This moulting Spotted Towhee took a bath and ended up even more bedraggled. Some red(-ish) light in the background for the #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social. #birds #nature #wildlife #towhee #GardenWildlife

Wild Military Macaw, western Mexico. The bird is taking a step forward to join its mate, which had just flown into the same tree. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #BestOfJuly #wildlife #birdphotography

A Pileated Woodpecker looks up into the suet feeder, which is generally visited by much smaller species like chickadees and nuthatches. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography #wildlife

Wild Military Macaw, feeding, western Mexico. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #wildlife #nature

Approaching fledging season for the local Glaucous-winged Gulls. This chick is nearly old enough to leave its island nesting site and head for the ocean. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #grey #gulls #nature #wildlife

A pair of beautiful Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, watching from across the pond. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #RedBeaks #nature #wildlife

The ubiquitous Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto), soft feathers against the hardness of its urban habitat. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #UrbanBirds #CityScapes

I liked the way this perching Silvereye both blended in with and complemented its forest habitat. #BirdOfTheDay #PerfectPoise #birds #nature

A beautifully plain House Finch. #BirdOfTheDay #Finches #birds #nature

Gentoo Penguin returning to the sea at dawn, South Georgia. #BirdOfTheDay #SunriseSunset #birds #nature #wildlife

A Gentoo Penguin on a summer day at its Antarctic Peninsula colony. #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeakFeetEyes #birds #nature #wildlife

Glaucous-winged Gull, one of the world's white-headed gull species. This one is starting to moult at the end of the breeding season. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #gulls #white #nature #wildlife #seabirds

Blackish Oystercatcher, Falkland Islands. #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeaks #birds #nature #shorebirds #FalklandIslands

Male Wood Duck contemplating the pond. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #multicolour #nature #ducks #WoodDucks

Glaucous-winged Gulls on territory in May, just starting their #nesting season. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #wildlife #gulls #seabirds

Black-browed Albatrosses at one of the world's largest colonies, in the #FalklandIslands. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #albatrosses

Canada Geese swimming in a sea of Oxeye Daisies. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #geese #Anatidae

Solitary Silver Gull at Sydney Harbour. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #gulls #nature #wildlife #solitude

Fledgling Snowy (formerly Wandering) Albatross, Diomedea exulans, South Georgia. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday #wildlife #nature

Springtime view down to the neighbourhood pond. #nature #photography #landscape

Gentoo Penguin nesting in tussac grass habitat, Falkland Islands. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #grasses #wildlife #nature

Two Glaucous-winged Gull chicks in midsummer at their #SalishSea colony. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #Laridae #gulls #B&W #blackandwhite

And the cover for the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand, and U.S. editions, featuring some of the #seabirds that are the subject of the book.

Striated Caracara pair, Falkland Islands #BirdOfTheDay #birds #wildlife #raptors #JohnnyRook

Immature Cooper's Hawk on the deck railing. #BirdOfTheDay #EFGH #birds #hawks #nature #wildlife #photography

‪ Lincoln's Sparrow on spring migration. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #sparrows #nature #wildlife

I’ve written a book based on one of my summers working as a seabird ecologist in #Antarctica It’s a science-based travelogue about living and doing research in the remotest place on Earth, with just 1 other human and 3,000 Adélie #Penguins for company Out now. tinyurl.com/WheretheEart...

A pair of Adélie Penguin chicks, Ross Island, for #BirdOfTheDay #SuperSeabirdSunday #penguins #nature #wildlife #Antarctica

Patagonian Crested Duck, aka Grey Duck, #FalklandIslands #Ducks #BirdOfTheDay #DucksOutOfWater #birds #wildlife

Marbled Godwit on migration, Pacific coast. #BirdOfTheDay #waders #birds #nature #wildlife