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Photos of the day: October 16-31, 2021

Every day on FacebookInstagram, and Twitter, we share a photo of the day — a superb image from the more than 22,000 pictures in our Reader GalleriesOur selections from the second half of October 2021 include photos of a hungry Belted Kingfisher, a close-up of a Mourning Dove, an unusually colored Baltimore Oriole, and more!

Visit our galleries to submit your photos and gain inspiration from the BirdWatching community.

Great Horned Owl by Matt Mendenhall

Great Horned Owl by Matt Mendenhall
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It was mid-April and as night was falling, this Great Horned Owl hooted continuously in a small Wisconsin woodland. Image by Matt Mendenhall.

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