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To celebrate Bluesky here’s last month’s super moon

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social says Rob (Alan) has chosen #Branched as #BirdOfTheDay theme; birds on thin branches Scaly-breasted hummingbird in Arenal, Costa Rica

Welcome back! @helenbennett.bsky.social whose #birdoftheday theme is #ononeleg Redshank and lapwing.(similar posted previously...)

PSA: we have only 7 weeks to the start of the Grand Auld Sthretch for 2027. The light at the end of the tunnel is small and faint, but it's visible. We're getting there, and it won't be long before we can really start looking forward to it!

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BrownBirds; any bird with mostly brown plumage This is a Plain Chachalaca, an edge of the forest bird, in Nosara, CostaRica

#birdoftheday #robin White-browed robin-chat, also known as Heuglin's robin. Kenya 2026

The problem is never motorists, is it? www.thejournal.ie/driving-phon...

Brava @fhmediastuff.bsky.social !

@helenbennett.bsky.social suggested #BirdOfTheDay alt' theme is #Corvid Here's a Pied Crow, in Barna, Galway rather than Africa. It's stayed in Galway for about 3 years now

Im also struck by the fact that the IT'S opinion columns seem to be a completely fact-check free zones. FmcR can claim Marie Antoinette was married to Henry VIII and McDowell can claim the radical lect coordinated rioting, a claim that has been largely dismissed by prosecutors and journalists.

Cheap city centre parking coming up. Madness. There will be no spaces for patients or staff after 830 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social says that Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any bird with Black & White plumage This is a sooty chat, tiny white panel On the folded wing on the secondary coverts.

In Galway, Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney recently indicated that he wants to hold back on building the bus corridors until the ring road starts #speirgorm

Rob has chosen #LittleLegs as #BirdOfTheDay theme; any bird with small legs Little gull stretching short right leg and wing, roosting on mud

Attention @donaldegolfer.bsky.social

Atlantic Birding’s #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is: #Turdidae; any thrush species. This is a clay-coloured thrush. The national bird of Costa Rica chosen as such because it is ubiquitous and sings before rain falls. Farmers respect them.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Coots&Moorhens, any Coot or Moorhen will do.

Gardaí Called To RDS After Reports Members Of World's Largest Copyright Theft Gang Inside Building https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/10/14/gardai-called-to-rds-after-reports-members-of-worlds-largest-copyright-theft-gang-inside-building/

#speirgorm Harsh... but fair!

Helen’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today via Atlantic Birding is: #ShoreBirds; any bird on the shore Whimbrel, but a Hudsonian one, in Costa Rica 2025. (Dark rump but otherwise indistinguishable)

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme from @atlanticbirding.bsky.social #LookingDown African Paradise Flycatcher

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, any bird with Brown in its plumage. The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. Blue-grey tanager, Costa Rica, 2025

🪶 @atlanticbirding.bsky.social relays that today’s #BirdOfTheDay Alternative is #Pigeons&Doves, any Pigeon or Dove species This is a Red-eyed dove, in Kenya. 2026

🪶It's @helenbennett.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay today and her theme is #Green, any birds or backgrounds that have Green in them. Alt #Geese Light-bellied brent geese, Connemara, Ireland 2025

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Waders; any wading bird Purple sandpipers are one of my favourites.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social (still dunno why I'm blocked...!) is #crooners, birds singing. Anyhoo, Brown-eared Bulbul, Seoul, 2025

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #BlueWater, birds surrounded by #Bluewater One for the larophiles, Yellow-legged gull (larus michahellis) at Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Ireland. (long black finger P8, black bar P5), March 2025

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot. Great Egret (American) Din Darling wildlife reserve,FLA, 2016

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky Village weaver, Kenya 2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. Twofer! White-winged dove display, close up shows Blue lores!

#birdoftheday #Black&Red Scarlet-rumped Tanager Arenal, Costa Rica

Public administration is close to non existent other than with the gov.ie people

Helen's #BirdOfTheDay choice is #BestBeaks; a bird with a beak/bill with striking colours, bold profiles or an interesting shape. Greater Frigatebird. Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

Any automation used in military, *medical* or other life-and-death situations must be thoroughly evaluated within its use case and paired with usage norms that keep accountability with people who have actual power to make decisions. My asterisks, radiologists please copy!

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social 's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Black&White Pied wagtail, but in colour...

@garda.ie please copy...

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). First and last! Great-tailed Grackle

@helenbennett.bsky.social says that oday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Bonus points for any bokeh balls! ☺️🪶📷️ Alt: #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! Cattle egret in the heat, panting!

@atlaaas.bsky.social 's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Seabirds & alt is #Airborne. So I've gone for a #Twofer Lesser Frigatebirds, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs. Here's a pair of Tawny Eagles.

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@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has said that today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Raptors; any bird of prey Here's a Black Vulture gliding over a forest in Costa Rica

🪶 Rob’s chosen #RedHeads as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any bird with red on it’s head/beak Alternative is #Gull, any Gull will do Twofer! Silver Gull, Queensland, Australia,

We elected a President we can be proud of. Not like some people. 🙄 #speirgorm #Áras25 #Uachtarán

Alan's #BirdOfTheDay today is #LightAndShadow #chiaroscura Black Noddy, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

Channelling Spinal Tap…