A piping plover, moving away from the camera, flops around with its left wing up and its right wing out and touching the beach, pretending to be injured. Photo was taken from a respectful distance with a telephoto lens, and I was not near its nesting area, which happened to be near a path where people walk on the beach.

In the #BirdOfTheDay category of Best Performance by a Shorebird with #WingsOpenNotFlying here’s a piping plover pretending it is injured to lure me away from its chicks in an open nest on the beach. #birds #birdphotography #plovers #shorebirds #BirdOscars #ECK 🪶

Bird on one foot by lakeside with one wing stretched out.

Mallard female offering balletic moves to snub Philistine tosser, Timothée Chalamet.

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#BirdOscars winner for best actor and best poser? Gotta be a Sandhill Crane.
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may i nominate This One Pigeon In Particular

(pigeons are supreme! they can see ultra violet, tell the difference between real life and photographs, and fly over 70mph!!) #birdoscars

THE ONLY OSCARS THAT MATTER #birdoscars

For best acrobatics I'd like to nominate chickadees!
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#BirdOscars winner for biggest villain. 🪶

#BirdOscars winner for make-up and hair? Gotta be Bohemian Waxwing #birds

Oh yeah, the Killdeer are definitely Oscar-worthy. I caught their act on video once!

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Oscars for birds? Count me in. We cannot deny that the Killdeer deserves recognition for their amazing performance as a wounded prey item to distract predators from their kids #birds #BirdOscars