· by fetchingviolet.bsky.social ·1d ago · view on bsky.app ↗

From Rob Crank Photography today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Warblers, any of the Warbler Species. The Alt theme is #Ducklings, any Duckling will do. Sadly, I have no pictures of ducklings and I only have 1 photo of a Warbler, which is very out of focus. Yellow Rumped Warbler

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A Yellow‑rumped Warbler is perched on a thin branch. It has a gray body with a yellow patch near the tail.

4 comments — live from bluesky

wizard prang · 2 · 1d ago

Dang, it's rough when the themes don't work out. I will say, though, that yellow-rumped warblers are even tougher to get pics of than all those other antsy warblers zipping around. Hope I can post 1 or 2!

Violet · 2 · 1d ago

The funny thing is, I have so many duck photos! I just haven't been around when they have ducklings, so I guess now I need photos of swans and ducklings😉

wizard prang · 2 · 1d ago

Yep. You're hanging out with the wrong birds. I had a close encounter with a mama wood duck months back, I scared her (not intentionally) just when she kicked all her babies out of the tree they were nesting in. Poor thing, she came for me to distract from the babies. All OK, but felt awful.

Violet · 2 · 1d ago

I scare "my" birds all the time. The worst is the Mourning Doves and their squeaky take offs.

imnjupiter · 1 · 22h ago

I see Yellow!

Violet · 1 · 21h ago

Good eyes! 😆

Luis Cordoba Photographer · 1 · 1d ago

Fine bird shot @fetchingviolet.bsky.social

Violet · 0 · 1d ago

I tried, and sometimes that's all you can do!

Rob Crank Photography · 1 · 21h ago

Nice capture Violet.

Violet · 1 · 21h ago

I was going for the 'far away' artsy photo 😉