6/29
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com There are five osprey nests near Bird o’ the Day Tower. Not everybody is thrilled about that. Here we see a crow escorting an osprey out of airspace it has claimed as its own.
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6/28
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Barbed wire, chain link, and concertina—it looks like our sparrow is in a maximum security lockup, but I’m sure it won’t become a victim of our carceral state.
6/27
comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com A few years ago I ran a series about cars named after birds. In honor of today’s Greenwood Car Show, only the greatest car show on Earth, here‘s another Bird—and Car—o’ the Day. Pontiac Phoenix Having previously explored the
6/26: Special Butterfly Edition
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Butterflies are pretty hard to photograph, especially when in flight. They don’t follow the same rules of flight physics everybody else is bound to. Even a hummingbird is more predictable than a butterfly. Hence, you try to catch them when they land,
6/25
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com I won’t bet the deed to the railroad on this, but Woody here looks like a young’un, born this year and still figuring out how the world works.
6/24
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Amanda Erickson, one of We Happy Few, is traveling through Scandinavia and caught these Black-headed Gulls exhibiting proper Nordic reserve with one another.
6/23
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Lookee here! Right now I’d say Catbird’s sitting in the catbird seat!
6/22
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com What could nicer than to sit in the garden?
6/21
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com I was watering the garden the other morning and the bushtits showed up for some fun in the sprinkler.
6/20
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Bird o’ the Day comes to you from Seattle, Washington. We have the ocean, ferries, gulls, and Ivar’s. Bob Hughes, one of We Happy Few, was in town for the World Cup and sends this picture of a very Seattle scene: Dinner
6/19
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Pamela Rentz, one of We Happy Few, was enjoying dinner at Scoma’s, one of the Bay Area’s best seafood restaurants, when she saw this Black-crowned Night Heron looking for its own seafood dinner at the anchovy net pen.
6/18
comments? bird.o.the.day@gmail.com I don’t think it was a bro hug.