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Bird of the Day, theme 'Green'

natureOct 10, 20261113,023

Bird of the Day is a daily community prompt with today’s theme Green, plus an alternate theme Geese. The gallery features birds shown against green backgrounds and species with green plumage, plus several submissions that pick the Geese alternative. Look for a Song Thrush singing against a green backdrop, a flock of Snow Geese taking flight during autumn migration, and close-ups of green-plumaged subjects such as a Greenfinch, a Green woodpecker, and a Wood Duck with a green head resting in aquatic plants.

Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

🪶 Rob has chosen #Green as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any birds or backgrounds that have green in them Alternative is #Geese, any Goose/Geese will do - A Song Thrush singing against a green background #birdphotography #ECK #birds #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #ColorADay #GreenSat

A Song Thrush perched on top of a dead Elder tree in song. The bird is slightly left of centre of the shot, in side profile facing right so that’s its right side is visible. The birds head is slightly raised and its beak is slightly open. The beak is dark with yellow around the ‘lips’ and lower bill. Its face is brown with flecks of creamy white and black throughout. The upper body is a warm brown with darker colouring at the ends of the wing and tail. Its chest is creamy white, turning to white around the legs, and heavily marked with dark, arrow-shaped spots. The legs are a pale, pinkish colour. The branch it is on comes up from the bottom, slightly left of centre. It branches out into five stubby branches at the top. It is dead and bare of bark with a clump of moss on one branch. The background is a uniform out of focus green.
1547h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Ohh what a lovely and beautiful photo from that Song Trush AB✨️

Neil Cameron1

Lovely shot, AB. Especially that background!

Froure1

That's a fabulous shot, the bokeh really makes the song thrush pop!

Aintright
@aintright.bsky.social

Bobbin the Robin #BirdOfTheDay #Green #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #Birding #birdwatching #ECK

1365h ago
Amy Gann
@amygann.bsky.social

Bitterns are well camouflaged, often shy and difficult to spot. For the #birdoftheday theme of #green #birds #heron #bittern #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A bittern clings to vegetation as it reaches down toward the water. The birdnis vertical in line with the plants that surround it. It blends in almost perfectly
1025h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Stunning photo Amy from this shy bird😍

Neil Cameron1

Oi lady, it's BIRD of the day meaning the photographie thingy is supposed to have a pitcha of a bird in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nicely done, Amy!

LaffingKat1

Great shot! It really does blend right in!

catslovedogs1

That's pretty awesome! Great-looking bird, great-looking photo.

Dave Meredith
@davemeredith.bsky.social

Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Geese. Part of a flock of Snow Geese taking flight during autumn migration. #Saskatchewan #ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #Kodachrome #1990s

996h ago
Marjo Slingerland-Boks2

Fantastic photo and the sound must be amazing 🤍

Rob Crank Photography1

Great shot Dave, I will take your word that they are Geese 😂😂 if not get in the hot tub

Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@fraggenstein.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them set by @helenbennett.bsky.social - early arrivals for the season but managed to capture Short -Eared Owls this week at Aust Warth salt marshes 🦉😍😍🪶🦉 #ukbirding #ECK

The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird of prey about the size of a crow, measuring roughly 34 to 42 cm (13 to 17 inches) long with a wide wingspan of about a meter (90 to 105 cm). Key Physical Features • Eyes and Face: They have striking, bright yellow eyes wrapped in dark, dramatic black rings that look like heavy eyeliner or dark goggles. Their face is rounded and pale. • Head and "Ears": They have a rounded, fluffy head with tiny, nearly invisible feather tufts on top (their namesake "short ears") that usually lie flat and cannot actually be seen easily. • Body and Plumage: Their top feathers are a mottled mix of warm brown, buff, and yellowish-tan, which helps them blend right into dry grass and moorland. Their underparts are paler with fine brown streaks. • Wings in Flight: Their wings are long and broad. When they fly low over open fields, their erratic, buoyant movement looks a bit like a giant, graceful moth or butterfly. Behavior and Lifestyle • Daytime Hunters: Unlike many owls that hide at night, short-eared owls often hunt during the daytime, dawn, and dusk. • Where They Live: They prefer wide-open, treeless spaces like moorlands, rough coastal grasslands, marshes, and sand dunes. • On the Ground: Instead of living in trees or high branches, they build their nests and rest directly on the ground hidden in tall grass. • Sound and Movement: They glide silently just a few feet above the ground listening for small field voles and mice, occasionally making soft hoots or rapid wing-clapping sounds during courtship.
995h ago
oo07-68.bsky.social1

