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Adult Sooty Gull, medium-large seabird with dark sooty upperparts, white below, yellowish legs, a small white brow above the eye, and a pale grey bill with a black and yellow tip. Walking along a sandy sea shore.

Adult Sooty Gull, large seabird with dark sooty upperparts, white below, yellowish legs, a small white brow above the eye, and a pale grey bill with a black and yellow tip. Walking along a sandy sea shore.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut - birds captured mid step. Thanks @alan678.bsky.social for the chance to post this handsome Sooty Gull strutting along the shore near Muscat in #Oman recently. A #lifer for me.
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Kentish Plover, a small wading bird with light brown upper parts, a white head with black forehead and stripe through the eye and a light orange cap and nape, next to a Common Greenshank, a larger wader with dark brown upper parts, white below, a mainly white head, long, fairly straight bill and long greenish legs. Both stood on a small sandy island surrounded by and partly reflected in water.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social #MixedPairs (photos with pairs of different bird species), found this shot of Kentish Plover and Common Greenshank together near Muscat #Oman recently.
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Black-breasted Thrush (probably immature male), bird with reddish orange underparts, black wings, head and breast, black and white spotted undertail coverts and orange bill, perched in a tree, facing away, beak wide open

Black bulbul, jet black bird with deep red bill wide open, perched near the top of a bare lichen covered dead tree trunk.

Oriental Reed Warbler, small brown bird, paler below, perching vertically on a reed stem, bill open, pointing upwards while singing.

For @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #ShoutItOut I've got 3 candidates. Black-breasted Thrush #DoiPhaHomPok, Black Bulbul #DoiLangWest and Oriental Reed Warbler #BenchakittiPark #Bangkok.
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Red-whiskered Bulbul, bird with brown wings, white underparts, a black cap and crest, black neck sides and bright white cheek with red patch under the eye. Perched on a lone branch.

Puff-throated Bulbul, mainly brown bird, warmer above and more yellowish below, a puffy white throat, grey face and short, warm brown crest, perched on a thick branch.

Black-crested Bulbul, yellow bird with black neck, head and tall crest, and a prominent pale eye, perched in a green bush.

Grey-eyed Bulbul, a grey-brown, nondescript bird, paler below with a whitish throat and a pale grey iris, perched in green foliage.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideView set by @robcrank68.bsky.social
Bulbuls are an incredibly diverse family but here are just four from northern #Thailand: Red-whiskered, Puff-throated, Black-crested and Grey-eyed.
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2 Pacific Swallows, small bird with dark blue back, wings and head, deep orange face and black eye mask, perched on a rusty metal bollard.

A Pacific Swallow, small bird with dark blue back, wings and head, deep orange face and black eye mask, perched on blue plastic.

2 Pacific Swallows, small bird with dark blue back, wings and head, white underside, deep orange face and throat and black eye mask, perched on a post covered in blue plastic and looking upwards.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, set by @alan678.bsky.social, is #PerfectLighting. These Pacific Swallows in warm morning light at Hua Hin pier a couple of days ago fit the bill nicely.
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Mountain Bamboo Partridges, rounded game birds with mottled brown, black and white plumage and brown head with a black and white stripe. Feeding on bare ground near vegetation.

Mountain Bamboo Partridges, rounded game birds with mottled brown, black and white plumage and brown head with a black and white stripe. Feeding on bare ground near vegetation.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore #birds in one shot, set by @robcrank68.bsky.social

A nice excuse to share this early morning party of Mountain Bamboo Partridges I photographed at Doi Lang West in northern #Thailand at the end of January.
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Male Ornate Sunbird, a tiny bird with bright yellow underparts, olive-brown upperparts, a brilliant iridescent blue throat and breast, and a thin, decurved bill, perched on a lone branch.

Male Ornate Sunbird, a tiny bird with bright yellow underparts, olive-brown upperparts, a brilliant iridescent blue throat and breast, and a thin, decurved bill, perched on a lone branch.

The alt theme for #birdoftheday is #songBirds and it's also #smallBirdSaturday, so I'm going to throw this tiny male Ornate Sunbird into the mix. It even meets the #primaryColours main theme. Taken recently in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok
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Black-naped Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black wings, thick black line through the eye and onto the back of the neck, and pale pinkish bill, perched in a tree under pale green foliage.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

Black-hooded Oriole, a bright yellow bird with black hood, deep red eye and bill, perched in a tree.

