Grey Heron, a large, tall grey bird with black shoulders and head stripe, white face and crown and long yellow bill, in shallow water on edge of a reed fringed river.

Two Ruddy Shelduck, richly reddish brown water birds with pale heads and black bills, in shallow water on edge of a reed fringed river.

Male Falcated Duck, small waterbird with dark grey body, pale cream and black vent, silver grey back with long thin feather extensions, glossy green and bronze head and white throat. Swimming and reflected in rippling water.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections. Grey #Heron, Ruddy Shelduck & Falcated #Duck reflected in a cold River Wensum, #Beijing in early February.
#birds #birding #China #ECK #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026
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Immature Purple Heron, large, very tall wading bird, largely reddish brown with paler areas, long legs, a very long, slender neck and a long, powerful, dagger-like bill. Standing on a grassy back looking down at adjacent green water.

Immature Purple Heron, large, very tall wading bird, largely reddish brown with paler areas, long legs, a very long, slender neck and a long, powerful, dagger-like bill. Standing on a grassy back looking down at adjacent green water.

#BirdoftheDay with @robcrank68.bsky.social is #LongNecks, like this Purple #Heron from Taman Tasik Permaisuri park in #KualaLumpur
#Malaysia #birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026
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Black-winged Cuckooshrike, just the whitish underside and boldly white spotted black undertail as the bird flies away from a perch on a large branch.

Black-winged Cuckooshrike, from behind, grey head, back and rump, black wings and tail. Perched on a large branch facing away.

Male Siberian Thrush, deep blue grey bird with darker head and a bright white stripe above the eye. Perched in dense foliage.

Male Siberian Thrush, deep blue grey bird with darker head and a bright white stripe above the eye. Perched in dense foliage.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButt, birds showing off the rear end. A couple of contenders for rear of the year both from Benchakitti Park #Bangkok on 1 April. Black-winged Cuckooshrike and Siberian Thrush -a #lifer
#Thailand #birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

It's Dour* and grey** in Dover.

*The river Dour. (Actually pronounced "Do-er")

**Grey Herons in the murals, Grey Wagtails in the back gardens. Fine chalk stream #UrbanBirding.

#KentNature

Female Asian Koel, a large cuckoo with blotchy grey and black plumage and a bright red eye. Perched on a thick horizontal pole.

Female Asian Koel, a large cuckoo with blotchy grey and black plumage and a bright red eye. Perched on a thick horizontal pole.

Female Asian Koel, a large cuckoo with blotchy grey and black plumage and a bright red eye. Perched on a thick horizontal pole.

Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #manmadeperch any bird perched on a manmade object, in this case a TV aerial support I think. Female Asian Koel in Hua Hin, #Thailand.
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo, a medium sized black bird with a long black tail with a very shallow fork, darker below, glossy above, with white barring on undertail and a narrow, decurved black bill. Perched on a bare branch in trees. Drongo-cuckoos are members of the cuckoo family that strongly mimic black species of Drongo (which are in the corvid family). Key differences are the cuckoo-like thin, decurved bill and the white-tipped undertail coverts. Drongo-cuckoos are brood parasites of babbler species and it's unclear exactly how mimicking drongos benefits them.

Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo, a medium sized black bird, with a long black tail with a very shallow fork, perched on a branch in trees.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackHeads, any bird with Black on its head, like this Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo I found in Benchakitti Park #Bangkok a week ago. See alt text for more on Drongo-cuckoos. #cuckoos #mimicry #migrantbirds
#Thailand #birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Picture of the 2 American Woodcocks @bryantparknyc yesterday early in the morning. It’s so incredible that these adorable borbs return every year to this busy little park that’s always crowded and noisy. #americanwoodcock #woodcocks #birds #birdwatching #urbanbirding #wildlife

Watch how one American Woodcock bully the other one but you can’t get mad at him because they are both so adorable! 😍🥰 @bryantparknyc this morning. #americanwoodcock #woodcocks #birds #birdwatching #urbanbirding #wildlife

I found a pair of American Woodcocks together in @bryantparknyc this morning. They are so cute, drawing lots of attention. #americanwoodcock #woodcocks #birds #birdwatching #urbanbirding #wildlife

Eurasian Hoopoe, a medium sized peachy-orange bird with a long, thin, down-curved bill, and long, black-tipped orange crown feathers, raised in a broad fan. The bold black and white back and wings not visible in this photo. Bird is standing in short grass, facing towards the camera turning to its left.

#feathers is today's #birdoftheday theme so I've chosen this Eurasian Hoopoe displaying it's crest in a #Bangkok park last week. #Thailand #birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026
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White-nest Swiftlet (Germaine's subspecies); this small swift species is a drab, dark brown aerial bird with paler chin and rump/tail base. In flight against clear blue sky, chased by a species of bee.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SmallBirdsInFlight. I was trying to get good shots of White-nest (Germain's) Swiftlets at #krabi #Thailand in late March, when this one was relentlessly chased by a bee.
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Had to post another King Eider photo. These birds are so cool. They will feed in fresh water, but spend majority of time on the ocean and can dive over 50m to reach the ocean floor.
#birds, #urbanbirding, #rarelifers , #nature , #springmigration , #getoutside , #joy

My #SmallBirdSaturday offering is a Golden Crowned Kinglet I saw yesterday. I struggle to get good captures of these small birds because they never stay still!

