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#BirdoftheDay #Grounded (alt theme) Do not be fooled by the flash of green on this bird. It is a Blue-winged Teal (see alt text for more info). #AnahuacNWR, October 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #OnOneLeg This juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron carries off the one leg look with a high degree of cool. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BrownBirds This King Rail illustrates that brown can be quite beautiful! #AnahuacNWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LMNO Long-billed Thrasher, Laguna Atascosa NWR, March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶 #monochrome

#BirdoftheDay #Green (alt theme) A Scaly-breasted Munia enjoying a bit of breakfast amongst the greenery, taken last weekend at Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, TX. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Seasonal Well, since the season in south Texas is currently extended summer, how about a female/immature male Indigo Bunting from last weekend that hasn't gotten the fall migration memo yet. #anahuacNWR #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Black&White #WoodpeckerWednesday Female Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LittleLegs Not to pick on this bird, but this White-winged Dove's legs seem a bit petite for its overall size. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

Nice turnout for 1st day of voting!

#BirdoftheDay #Reflection Snowy Egret, #AnahuacNWR (TX), October 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Larus Ring-billed Gull, Bolivar Flats (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Dawn An American Avocet caught a few minutes after sunrise this morning at #AnahuacNWR. It was the first day of delightful birding weather locally since early May ... I needed it!! #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Paridae From the archives, a Black-crested Titmouse for @robcrank68.bsky.social #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #JKLM Magnolia Warbler, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Shorebirds Ruddy Turnstone, Bolivar Flats (TX), March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LookingDown I honestly don't think I've ever gotten a photo of a Black-and-white Warbler that wasn't upside down. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Brown A lovely Virginia Rail in shades of brown as seen at #AnahuacNWR back in March. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Ducks&GeeseinFlight From the archives, a Mallard takes flight on a foggy day. Loess Bluffs NWR (MO), November 2024. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Green Getting up close and personal with a fearless Cattle Egret against a backdrop of greenery at #BrazosBendSP (TX) this week. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Waders Happy #FeatheredFriday!! Snowy Plovers often winter at #BolivarFlats (TX) where they keep busy showing off their cuteness. March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Crooners This (not so) Common Yellowthroat was singing his heart out at #AnahuacNWR (TX) in March. I enjoyed the concert. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Perched (alt theme) Hooded Oriole, Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdSupermodel "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." Eastern Kingbird, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶 (Posting early today because the heat and humidity has finally abated enough to go birding locally for the first time in a while!)

#BirdoftheDay #BlueSkies Couch's Kingbird, Santa Ana NWR (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying This Lincoln's Sparrow is doing the bird equivalent of "Sun's out, guns out." 😄 National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX, April 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Black&Red Ladder-backed Woodpecker, National Butterfly Center (TX), April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BestBeaks Happy #FeatheredFriday!! My favorite beaks, by far, have to be these goofy looking Roseate Spoonbills. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Black&White I spent way too much time playing with B/W filters this morning, but this Common Nighthawk was the winner. #AnahuacNWR, April 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BokehBirds Blackburnian Warbler, Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

A bonus #BirdoftheDay posting because I missed yesterday when a #Green background was the theme. Northern Yellow Warbler on a bald cypress branch with an algae-covered pond in the background. Smith Oaks, High Island, TX, May 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Seabirds Common Murre, Sumburgh Head, The Shetland Islands, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Borb I'm not saying that this Northern Fulmar is a #borb, but if it was human, it would be shopping in the husky section at the department store. Seydisfjordur, Iceland, July 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #TheDivers Black Guillemot, Isafjordur, Iceland, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Raptors This Osprey renders the "Stay Back" sign unnecessary in this instance. Bolivar Flats, March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Redheads From the archives, a male Golden-fronted Woodpecker shows off his red crown. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), December 2025. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #LightandShadow Long-billed Thrasher, Laguna Atascosa NWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #CaptionThatBird (An inside joke for my #Astros friends) "I don't care what anyone says. Orlando Palmeiro was safe!!" #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Elegant Something about this Mourning Dove seems elegant to me. #YMMV #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Paridae Happy #FeatheredFriday, Y'all!! Black-crested Titmouse with Spanish Moss, Santa Ana NWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #ODG Common Eider, Akureyi, Iceland, July 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdswithBerries Female Bay-breasted Warbler surrounded by clusters of berries. Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, May 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

An impulse purchase from @mincingmockingbird.com that now decorates my birding hat.

#BirdoftheDay #Silhouette This silhouette of a Great Blue Heron reminds me of the dinosaur ancestry of birds for some reason. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #Mamas&Papas I don't know the parental status of this pair of Blue-winged Teals, but I was happy with the photo as they tend to be very very skittish and uncooperative models around me. #AnahuacNWR, March 2026 #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #AngryBirds Some serious "get off my lawn" vibes from this Great Kiskadee. Estero Llano Grande SP (TX), March 2026. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶

#BirdoftheDay #BirdsinAbstract Black tern flying over water barely reflecting the first light of a new day. #birds #originalcontent #photography 📷🪶