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Thank you, Rob.

@alan678.bsky.social.

A mourning dove in the middle of a step from right to left on deck railing.

A northern mockingbird in midstep on a tree branch.

Per Alan today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut birds captured mid step.

I've gone with these two photos taken within the last 2-3 days.

March 2026. Charlotte NC US.
#birds #mourningdoves #northernmockingbirds

Indeed. Northern mockingbirds are awesome!

This Northern Mockingbird was quite busy singing away this morning. Lovely to hear. Wish I knew what the song was about.

March 5 2026. Charlotte NC US.
#birds #BirdsofNC #mockingbirds

Thank you, Rob.

Beautiful shots, Rob!

Silhouettes of a ring-billed gull and a cormorant resting on a concrete wall jutting out and into a lake illuminated by sunset light.

A red-bellied woodpecker and a Carolina chickadee at the opposite sides of a tube feeder filled with nuts and seeds. The backdrop is blurry greenery.

A Carolina Wren and a female Northern Cardinal perch in profile on a metal ring supporting a bird bath. The backdrop is the wooden posts and beams of a deck covered with snow.

Per Rob (@robcrank68.bsky.social), today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MixedPairs and the Alt theme is #Finches.

Here are my contributions:
1. A Cormorant and a Ring-Billed Gull
2. A Carolina Chickadee and a Red-Bellied Woodpecker
3. A Carolina Wren and a Cardinal

#birds #BirdsofNC #BackyardBirding

Hummingbirds are migrating back to NC for spring. When to put out feeders Here’s what to know about plants and feeders you can put outside your home.

Here’s what to know about plants and feeders you can put outside your home.

Thank you!

A bird with a brown back, black cap, white neck and belly, and red patches below the eyes perches on a branch, with a broad tree trunk and green foliage filling the background.

A black bodied bird with a wide-open, light-colored beak perches on a deck railing facing slightly to the right of the camera. Blurry green foliage fills the top half of the background.

A pigeon with a blackish head and neck, grey body, and black wing feathers tipped in white perches on a porch top rail, mouth agape and eyes closed.

Per Alan (@alan678.bsky.social), today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoutItOut birds calling out. The alt theme is #NestBuilders.

I've gone with
(1). A Red-Whiskered #Bulbul (Kolkata India)
(2). A (juvenile?) #Starling (Charlotte NC US)
(3). A #Pigeon (Porto Portugal)

#birds

Yes, I saw the headline and chose not to read it any further.

#Biodiversity — the variety of all living things that call our planet home — is in crisis.

This #WorldWildlifeDay, learn why biodiversity matters and how we can act to protect life on Earth.

Explore our 2022 report: https://ow.ly/p8RG50YoOOt

The nest best thing after the trees fell: A headmistress leads bird conservation revival For years, Girimallika Saikia woke up early to birds chirping. A photography enthusiast, she would wait patiently as house sparrows, magpie-robins and mynas hop

Hats off to Headmistress Saikia! It's incredible what she has done with the help of her students to bring birds back to areas that lost them due to construction and other human "developmental" activities.

#birds #conservation #trees #newindianexpress #birdsofIndia

A red-bellied woodpecker with its distinct red cap, black feathers with white tips and white belly clings to the left side of a tree branch. The right side of the branch has a layer of snow.

A northern mockingbird in profile perches on a metal bird feeder hook, with its tail on the left and head to the right.

A rufous treepie perches in profile on a stone slab with its tail on the right and head to the left. A tree root runs across the wet ground behind it.

Per Rob (@robcrank68.bsky.social), today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideView, and the Alt theme is #Yellow.

I've gone with this red-bellied woodpecker, a northern mockingbird, and a rufous treepie.

#birds #woodpeckers #mockingbirds #BackyardBirding #treepies

A black bird with an iridescent nape and striking yellow eyes perches on the rim of a black bowl feeder, beak agape.

Yesterday marked our first common grackle sighting at the feeders in several months! Here's one of the photos I managed to capture of him.

March 1 2026. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #commongrackles #BackyardBirding #BirdsofNC

Thank you, Alan.

Beautiful shots! The Cape Teal photo is especially beautiful.

We get the downy woodpeckers all the time. It seems like a few live in the trees nearby.

There's a pair that comes to our feeders daily although we haven't seen them in a week or so.

A red-bellied woodpecker with a red cap, dark eyes and beak perches on a metal bar. The base of the beak is also red at the top. The bird is facing the camera with the head turned to the left. The belly is white with a thin red-stripe in the middle.

So, it's that thin red stripe on the belly is the reason why a red-bellied woodpecker called a red-bellied woodpecker?

January 2026. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #woodpeckers #BirdsofNC #BackyardBirding

A red-bellied woodpecker with back towards the camera and head turned to the right, at the junction of snow-covered fork in a tree branch. The backdrop is a few blurry tree branches and a blue sky.

Per Alan (@alan678.bsky.social), today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectLighting. The Alt theme is #Finches.

Here's my contribution: a red-bellied #woodpecker. Not sure if the lighting is good though.

January 2026. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #BirdsofNC #BackyardBirding

It's the other way actually: I go looking for birds. It helps me stay grounded.

Several cardinals and sparrows at bird feeders on a snow-covered deck against a backdrop of leafless tree branches.

A pond full of mallards.

Per Rob (@robcrank68.bsky.social), today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore.

The first from about five weeks ago when we had a lot of snow here in Charlotte. The second was taken in Albuquerque in early February.

#birds #cardinals #sparrows #mallards

A squirrel by the side of a tray bird-feeder with one front paw on the rim of the feeder and the other in air.

#squirrels #SquirrelSaturday

A butterfly, its red wings dotted with black spots and translucent body rests upside down on a brownish-red wooden wall.

Saw this beautiful butterfly this afternoon. Google Lens says it's a Question Mark butterfly. Apparently fairly common but my first time noticing one.

February 28 2026. Seagrove NC US.

#butterflies #wildlife

Thank you, Alan.

A three photo collage of a red-bellied woodpecker, a male mallard, and an eastern bluebird capturing the three primary colors: Red, Green, and Blue.

Per Alan (@alan678.bsky.social), today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PrimaryColours and the alt is #Songbirds good luck!

My contribution: RGB

#birds #woodpeckers #mallards #easternbluebirds

Beautiful shot, Alan! Crisp!

Thank you, Rob.