Bird of the Day, theme 'The Art Of Survival'

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Bird of the Day today runs the theme The Art Of Survival, focusing on birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, and raising young, with an alternate theme of Living Landscapes where the environment is as important as the bird. The gallery is full of wildlife photography and at least one older painting, emphasizing parental feeding, foraging scenes, territorial disputes, and birds sheltering chicks. Standout entries include pelicans breeding at St James's Park with newly hatched chicks, Daphne the Dipper with a very well fed fledgling, and an older painting of a sandhill crane waiting for fog to lift before hunting. Look for close feeding moments such as a Red-rumped Parrot eating, tree swallows provisioning nestlings, and herons stalking or guarding young in shoreline landscapes.

Laurette

@laurette1.bsky.social

First time in over 360 years that pelicans have bred at St James’s Park, London. Four chicks hatched last month. #BirdoftheDay #LivingLandscapes #London #Photography

3398h ago

Yana Das1

Those chicks will be extra pampered or under a lot of pressure to perform...

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival Birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young. Alt #LivingLandscapes Where the environment is as important as the bird. Good luck. Small bird in a big world. #birds #photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #ECK

A Eurasian wren perches delicately on a slender twig beside an old tree trunk, its tiny beak packed with soft green moss gathered for nesting. Just to the left, a deep natural cavity in the weathered bark marks the entrance to its nest, revealing the purpose of the bird’s determined visit. The rough textures of the ancient trunk contrast beautifully with the wren’s warm brown plumage, while the smooth green background keeps the focus on this intimate glimpse of breeding behaviour. The image captures a fleeting moment of dedication as one of Britain’s smallest birds returns home with fresh nesting material.

26110h ago

Graham Jones2

This is so lovely, Alan. The smallness of the bird, the determination of it to build its safe warm home for the family it knows is coming, the textures of that tree. Fabulous capture. 👌

Atlantic Birding1

Nice scale in that shot Alan

Helen Bennett 🌿1

Lovely photo 👏🤎 Hope you have a great day my friend 🤗👋

A-Girl-Called-Ronnie 🇳🇱1

Great image, beautifully done Alan.

It'sFromJenni1

Good Morning Alan ! A wonderful capture !!!

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Morning Alan, that is a beauty profile photo👌 and what a wonderful themes for this day and lovely photo❤️

Aintright

@aintright.bsky.social

Daphne the Dipper and a very well-fed fledgling. #BirdOfTheDay #TheArtOfSurvival #Birds #Birdphotography #Nature #ECK

2076h ago

Grumpy 💙 European 🪶1

Fantastic Dipper shot. 👌 I really know how hard this is…

Gray1

Beautiful, Bill, and on the beak 😻

toritori

@toritorihkd.bsky.social

I never managed a close shot of an Oriental Blue-and-white Flycatcher this season, but this one turned out to be a good fit for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #LivingLandscapes. 🪶 Thanks, Alan! 😊 遠い😭 #nature #photography #wildlife #Blue-and-whiteFlycatcher #オオルリ #birds #野鳥 #Japan #BirdsSeenIn2026

An Oriental Blue-and-white Flycatcher perches on a branching tree limb against a background of bright green foliage. The bird faces right and occupies a small portion of the frame, with the surrounding vegetation and branches dominating the composition.
明るい緑色の葉を背景に、枝分かれした木の枝にオオルリがとまっている。鳥は右を向いており、画面の中では小さく写っている。構図の大部分を周囲の枝や葉が占めている。

1566h ago

Amy Gann

@amygann.bsky.social

A virginia rail carefully carries a crawdad/crayfish to its young. For the #birdoftheday theme of #theartofsurvival #birds #rail #virginiarail #crayfish #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A viriginia rail carefully carries a crayfish to its young

1156h ago

Dave Meredith2

The first version with the hilarious autocorrect was more fun. 😀

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What a incredible photo Amy🧡

Gray

@grays.art

Great blue heron chicks (Ardea herodias) watching a helicopter Bonita Springs, FL 6-30-26 #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival: #birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather, raising young. The Alt #LivingLandscapes: where the environment is as important as the bird. #ECK #twofer

Two Great Blue Heron chicks stand together in a large stick nest built high in a pine tree. One chick stretches its long neck high into the air, looking upward against a bright blue sky, while the second, slightly smaller chick stands right beside it in the nest. Green pine branches surround the large, messy nest structure, which is viewed from a low angle looking upward.

