Nick Mark, MD @nick

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**impfmilf** @impfmilf@troet.cafe · 54m

#birds #birdsofmastodon #wildlife #nature
Irgendwas kam mir verdächtig vor, da habe ich auf gut Glück in den linken Schuh geknipst.
Ist das ein Gartenbaumläufer?
Ich gelobe, die Piepmätze ab sofort nur noch aus der Entfernung zu beobachten.

Ein Paar alter Holzschuhe an der Fassade eines Fachwerkhauses mit naturvergrauten Balken und roten Gefachen.

In einem alten Holzschuh brütender Gartenbaumläufer (?)

**Jim Howard-Birt : Photos** @JimsPhotos@ohai.social · 1h

Jim Howard-Birt : Photos @JimsPhotos@ohai.social

A Juvenile Blackbird visited my garden this morning

A juvenile bird with speckled brown plumage stands on a stone ledge in a garden. Behind it, purple flowers and green foliage are softly blurred in the background, creating a vibrant and serene setting. The bird is facing right, highlighted by natural light

#nature #birds #Wildlife

**Piotr Walicki** @zvrt@mastodon.social · 1h

Piotr Walicki @zvrt@mastodon.social

Whitethroat (Curruca communis, Dorngrasmücke, cierniówka).

A side view of a whitethroat perched on a dry branch against the blue sky

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

**peachfront** @peachfront@toot.community · 1h

peachfront @peachfront@toot.community

It takes an Eagle

The Crested Eagle regards the home decorating project she just finished... for some reason, it was very important to move some branches in this huge possibly multi-ton nest from one spot to another...

#BIrdsOfMastodon #WildlifeWednesday #Birds

**Øivind Georg Johansen** @oivindgeorg@mastodon.social · 2h

Øivind Georg Johansen @oivindgeorg@mastodon.social

#norway #norge #nature

**zxm** @zxm@mastodon.ie · 2h

zxm @zxm@mastodon.ie

the cream cracker patrol is ever vigilent and never rests.

a crow with cracker in beak on grass. there is very short grass and much deeper grass with wildflowers behind the grow.

a crow with cracker in beak in the shade of a tree.

a crow in the shade on a footpath in a green space by some dropped food.

#bird #birds #BirdsOfFediverse

**JanluitPhotos** @JanLuitPhotos@photog.social · 3h

JanluitPhotos @JanLuitPhotos@photog.social

Great Gray Owl sitting in the snow looking up.

See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/great-gray-owl-looking-up-jan-luit.html

The head of the bird is just left and above the middle of the photo.
The Owl is sitting in the snow looking up to the right.

#WildlifePhotography #Photography #Art

**John Alessi** @jalessi@mastodon.social · 4h

John Alessi @jalessi@mastodon.social

While I usually lean towards clean and minimal, there is something about this mess of vines that I really find attractive. After removing some small stray branches I really like the way this turned out. It's organized chaos. What do you think?

Horizontal image with deep green background. A tangled mess of vines extends horizontally through the lower third of the image. The bird is posed on the vine and framed by it in the lower left third of the frame and looking to the right.

#birdsofmastodon #warblers #birding

**Arno Jan Boere** @ArnoJanBoere@mastodon.nl · 4h

Arno Jan Boere @ArnoJanBoere@mastodon.nl

#BirdsOfMastodon
#Kwak
#BlackCrownedNightHeron
#Nature
#Photography
#Nikon
#D810

Adults have a black crown and back with the remainder of the body white or grey, red eyes, and short yellow legs. They have pale grey wings and white under parts. One to eight (mostly two to four) long slender white plumes, erected in greeting and courtship displays, extend from the back of the head. The sexes are similar in appearance although the males are slightly larger. Black-crowned night herons do not fit the typical body form of the heron family. They are relatively stocky with shorter bills, legs, and necks than their more familiar cousins, the egrets and "day" herons. Their resting posture is normally somewhat hunched but when hunting they extend their necks and look more like other wading birds. For a short period during courtship at the start of the nesting season, the legs of adults turn bright salmon-pink, and the bare skin around the eyes blue

**Brian Johnson** @BrianJohnson@universeodon.com · 4h

Brian Johnson @BrianJohnson@universeodon.com

Peek-a-boo!

@photography #Photography #AmateurPhotography #WildlifeWednesday #Nature #BirdsOfMastodon

A close-up of a blue bird's head, featuring bright blue feathers and a distinctive yellow eye. The bird is partially obscured by green leaves.

**Piotr Walicki** @zvrt@mastodon.social · 5h

Piotr Walicki @zvrt@mastodon.social

Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris, Sumpfrohrsänger, łozówka).

A frontal view of a Marsh Warbler perched on a stalk of dried-up reed in a thicket. The bird turns its head to one side, revealing an eye with a reflection of the sun in it.

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

**elbowcrooker** @elbowcrooker@toot.wales · 7h

elbowcrooker @elbowcrooker@toot.wales

My home made nesting box on the back of the allotment shed is currently home to some bluetits. Yesterday morning one of the adults was flying in and out every 2 or 3 minutes with a caterpillar in its beak.
7 or 8 eggs is typical but they can have up to 14!
In the UK just 38% of juveniles survive their first year.
A plan for making a nest box like this and advice about entrance hole size came from the RSPB website.
#birds #birdsofmastodon #bluetit #allotments #gardening #wildlifegardening #RSPB

Adult Eurasian Bluetit entering a home-made nesting box, 1.8 metres above ground on the back of a wooden shed.

**Dave** @Dave2022@mastodonapp.uk · 8h

Dave @Dave2022@mastodonapp.uk

Z is for Z'ats All Folks

My A to Z of Birds is over.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Thanks for those that hung around.

a flock of white birds with black wing tips fly off into an ominously dark sky

#Birds #BirdWatching #Twitching

**Rigolocations ⏚** @Rigolocations@piaille.fr · 10h

10h

Rigolocations ⏚ @Rigolocations@piaille.fr

Ma copine la tourterelle, qui vient presque tous les jours roucouler sur mon balcon. Photo prise à travers la vitre ET la moustiquaire, parce que pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué
#Photography #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #EurasianCollaredDove #BirdsOfMastodon

Gros plan sur une tourterelle turque (plumage gris clair, col noir sur la nuque, oeil rouge), de dos, la tête tournée vers la droite, les plumes un peu ébouriffées. Le fond est un bokeh vert-jaune avec du blanc lumineux en haut.

**Gordon Kerry** @gordonkerry@mastodon.world · 10h

10h

Gordon Kerry @gordonkerry@mastodon.world

A frank exchange of views

Crimson rosella warning off a rival for the birdbath - seen as a blur on the left hand side

and now on the birdbath. Nicely showing off crimson breast and face, blue chin and wings, and green back.

#BirdsOfMastodon #Parrots

Continued thread

**Greenseer (Dionne)** @Greenseer@toot.wales · 10h

10h

Greenseer (Dionne) @Greenseer@toot.wales

Okaaay. Mother Nature came close and spoke to me in her gentlest, smallest, most loving voice, and with little peeps told me I was loved. Then had a scratch. The monkey brains are quietening. Breeeathing

Still need a third coffee tho'

That's it from me for now. Love to you All. Have a good morning, dear ones