I went looking for #PrimaryColours for the #birdoftheday theme set by @alan678.bsky.social and the bright yellows of these Orioles leapt out. Black-naped from Benchakitti Park in #Bangkok and Black-hooded from #ChiangDao
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Red Collared Dove, a reddish bird with grey head and thin black collar, perched on a red rooftop.

Spotted Dove, a brown bird with a long tail and black and white spotted necklace, perched on a tree trunk in dappled sunlight, facing away but turning over its shoulder to look towards us.

Oriental Turtle Dove, a bird with peach coloured front, brown and black wings and black and white barred patch on the side of its neck. On bare ground with its neck puffed out.

Zebra Doves, small, cinnamon coloured birds, with fine black and white barring, perched on power lines.

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#PigeonsAndDoves so here's a selection from #Thailand from the past few weeks. Red Collared Dove, Spotted Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove and Zebra Dove.
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Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a small branch, seen through other branches.

Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a branch, against green leaves, staring directly at the camera with golden yellow eyes.

Spotted Owlet, a small brown owl perched on a branch, against green leaves, facing left, stretching its left wing.

#BestOfTheMonth #birdoftheday for me is this Spotted Owlet in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok a few days ago. Was good to finally get good shots of a familiar bird.
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Oriental Pied Hornbill, a large black and white bird with large yellow casque on its head, broad black and white wings, and a long neck and tail, wings spread wide as it passes high overhead in a clear blue sky.

A lot of options for the #birdoftheday #WingsWideOpen theme set by @alan678.bsky.social today.

Not the best IQ but chose this Oriental Pied Hornbill flying over Wat Tham Pha Plong, #Chiangdao #Thailand last month, as I've not posted it before.
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Silver-throated Tit, a small grey bird with black and white head markings and a long tail, fluffed up into a ball, perched in bare branches.

#borb is today's theme, which I'll admit I didn't understand at first. But it's round bodied, so my #birdoftheday is Silver-throated Tit, a close relative of the familiar Long-tailed Tit, I photographed recently in #Beijing #China
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Stork-billed Kingfisher, a large sandy yellow bird with powder blue wings, a pale grey cap and huge red bill, perched high on bare branches and crouching ready to dive for a fish.

#PowerPose seemed like quite a challenging theme for #birdoftheday, but maybe this Stork-billed #Kingfisher I encountered yesterday in Benchakitti Park, #Bangkok #Thailand qualifies.
#birds #birding #birdsSeenIn2026 #urbanBirding

This is #Thailand for #birdsSeenIn2026 btw

Great Myna, mainly black starling-like bird with white tip and underside to tail and bright yellow/orange bill and legs, perched on a small branch and ruffling its feathers.

#RuffledFeathers for this punk Great Myna is my #BirdOfTheDay
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Close up of a Great Cormorant, a glossy black water bird with white head and neck feathering, bright white and yellow pouch and deep green eye, swimming in the sea.

Going to use today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BirdsInTheirElement, to share a portrait of a Great Cormorant in its natural environment, the sea; in this case the #Bosphorus #Istanbul #Turkey. Good to appreciate #commonbirds
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Red-knobbed Coot, black waterbird with bright white bill and forehead blaze and two small red knobs on the head, bathing in water with droplets on its back.

Red-knobbed Coot, black waterbird with bright white bill and forehead blaze and two small red knobs on the head, bathing in water with droplets on its back.

#birds with #WaterDroplets on them is today's #birdoftheday theme. I'm choosing this Red-knobbed Coot from #ElHondo in #Valencia #Spain last November
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European Shag, a black waterbird with yellow gape line, flying low over water.

Adult Mediterranean Gull, white seabird with black head and red bill, flying over sea with the city of Istanbul and one of the Bosphorus bridges in the background

Great Cormorants, black waterbirds with yellow face patch, and white on the head and flanks, flying low over water, the Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul in the background.

Yelkouan Shearwaters, a flock of small, long-winged brown and white seabirds, flying very low over the Bosphorus, Istanbul.

With #WingsOverWater being today's #birdoftheday theme I thought I'd choose a selection of birds over the busy #Bosphorus in #Istanbul #Turkey. European Shag, Mediterranean Gull, Great Cormorant and Yelkouan Shearwater (streaming through in the 100s)
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Eurasian Hoopoe, peach coloured bird with bold black and white striped back and wings, prominent crest and long decurved bill, perched high on a bare branch against blue sky.

Spoilt for choice for today's #birdoftheday theme, #BranchBirds, so went for something with just a bird and a branch in it. This Hoopoe was singing at high altitude on Doi Lang West #Thailand.
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