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🐦Bird of the Day - Laughing Gull Breeding adult: black hood, red bill & legs, white eye crescents. Lives along Atlantic & Gulf coasts. Eats anything (fries! fish! garbage!). Loud laugh call: ha-ha-ha! Cool parenting fact: moms AND pops dive-bomb predators together. And they drink salt water! 🤯

Introducing 🐦Bird of the Day! We’re celebrating the #Laridae family ( #gulls, #terns, #noddies, and #skimmers) often overlooked but endlessly adaptable. ⬇️

If you guessed gulls, terns, skimmers, or even noddies, then you were correct! Congratulations!!!

🐦 Bird of the Day: Song Sparrow 🐦 As we close out Black Birders Week with today’s theme of "Community Chorus," we highlight our Bird of the Day, the Song Sparrow.

🐦 Bird of the Day: The House Sparrow! 🏡 Happy Friday! For our theme, "Murmurations of Color", we are spotlighting the House Sparrow. While many sparrows are native to North America, the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a feisty little immigrant with a fascinating backstory. #birds #birding

🐦 Bird of the Day: White-throated Sparrow 🎶 To celebrate Day 5, "Birds, Bonds, & Belonging", we are spotlighting the White-throated Sparrow. With its striking black-and-white crown and namesake bright white throat, this charming sparrow brings both beauty and song to winter landscapes.

🐦Bird of the Day: Dark-eyed Junco🐦 To celebrate today's theme, "Right to Rest", we are spotlighting the Dark-eyed Junco. 📸 Have you seen a Dark-eyed Junco? Share your stories or photos. #BirdOfTheDay #DarkEyedJunco #blacksky #scicomm #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #environmentaljustice

Bird of the Day: Sudan Golden Sparrow🐦 To celebrate today's theme, "United in Flight", we are spotlighting the Sudan Golden Sparrow. First described in Dongola, Sudan, the species name luteus means saffron yellow in Latin.

Today, our bird of the day is the Seaside Sparrow. This sparrow has great signficance to the Gullah Geechee people who inhabit the same region. A people stolen from West and Central Africa into chattel slavery who have resided in the SE U.S. especially coast of South Carolina and Georgia. #blacksky