Looks like Americans are posting weird #shortbeak #birdoftheday photos.
Our tiny Long tailed Tit says Hold my coat.....π
Small black-and-white woodpecker clinging to the side of a tree trunk, shown in profile with a pale chest and a soft gray background.
Another #shortbeak for #birdoftheday, a female Downy Woodpecker here in Washington state.
#birds #nature #woodpeckers
On the ragged, Cumbrian shoreline, the stonechat holds its post like a small sentry of the in-between; balancing on the dried bones of summer. Its call snaps the air β flint on flint β a sound that belongs more to shore than heath but stitches them together. #ShortBeak #BirdOfTheDay #bird #nature πͺΆ
A White-crowned Sparrow perched on a stem amongst grass - out of focus greenery in the background.
A White-crowned Sparrow for #ShortBeak #BirdoftheDay posting today. catching the wonderful sun we've been having the last few days in NorCal - this on at Point Reyes, Marin County. #Birds πͺΆ #EastCoastKin #Photography #Wildlife #Nature
My Photo of the Day 2026 - Day 16 also works for today's Bird of the Day short beak theme. Here's a lovely Mourning Dove peeking out from behind some Spanish moss in an oak tree. It was cold this morning and I think she enjoyed a little shelter.
#BirdOfTheDay #shortbeak #short #PhotoaDay #birds
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #shortbeak This Pied Billed Grebe fits the βbillβ. Pun intended, as always. #birds #grebe #diving #piedbilled
#birds #nature
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks or #ShortBeak or #Short Beak. Here's an American Tree Sparrow with a short, two colored beak, dark on the upper and yellow on the lower. That feature alone makes them pretty easy to identify among other similar looking sparrowish birds.
One of my very first bird photos where everything came together: eye in focus, nice pose, background separation, the whole enchilada.
#birds #nature #photography #bushtitoftheday #birdoftheday #shortbeak
Winter Bird
I do not know why this looks fake, but it is a photo that I took in the forest last winter. I tried to reduce the glare, and clarify it but failed. I think it is a #SongSparrow? Google IDβd it as a water color painting by an artistβ¦π€
#BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeak #Photography
#ForestFriday
Small fluffy gray bird clinging to a thin vertical twig, shown in profile with a short bill and a soft pale background.
The Bushtit is a good candidate for #birdoftheday #shortbeak, I think.
#birds #nature #bushtitoftheday
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #ShortBeak, is a 3fer: a house finch, a white-crowned sparrow and a yellow-rumped warbler splashing about in a rain puddle.
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A male Andean cock-of-the-rock on a tree limb with a bright orange colored head with a rounded crest on top and a black and gray feathered body. Dark green leaves are behind it.
A male Andean cock-of-the-rock at the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington
#Birds #FlyDay #FeatheredFriday #Photography #Orange #Passerine #Cotinga #Tunki #BirdOfTheDay #ShortBeak
Some #ShortBeak friends for the #BirdOfTheDay. A Chickadee, a Junco, a Tree Sparrow, and a Northern Cardinal.
Red tailed Hawk #Birdoftheday #ShortBeak #Birds #Raptor #Hawk
Here's a bird with a very #shortbeak for today's #birdoftheday
a small distraction from everything. #ShortBeak but a big voice from this song sparrow #BirdOfTheDay πͺΆ
A male eastern bluebird perches on a feeder pole facing right.
A male eastern bluebird perches on a feeder pole facing left.
Eastern bluebirds fit the #ShortBeak theme, but that is not a bad thing. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #bluebirds #nature #birdphotography #backyardbirds πͺΆ
A white throated sparrow standing sideways on a thorny branch looking over his shoulder at the camera, showing off the 2 yellow streaks above his eyes.
This #WhiteThroatedSparrow saying "take the picture already!" because he wants to be in #BirdOfTheDay with his #ShortBeak.
#birds
Black-capped Chickadee stands in profile on feeder rail, proudly displaying its short beak.
This little friend with the #ShortBeak is todayβs entry for #BirdOfTheDay
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#BlackCappedChickadee
#EastCoastKin
A #BlackCappedChickadee with a snack in its #Shortbeak for #BirdOfTheDay
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#birding
A Short-eared Owl hovers over the brown grasses of a tidal flat with wings and tail feathers spread, and one yellow eye visible,
This Short-eared Owl (with itβs relatively #shortbeak) hunts and hovers over the tidal flats of the Fraser River delta in Vancouver BC. December 2025.
#birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday