Beautiful sheen on his head!

Side/rear view of a male and female mallard on top of a planter submerged in an ornamental pond. The male is perched on the edge of the planter and has his eyes closed. The female has nestled herself into the leaves of the plant and is sleeping, her head tucked under one wing.

Hope Monday treats you kindly. Here's a pair of mallards who've decided to sleep through the whole thing, cozied up in an ornamental pond at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #nyc #Brooklyn #BlueskyMonday #MallardMonday

Great photo, and all new information for me: I had no idea crows migrate! 🤯

Great photo! Although I should mention that Phoebe's floofy fanny has a different meaning to Brits 😂

Thanks Erin!

Profile shot of a male cardinal with a small seed in his beak

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Eating, so here's a cardi with a seed in his beak.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#FeatheredFriday #Flyday

Thank you! 😁

Side view of a song sparrow standing with one leg raised on a patch of snow

Today's #BirdOfTheDay themes are #speckled and #oneleg, so here's a song sparrow (maybe more streaked than speckled) hopping from one foot to the other on a cold patch of snow.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Side/front view of a dark-eyed junco stepping cautiously on a patch of snow. Only one foot is visible - the other has sunk into the snow. The bird has what might be a seed (but looks like a chunk of snow) in its beak

#BirdOfTheDay is #migratory birds. Here's a dark-eyed junco with what looks like a beakful of snow. These cheery little chirpers migrate south from northern Canada to keep New Yorkers warm in the winter.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#Stunday #SparrowSunday

Lovely photo - great reflection!

View from the side/behind of a pair of ring-billed gulls turning their heads as if to look at each other (though, because of their monocular vision, they're actually looking at the camera) standing on a metal railing, with a snow-covered beach behind them, and a sliver of ocean in the distance

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #marriedcouples and the alt theme is #gulls, so here's a couple of gulls, although I'm not sure of their relationship status.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

View from the side and slightly above of a white-throated sparrow standing on a patch of snow

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Splash, but I'm going with the alt theme, #Sparrow, because I still have photos of sparrows playing in the snow to share!
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #BlueskyMonday

What a fantastic photo!

Great shot. Love these weirdos!

So gnarly, but you've captured it beautifully

Beautiful shot!

Front view of a tufted titmouse perched on a bare branch, with blurred background. The bird is cocking its head slightly to look down

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwigsAreUs, so here's a tufty perched quizzically on a twig.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#FeatheredFriday #Flyday

View from front and below of a Northern mockingbird perched at an angle on an upward-tilting branch of a bare tree, against a clear blue sky.

#BirdOfTheDay themes today are #SongBirds and #PerfectlyPerched, so here's a mockingbird, jauntily perched against a bright blue sky.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Front view of a male mallard captured in the act of rearing out of the water to flap his wings - the wings are outstretched on either side of him. He's in a patch of unfrozen water between the frozen surface of a lake behind him and the snowy shore in front. Three other drakes are swimming in the water with him. A pair of mallards is standing on the frozen surface of the lake.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, so here's a mallard spreading its wings for us.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography

Front view of a large-billed crow perching in front of pink cherry blossoms in a park. The crow has its head turned to one side, the better to display its long curved beak.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae. It's feeling spring-like here so I'm posting this large-billed crow that I saw posing in front of pink cherry blossoms on a trip to Japan a few years ago.
🪶 #crows #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #Japan #sakura #travel

Neither did I, until I took this photo! 🤯

Side view of a mourning dove perched on the edge of a stone bird table

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #sideprofiles, so here's a very pretty mourning dove showing us its best side.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #profile #sideview

Great detail in this shot! Also it looks a little like a rampaging velociraptor!

Side view of a dark-eyed junco stepping cautiously on a patch of snow. Only one foot is visible - the other has sunk into the snow.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut - birds captured mid step. Here's a dark-eyed junco walking somewhat tentatively on snow.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#FeatheredFriday #Flyday

You deserve so much better, Bongy 💔

Side view of a downy woodpecker climbing up a tree

Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #sideview, so here's a downy woodpecker going for a leisurely stroll up a tree.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #profile #inprofile

Thanks Alan!

Side view of a song sparrow perched amid snow

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay, here's a song sparrow, beautifully lit by reflective snow.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #PerfectLighting

View from side/below of a male Northern cardinal perched on a thin branch in a snow-covered tree.

The #BirdOfTheDay themes are #PrimaryColours and #Songbirds, so here's a bright red cardinal, looking particularly dapper against the snow.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography #SmallBirdSaturday #birb #borb

Blurry side view of a white-throated sparrow coming in to land against a snowy background, its wings tucked in its legs outstretched. It's flying just above a dark-eyed junco, looking directly at us with a startled expression.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. This definitely isn't my best shot but it's the one I like best because it makes me laugh: a white-throated sparrow leapfrogging a startled junco.
🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
#FeatheredFriday #Flyday