#birds, #urbanbirding , #nature, #getoutside , #joy, #springmigration

Yellow-bellied Sap Sucker.

#birds, #urbanbirding, #getoutside, #nature , #joy

Ring-necked Duck

#birds , #urbanbirding, #getoutside, #nature , #joy

It was a lovely Good Friday of birding. Lots of Wood Ducks out today.

#birds, #urbanbirding , #getoutside , #nature, #joy, #spring

Common Merganser

#birds, #urbanbirding, #getoutside, #nature, #joy , #spring

Northern Shovelers

#birds, #urbanbirding , #getoutside, #spring, #nature , #joy

No matter how common, I will always stop and photograph any Song Sparrow who willingly poses for me. 🤣🥰

#birds , #spring , #urbanbirding , #getoutside

This King Eider was a special treat! Far from its arctic home, it has enjoyed the last two winters in the city. A rare lifer! Very grateful for the sighting.🥰
#birds, #urbanbirding , #nature, #joy, #raresighting

House Crow, a mid-large sized corvid bird with grey and black plumage and a black hood. Perched in front of blurred sparkling water with bill wide open.

House Crow, a mid-large sized corvid bird with grey and black plumage and a black hood. Perched in front of blurred sparkling water with bill wide open.

In hot #weather #birds pant, often rapidly vibrating their throat - called gular fluttering. These are House #Crows in a #KualaLumpur park recently for today's #birdoftheday theme. #Malaysia #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026
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Zappy's Flycatcher, a mainly deep blue bird with darker wings and lores, and a white belly and undertail. Differs from the very similar Blue-and-white Flycatcher, which has an almost black throat and breast. Perched on a thick branch in trees.

Zappy's Flycatcher, a mainly deep blue bird with darker wings and lores, and a white belly and undertail. Differs from the very similar Blue-and-white Flycatcher, which has an almost black throat and breast, more evenly demarcated from the white. Perched on a thick branch high in trees, seen mainly from below.

Black Bittern, a small dark heron with a striking cream throat patch and thick streaking in deep maroon and cream on the neck and breast. Photographed in dry reeds in very low light.

A Reticulated Python, a very large snake, curled up in water among vegetation, largely obscured, but with the grey, yellow and black wavy pattern clearly visible.

A two #lifer day for me in #Bangkok today. A smashing male Zappy's Flycatcher this morning, then 2 Black Bittern almost in the dark this evening. Bonus of 2 Reticulated #Python later. All in Benchakitti Park.
#birds #birding #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026 #Thailand #snakes #reptiles #wildlife

Yellow-breasted Warbler, a tiny bird, bright yellow below, greenish brown above, with two this yellow wingbars, a deep brick red head, black stripe either side of the crown, and a prominent white eye ring, perched on a fern. Taken on 6 March 2026 on Trail 4, Parit Falls, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.

Barred Eagle-owl, a huge brown owl with paler, finely barred underparts, huge black eyes, horizontal ear tufts and a big yellow bill. Perched in a tree. Taken on 9 March 2026 in Permaisuri Lake Garden (Taman Tasik Permaisuri), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Black-thighed Falconet, a small bird of prey, equal smallest falcon in the world. Glossy black upperparts, rich rufous belly, black "thighs", white chest, throat & face markings, black through the eyes and lower cheek. Perched on the end of a bare branch in front of a blurred background of greenery. Taken on 10 March 2026 in Perdana Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Male Orange-breasted Trogon, fairly large bird of tropical forests. Very colourful orange and yellow underparts, greenish-yellow head and long broad black and white tail. Back is rich cinnamon colour and the wings finely vermiculated black and white. Perched on thin branches among thick foliage. Taken on 27 March 2026 in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfTheMonth. Hard to choose just 4: Yellow-breasted Warbler, Barred Eagle-owl & Black-thighed Falconet from #Malaysia, Orange-breasted Trogon from #Thailand
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026
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At last a few Redpoll have found the wetland at #AshlawnCuttingLNR. Seen a while ago further down the reserve but now in the patch we left especially for them. Loving the Willowherb... #Urbanbirding #conservation

Rooks on the feeders. Bullies. #urbanbirding #birding

This self inflating Cinnamon Bittern certainly has #RuffledFeathers
Nice theme for #birdoftheday @alan678.bsky.social
Taken recently in Benchakitti Park #Bangkok #Thailand
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

Great Horned Owl.

#birds, #birding , #urbanbirding , #getoutside, #nature , #joy, #owls 🦉

A Red Breasted Sapsucker tears off the green moss to reach the tree bark... as viewed out our living room window!

#birds #Woodpeckers #backyardbirding #sapsucker #Portland #westhills #pnw #ornithology #wildlife #urbanbirding #nature #birdphotography #birding #pdx #wildlifephotography #bird #ECK

Fox Sparrow.

#birds, #backyardbirds, #springmigration , #urbanbirding

Zebra Dove, a very small dove, pale brown with warmer orange-brown breast and crown, dense wavy black and pale stripes on the next and breast sides, dark stripes on the wings and a blueish grey face. Perched on overhead wires.

For #stripes you think Zebra, which isn't a bird, or is it? Zebra Dove at Ratchaburi railway station for today's alt #birdoftheday theme by @alan678.bsky.social
#birds #birding #EastCoastKin #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026