Bluesky's BirdOfTheDay photo prompt picks Backlit as its theme
The gist
The Bluesky account Atlantic Birding set #BirdOfTheDay's theme as #Backlit, with #Finches as the alternative.
Photographers are posting silhouetted birds, from a robin to a corella in flight.
How it unfolded
- Nov 6, 2026#BirdOfTheDay's theme is announced as #Backlit, any picture with the light behind the bird, with alt theme #Finches for any finch species.
- Nov 6, 2026Users post entries including a backlit Robin on a branch, a Goldfinch in a garden, a seagull catching the sunset and a Little Corella in flight at a university.
- recentlySnowy egrets at sunset in Glendale, Arizona, are also shared as backlit bird photos.
Key terms
- Bluesky
- An American microblogging social media service where users share short posts with text, images, and videos.
- Little Corella
- A white cockatoo native to Australia and southern New Guinea, also called the short-billed corella.
Source: Wikipedia