#BirdOfTheDay theme: #Petals&Perches . Meeting the brief: an Sulphur-breasted Myzomela from Fiji. #birds

Hell yeah! Peak neotropics IMO.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta standing on a branch.

A Chestnut-crowned Antpitta for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ABCD, any bird beginning any part of their name with these letters. Extra points for a set using all. #birds

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FeederFriends - so a Black-headed Grosbeak at my feeders. #birds

The MLB-approved statement the teams’ broadcasters are reading about Jackie Robinson Day is an embarrassment. Jackie didn’t face “adversity” — he faced loud, violent, entrenched racism. He integrated baseball & saved it from collapsing in on itself. Say that.

A Cedar Waxwing perched on a thin branch of a currant bush. The yellow tail tips are just visible.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LeafandLight - here's a Cedar Waxwing (in my backyard!) perching in a Pink-flowering Currant, with light filtering through all around. #birds

For me, the "easiest" thing is part of the issue - there's relatively little to get attached to in the way of tangible ceremony. The meaning? Epic! The actual practice? Meh! Sukkot/Pesach/Yom Kippur/etc. all draw me in *because* there's things I need to do.

A bright green, tiny butterfly with long black "tails", bold black bands, a large red swash on its hindwing, and - just peeking out here - a sky blue upperside.

For Rina's #ButterflyWeek 🦋, here's Lamasina draudti - no English name! - from Ecuador. It's a spectacular and tiny hairstreak, and when I took this photo in 2003 it was the first photo anyone knew of in the wild. Still only 11 observations on iNaturalist! #photography

Young Phainopepla - dark gray with a spiky crest and white in the wing.

Young Phainopepla - in this photo, note also the red eye

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #JKLMNOP - any name starting with those letters, with an alt theme of #urban. This young Phainopepla at Fort Mason Park in San Francisco qualifies on both counts. #birds

Yucatan Woodpecker, from the island of Cozumel

Puerto Rican Woodpecker

Hispaniolan Woodpecker from the Dominican Republic

Per @alan678.bsky.social the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Woodland; nothing more "Woodland" than a woodpecker. So three woodpeckers from the Caribbean, IDs in alt text. #birds

For #manmadeperch and #birdoftheday, a trio of Taiwan wire-perchers - IDs in the alt text. #birds

Mae Martin would absolutely get five points on the Kobayashi Maru task.

For #BlackHeads and #BirdOfTheDay, a couple of common (but lovely!) birds of the western US - Spotted Towhee and Black-headed Grosbeak. #birds

#BlackandRed for today’s #BirdOfTheDay: so how about a Black Oystercatcher from the California coast? 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #SmallBirdsInFlight - so hummingbirds it is! IDs in alt text. 🪶

No woman has ever been further away from Donald Trump and I’m so jealous

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #weather - this young Malayan Night-Heron was unfazed by the rain in Taipei. 🪶

For #LargeBirdsInFlight and #BirdOfTheDay, some seabirds! - Red-footed Booby and Black-footed Albatross, from opposite end of the Pacific #birds

Pheasant-tailed Jacana with wings spread

They have wing spurs too! Check this photo (the bend of the closer wing)

This is, in fact, hella cool. I had no idea manakin molt was this complicated! Amazing!

A #blue #BirdOfTheDay - a male Indigo Bunting singing its heart out in Illinois. #birds

For #OpenBeak #BirdOfTheDay, a foursome from Taiwan. IDs in the alt text! #birds

For #tricolour #BirdOfTheDay (or #tricolor for us Yanks), how about this pair of Collared Lories from Fiji - I only wish I saw them #YearRound! These are happily common throughout the Fijian archipelago. #birds

How is Dolores Park so empty on a sunny day? 😲

Photo of a black pillow in a black chair. Two slightly angry looking cat eyes stare out from the pillow’s lower half

the vengeful pillow

by Edward Gorey

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtMe, birds looking at you - these three from Cozumel are all eyeing you a bit suspiciously! (IDs in the alt text) #birds

Wouldn't be a heartwarming story if he(?) didn't

This Spotted Sandpiper shows #LandMeetsWater for #BirdOfTheDay. This photo was taken in December, when most don't have spots, but a few do - like this one. #birds

Coincidentally: I have just started reading the 🐋📖... should I wait to solve the puzzle for enjoyment/spoilers?

This Taiwan Rosefinch was finely dotted with droplets of rain for #Splash and #BirdOfTheDay. #birds