I'm consistently thrilled that this iridescent green beauty is a real bird that hangs out in - and has even nested in - my Cape Town yard!
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) (c)Adam Welz 2026
Real photo #noAI
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Adam Welz
Above large and violently crashing waves, a pigeon guillemot flies low over the ocean for #WorldOceansDay
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday #pigeonguillemot #guillemot #seabirds #seabird
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Little tern shaking off post-dive.
Olhao, Portugal.
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This cute little Magnolia warbler (Setophaga magnolia) gives me the feathery eyeball from the underbrush. Another of this year's proper first sightings - if only that blocking twig was removed!
#birdphotography #birdsseenin2026 #nature #toronto #springmigration #eck #animalarttuesday
Sandhill cranes flying home at sunset near Woodbridge Ecological Reserve in California
#BirdOfTheDay #TheGathering #birds
Golden-hooded tanager gathering material to build a nest at Birding Paradise in the Chiriquà Highlands of Panama
#BirdOfTheDay #Nesting #birds
Orinoco goose at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia
#BirdOfTheDay #geese #birds
Chelton's Bird and Wildlife Photography
Steve Sanderson
Chestnut-backed chickadee on a Douglas fir branch in the yard #Paridae #birdoftheday #nature #wildlife #PNW #photography
A male red-winged blackbird appears to be surfing or riding on the back of a goose, but it is actually aggressively defending its territory by attacking a Canada goose at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado.
#BirdOfTheDay #Geese #ECK #bird
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Thomas Boldt
Stop and smell the flowers.
For the #birdoftheday theme of #geese.
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