#BirdOfTheDay for the theme #WingsOutNotFlying, here is a juvenile Southern Giant Petral. #southshetlandislands.

#BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShoutItOut yields an Albatross

#BirdOfTheDay for the #SideView theme, here are a Black capped night heron, Southern lapwing and South American Tern. #birdphotography #nature

Thanks, Rob!

#BirdOfTheDay for my #BestOfTheMonth, here are bald eagles, red-winged blackbird, male turkey and a toucan. #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

#BirdOfTheDay here's a Caracara for #PowerPose surveying its surroundings at #Jardim Botanical Garden in #Rio. #Birdphotography #nature #tripofalifetime

#BirdOfTheDay a wood duck for #WaterDroplets and a burrowing owl for the alt #OneLeg #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

Thank you Alan!

That pop of yellow feet really draws the eye. Nicely done, Alan.

#BirdOfTheDay happy this bald eagle decided to lift off for #WingsOverWater #nature #birdphotography #NelsonBC

Same here, Jenn. It seems like it might be close to mating season, as I've seen more male kestrel starting to congregate.

Thank you, Rob!

#BirdOfTheDay An American Kestrel unapologetically posing for today's #BranchBirds theme.
#birdphotography #nature #BoiseID

Thank you, Erin!

#BirdOfTheDay #PeacefulSolitude #nature #birdphotography
Just a gull in the fog, Good Canal, WA.

This was my first shot like this, Birdgirl. It just makes me laugh every time I see it!

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdButts
Lucky to capture both the face and the butt of this #greathornedowl in one shot. I anticipated the #osprey was going to take off, but it pooped instead-lol!

##BirdOfTheDay #BirdsBeingBirds
Short-eared owl and great blue heron, loving life and doing what they do.
#birdphotography #birdwatching #nature #wildlife

##BirdOfTheDay here's a pintail duck for the #DivingForFood theme.
#nature #birdphotography

##BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Blue from various locations in NE Oregon.

##BirdOfTheDay #OddCouples #birdphotography #nature
Red-tailed hawk and Northern Harrier at #StillwaterNWR

##BirdOfTheDay Northern Harrier and California Jay looking right at me for #Staredown #birds #birdphotography #nature

##BirdOfTheDay Today's alt theme #Red #birdphotography #nature
Baby coot and mama.

Spring hopes eternal too!

#BirdOfTheDay #Serenity #birdphotography #nature #gho #BoiseID

Don't know what happened to this little fella, but he was nice enough to let me visit with him for a short while. #owls #birdphotography #nature #getwellsoon

Golden hour!

And stars!

##BirdOfTheDay #Reflection #nature #birds #birdphotography
Wood duck, black-necked still and a dowitcher.

##BirdOfTheDay #OpenBeak #birds #birdphotography #nature
For the theme open beak, here's a western bluebird and a great horned owlet.