Bird of the Day, theme 'Screen Filler'

Bird of the Day is a daily community event; today’s theme is Screen Filler, a capture where the bird takes up a large part of the image. Contributors are sharing tight, up-close bird portraits and close-range encounters, with some images emphasizing migratory species as an alternate theme. Examples in the gallery include a Barred Owl stare down, a Buff-tailed coronet photographed in Ecuador, and a juvenile white ibis shot very close with almost no crop and calm water. Look for other standout scenes such as a robin in a rose bush, a great blue heron showing occipital plumes, and tiny hummingbirds filling the frame.