Just an ordinary Crow 🦊

The Garden Jungle
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social

Here is a regular visitor to The Garden Jungle for the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Green. We have a number of Greenfinches that I believe nest around the plot #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Greenfinch
1005h ago
Froure
@froure.bsky.social

You can just see the hints of iridescent #Green in this starling's plumage for both today's #BirdOfTheDay and #SmallBirdSaturday.

A starling perches in a tangle of dense bush full of thin brown branches and narrow green, waxy leaves. Some of the blurred leaves partially obscure the starling's lower third, including his legs. The starling faces to the right, appearing in profile, with his blade-like beak angled slightly downwards and one black eye seeming to regard the photographer with some degree of wariness. His feathers are fluffed and ruffled, giving him the appearance of having a tight mohawk. He has the starlings' distinctive glossy black plumage with white V-shaped tips. Where the sunlight hits the feathers, they shine with an iridescent green sheen.
897h ago
Mariska1

Nice shot, the iridescence is magical! ✨

Rosemarie
@roabrams.bsky.social

A goldfinch in our garden a few weeks ago. Only one or two left as they have been migrating south. It's @helenbennett.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay today and her theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. #backyardbirding #gardenbirds

A goldfinch surrounded by green zinnia leaves and next to one red zinnia flower
713h ago
Frank Hogan1

Good morning Rosemarie Nice one

Simon
@splphoto.bsky.social

It's @helenbennett.bsky.social (via @robcrank68.bsky.social), #BirdOfTheDay today and her theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. Black-tailed Trainbearer Hummingbird. #wildlifephotography #splphoto #birds 🪶 #hummingbird #ecuador

686h ago
Phil
@phil137.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay #Green Green woodpecker

676h ago
Paul ward
@rickybirdman.bsky.social

@helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen #Green as today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme. Sri Lanka is an incredible island for birds. This little-green bee-eater was seen quite often in open arid areas, fly catching from open perches. It is a resident breeder. #birds #srilanka #wildlife #eck #canon

676h ago
BelleAB
@belleab.bsky.social

Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #green and the Alt theme is #geese. Here’s a Canada goose I saw walking around the Lakeshore Nature Preserve in Madison, Wisconsin in May. #BOTD #ColorADay #greensat #canadagoose #birds #photography

626h ago
Barrie Cull
@barrie6.bsky.social

Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. The Alt theme is #Geese, and Goose/Geese will do. Here’s a photo of a Siskin on our sunflower hearts feeder. A Goldfinch gives balance to the composition by leaning left on the other side of the feeder.

A Siskin looks to the right while eating seeds from a sunflower hearts feeder. It is mainly green and yellow in colour, with black and white wings and tail. A Goldfinch can be partly seen behind the feeder. It has a distinctive red, black and white head, with golden brown breast.
736h ago
alisonwillis1.bsky.social
@alisonwillis1.bsky.social

Happy Saturday 😊 Jackdaw plotting their next move.... #BirdOfTheDay #Green #Birds

A close-up photograph of a Western jackdaw perched on a thin, light-colored tree branch surrounded by green leaves. The bird is facing forward and leaning down, tilting its head toward the branch as if inspecting something below. It features dark grey and black plumage, a distinctive lighter grey nape on its neck, a sharp black beak, and a striking, pale silvery-white eye.
676h ago
Neil Cameron
@neilcam57.bsky.social

Rob asserts that Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Green 2 shots of each of 2 green birds: * Male Red-rumped Parrot * Female or Imm. Satin Bowerbird. #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Male Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) in the green grass at Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra
587h ago

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