Bokeh, bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. Good luck.🤞🏼 Saw this guy yesterday, male Stonechat. #birds #photography #ECK

A male stonechat perches delicately on a bramble stem dotted with buds and small white flowers. The bird’s glossy black head contrasts with its bright white neck patch and rich orange breast, while its pale belly appears soft and slightly fluffed. It faces to the right with an alert, watchful expression. The foreground flowers are gently blurred, adding depth without distracting from the subject, and the smooth green background provides a clean, natural backdrop that makes the stonechat stand out beautifully.
40410h ago
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒2

Totally confused Alan! 🤷‍♀️ anyway that’s a nice photo 😁

Den 🇮🇪2

Nice on Alan. Beautiful shot of the Stonechat. I very rarely get to see them. Hear them all the time but they're so busy they're hard to spot.

Rob Crank Photography2

Beautiful capture and great themes Alan, off to look for some photos to put me on the naughty step for the day 😂

Rina
@rina2012.bsky.social

Today's main #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds, The alt is #Birds&Bokeh I'm going with a great tit for the alt theme. I wonder what it dreams about. 🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #Scape #ForestFriday #photography #woods #woodland #nature #thelittlethings #ECK

A great tit is perched on a fir branch, looking to the left. The background is a bokeh effect created by out-of-focus branches and light.
2458h ago
Gray
@grays.art

Red-shouldered hawk yoga (Buteo lineatus) on sand pine snag Flint pen strand Bonita Springs, FL 6-23-26 Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds: flowers & birds. Alt is #Birds&Bokeh: birds with blurry background/foreground. #ColorADay #RedWed #red #eck #birds #birding #threeWordGenre #art

In the dawn light, a hawk perches atop a dead tree against a cloudless, bokeh-blue sky. The bird faces forward, right wing extended downward with its right outstretched leg, showing feathers with bars and spots. Feathers on the chest and belly have barring in tones of rust, and white.
1999h ago
Dave Meredith3

There's a theme for #BirdOfTheDay, bird yoga 😀 Are you paying attention @alan678.bsky.social

Michael R Photography 🌿
@msriffle.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Birds&Boheh, this is the last of many images I made of this beautiful black crowned night heron on an early morning. Until I go back and process some more! #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #NikonZ8 #conservation #nature

1635h ago
Kort Duce
@kortduce.bsky.social

A northern house wren perches momentarily on a branch just outside its nest after feeding its young along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Bokeh #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Photo by Kort Duce A northern house wren perches momentarily on a branch just outside its nest after feeding its young along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. In this vertical color photograph, a house wren is seen in three-quarter left profile with its head turned slightly to its right. It rests on a small branch that enters the frame from the center right. Its oversized claws appear almost comically large as they grasp the slender perch. The background is completely blurred, creating a soft wash of color from the surrounding riparian forest. The left half of the frame is dominated by the warm brown tones of a tree trunk, while the right half glows green from sunlit leaves, producing a striking natural backdrop. A beautiful portrait of a house wren in its natural environment.
1782h ago
PJ 🇮🇪☘️
@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (Birds & Bokeh) Jackdaw hopping across a wall... Co. Galway, Ireland. #Birds&Bokeh #Jackdaw #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Jackdaw hopping across a wall... Co. Galway, Ireland.
1624h ago
Rob Crank Photography
@robcrank68.bsky.social

Now to post some shots for @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme of #Birds&Bokeh, with this beautiful juvenile Kingfisher at Forest Farm Nature Reserve last month. #birds #photography #ECK #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #birdphotography #KingfisherLife #naturephotography #wildlife

1443h ago
Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Alan has chosen #Birds&Buds for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, the alternative is #Birds&Bokeh I have a bit of a twofer with this Linnet on a budding bramble bush with an out of focus field in the background #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #Linnet