CREW pen flint strand trails and lakes.
Monthly the park service flies over and sometimes lands for land maintenance.

1186h ago

Alan H2

So so theme perfect Gray. Terrific capture.

Gray2

This photo was taken yesterday 6-29-26 😅

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Fantastic photo. Great composition. 👍

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LivingLandscapes. A Ring-billed Gull standing on a rock in Colpoy's Bay, Ontario watching the sunrise. #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome

There's a silhouetted gull standing on a rock sticking out of water in the foreground with a section of the Niagara Escarpment on the horizon near the top of the image. The sky and top half of the water is a pinky orange changing to blue around the bird.

The first time I posted this photo on Bluesky several people claimed it was AI slop. In reality it was photographed with a decade old mirrorless camera and the plastic telephoto kit zoom that came with it.

949h ago

Alan H1

The colours are mesmerising Dave. Fantastic shot.

Travis Locke1

Beautiful colours and contrast 👌

Neil Cameron1

Yep, that's stunning. Way to go, Dave!

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Layers of pastel perfection with a very contemplative Gull just chilling. 👌

Kort Duce

@kortduce.bsky.social

A northern house wren perches on a branch with food for its chicks just outside its nest along St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #TheArtOfSurvival #LivingLandscapes #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #photography #wren #wrens #BirdsSeenln2026

923h ago

The Garden Jungle

@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

The alternative theme of #BirdOfTheDay is #LivingLandscapes and here is a Grey Heron looking out over the bay at Saddell Bay, Mull of Kintyre #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

798h ago

Alan H2

So serene. Fab capture TGJ.

Helen Bennett 🌿2

A beautiful image, thanks for sharing👏 🕊️

Neil Cameron1

"I wonder if she really likes me..." "I wonder if the earth is really flat..." "I wonder if my bum looks fat in this outfit..." Great shot, BTW.

PJ 🇮🇪☘️

@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Bird Of The Day (The Art Of Survival) Two Hooded Crows in a dispute over food... Co. Galway, Ireland. #TheArtOfSurvival #BirdOfTheDay #Crows #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Two Hooded Crows on the ground and in a dispute over food.

836h ago

Neil Cameron

@neilcam57.bsky.social

Alan H‬ @alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) eating a meal. A succulent Chinese meal! Canberra #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow

Firstly the "eating a meal. A succulent Chinese meal!" reference for those who don't know this famous Australian meme, then this is compulsory (and very funny) viewing: https://youtu.be/q4bPMxeCnos?si=CFcHpx8EeodwznpW
The image depicts a small, vibrantly coloured green, yellow, turquoise and blue parrot snacking on a tasty treat.

759h ago

Judanne2

What a beauty. I don't think I've seen (or heard of) one before.

Alan H1

Fabulous captures Neil. I get the meme. 😁 Didn’t he die just recently? What a character.

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Beautiful birds and photo Neil✨️

Debbie Fearon (she/her)1

This is just a casual observation by someone who knows nothing, but Australia really does have some of the most beautiful parrots in the world.

PacBirds

@pacbirds.bsky.social

Dusky moorhen chick hiding under it’s mom’s wing for the #TheArtOfSurvival theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social Lane Cove National Park, Sydney 🇦🇺 #birds #nature #birphotography #photography #ECK

Tiny chick with red face hiding partially under its big mom, who is dark grey. Both are on the nest.

664h ago

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Safe place to be. Great photo. 👍

Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival. This very flexible snowy egret found plenty of food to survive on in the shallows of a coastal Florida pond on a recent morning. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK #birds #birdsinflight #Birdsky #birders #NikonZ8 #conservation

604h ago

Will Hulbert

@whulbert-photos.bsky.social

The theme of #TheArtOfSurvival (birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young) is today's #BirdOfTheDay Lapwing telling a heron who’s boss (lots of times until the heron got the message) when there are chicks about. #EastCoastKin #ECK

508h ago

Rosemarie

@roabrams.bsky.social

Taken yesterday at an area next to beach. We had dense fog but I noticed the bright yellow as it flew by. I took this through the shrubbery. A goldfinch on a Common Mullien. #Birdoftheday #TheArtOfSurvival #ECK #photography

A gold finch perched on Common Mullien plant eating its seeds

575h ago

Alan H2

How it stands out against the background Rosemarie. Fabulous shot and theme perfect.

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Bird of the Day, theme 'The Art Of Survival'

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