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@birdmandoug

Avian portraitist, introvert, wildland wanderer. All photos I post are my own unless otherwise credited. No AI. More at douglasherr.myportfolio.com

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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae any bird of the Corvid family.

#birds
#birdphotography

10.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles, any bird side on to the camera

Here's today's #BirdOfTheDay selection in the rail family.

#birds
#birdphotography
#rallidae
#rails
#coots
#gallinules

09.03.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles, any bird side on to the camera

Here's today's #BirdOfTheDay selection in #doves & #pigeons.

#birds
#birdphotography
#columbidae

09.03.2026 08:29 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles, any bird side on to the camera

Here's today's #BirdOfTheDay selection in #grebes.

#birds
#birdphotography

09.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles, any bird side on to the camera

Here's today's #BirdOfTheDay selection in ducks.

#birds
#birdphotography
#anatidae
#ducks

09.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's @alan678.bsky.social theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Photogenic, birds you find photogenic.

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#woodpeckers
#songbirds
#cardinalidae
#waxwings

08.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingInWater, any bird standing in water.

07.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut, birds captured mid-step.

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#ardeidae
#herons
#scolopacidae
#recurvirostridae
#sandpipers
#stilts

06.03.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) with attitude
photographed 05 March 2026
Sacramento County California

This willow hanging over the river is an ideal fishing spot, worth defending.

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#herons
#egrets
#ardeidae

06.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s another idea: make oil irrelevant by developing renewable energy sources.

04.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Impeachment starts in the House of Representatives, not the Senate. Booker is a Senator.

04.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoutItOut birds calling out.

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#wildlife

04.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm getting a 'not found' message instead of the photo.

04.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
photographed 03 March 2026
Sacramento County California

#birds
#birdphotography
#waterfowl
#ducks
#anatidae
#anseriformes

03.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideView, birds that are side on to the camera.

#birds
#birdphotography
#wildlife
#ornitholology

03.03.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
photographed 02 March 2026
Sacramento County California

#birds
#birdphotography
#wildlife
#swallows
#songbirds
#hirundinidae

03.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore, photographs with 4 or more birds in 1 photo
#birds
#birdphotography

01.03.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3. distraction from the Epstein files.

28.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@alan678.bsky.social has chosen #PrimaryColours for his #BirdOfTheDay theme, any bird with a primary colors in its plumage.

#birds
#birdphotography
#songbirds

28.02.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Expecting basic decency from anyone in the current regime is futile.

28.02.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With any luck we'd mistake Kesgbreath for an ayatollah and take him out.

Oh and for future reference starting a war is not a good way to get a peace prize.

27.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth

Great Egret (Ardea alba) at Cosumnes River Preserve, Sacramento County California

#birds
#birdphotography
#egrets
#ardeidae

27.02.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's @alan678.bsky.social
theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #WideOpenWings

#birdphotography
#birds

26.02.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borb, bird looking round or pear shaped.

I can't think of a better #borb than this Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)

#hummingbirds
#wildlife
#birdphotography
#trochilidae

25.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Presidementia! I'm stealing that!

25.02.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my yard! I'm in eastern Sacramento County.

17.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
photographed 14 February 2026
Sacramento County California

#birds
#birdphotography
#eagles
#hawks
#raptors
#accipitridae

14.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and use the car's remote start feature.

14.02.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's #WoodpeckerWednesday

Williamson's Sapsucker
Acorn Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker

many more at douglasherr.myportfolio.com/woodpeckers

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithlogy
#wildlifephotography
#picidae
#woodpeckers

11.02.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great Egret (Ardea alba) in a field of mustard blossoms
photographed 09 February 2026
Sacramento County California

#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#wildlifephotography
#herons
#egrets
#ardeidae

10.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0