A male Linnet perched on top of a bramble bush in the sunshine. The bird is in side profile, facing right in the bottom left of the frame. It is perched on top of a bramble bush which runs along the bottom of the frame with mostly green shoots and buds sprinkled with a few old dead branches The background is out of focus fields giving a uniform green backdrop
1129h ago
Dave Meredith2

So apparently, some people don't get sent to the naughty step for posting twofers to annoy @alan678.bsky.social Still amusing that typing annoy means predictive text fills in Alan. 🤣

𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒
@javajanegallery.co.uk

Today's #BirdOfTheDay from @alan678.bsky.social is #Birds&Buds The alt is #Birds&Bokeh Another one from me because 🤷‍♀️ The Goldfinches are back as the front garden wild patch is now open which means I have to clean the windows 😆 #Birds

1129h ago
Mick Lister
@listermj.bsky.social

Alan's #BirdOfTheDay today is #Birds&Buds. I'm going with the alt of #Birds&Bokeh, bird portraits with a blurry background or foreground. Here's a contemplative Rawnsley Robin on a winters day at Keswick, Cumbria. #ukwildlife #birds #robin #nature #lakedistrict #ForJanet #photography #eastcoastkin

A close up of a European Robin perched on a thorny brown branch on a winters day. It appears to have a thoughtful expression. Taken at Keswick, Cumbria, England. It is looking upwards in a side profile facing to the right of the picture with its right eye visible. It has an orange-red face and breast, dark eye, short and thin bill, brown cap, tail and upper feathers, a white-grey body and dark pink-brown legs. Its skinny legs and feet grip around the brown tree branch. The background is blurred daylight with brown branches.
1065h ago
TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature Photographer 📸
@tarasmithson.bsky.social

This is my best #Birds&Bokeh shot (from the archives) where everything around the duck just literally melted like butter into blur for #BirdOfTheDay #alt theme. 🦆🫨 I was on my stomach and had a Sigma 600mm lens which helped with the Bokeh. 🔭 #Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding #NaturePhotography

a Pacific Black Duck glides serenely across calm water, its detailed, patterned brown-and-cream plumage perfectly reflected on the surface. The duck, captured in profile, features a light blue bill topped with a small, whimsical tuft of white downy fluff on its nose. The subject is set against a soft, muted background that dissolves into a creamy, out-of-focus blur, which isolates the bird and emphasizes its sharp, alert amber-coloured eye. This artistic blur extends across the water and the backdrop, creating a gentle, tranquil atmosphere that highlights the crisp detail of the captured moment.
1018h ago
AnnaLois
@annalois36.bsky.social

Jackdaw in a Huff for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Birds&Bokeh Second outing for this one but it matches my sleep deprived mood. (Today's other option is #Birds&Buds) #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #birds #jackdaw #autumn (Big camera)

Loving the theme today! Really made me chuckle which after four hours of broken sleep is rather good going. Hoping the breeze holds up 🙏🏻 Photograph taken of a jackdaw amongst grass and autumn leaves at Studley Royal Water Gardens, North Yorkshire. Dark lake behind thick with bokeh (blur). It looks cross about something. Always been drawn to dark coloured birds, particularly ravens. No idea why.
969h ago
Dave Meredith
@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birds&Buds with the alternative theme #Birds&Bokeh. I think this male Eurasian Bullfinch eating grass buds in a hay meadow covers both. #Cheshire #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1980s #ManualFocus

1006h ago
julielfrost.bsky.social
@julielfrost.bsky.social

An American goldfinch plucking seeds from the thistle for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. #Birds&Buds, any bird capture with flowers in the frame. (From yesterday's unsuccessful search for several sandpipers.) #Birds #Photography #Finches #Nature #Wildlife #Birding

An vibrant yellow and black American goldfinch is plucking seeds from pale purple thistle.
913h ago
The Garden Jungle
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

For the alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today it is #Birds&Bokeh. Here’s a beautiful Atlantic Puffin which I captured in The Farne Islands with a lovely sea bokeh background #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Atlantic Puffin
948h ago

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