National Bird Day Jan 5, 2022

National Bird Day

In honor of National Bird Day, observed every year on January 5, we"re at the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador, a 2,000-acre conservation area that was established in 1981. Bellavista is located at high altitude, in the northwestern Andes mountains, and is home to a huge variety of bird species, including the plate-billed mountain toucan you see here.

© Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Jan 5, 2019Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
Jan 5, 2020Digging the birds
Jan 5, 2021Flying high on National Bird Day
Jan 5, 2023Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
Jan 5, 2025National Bird Day
Jan 5, 2026A herd of impalas, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 23, 2024World Book Day
Aug 27, 2019Remembering Krakatoa
Jan 13, 2026Hen Galan
May 9, 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
Mar 20, 2019Hello, spring!
May 10, 2026Happy Mothers Day!
Oct 6, 2024Ancient town of Sorano, Tuscany, Italy
Apr 13, 2022Mitsumata blossoms
May 29, 2024World Otter Day
Mar 10, 2023Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
Nov 12, 2021Beavers Bend
Sep 23, 2025A keel-billed toucan in Costa Rica
Aug 9, 2025International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Jun 25, 2018Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
Dec 14, 2023Christmas Bird Count
Jul 5, 2025Tour de France begins
Sep 5, 2018Salmon migration in full swing
Jan 22, 2024Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
Jul 9, 2024Talampaya National Park, Argentina
Dec 15, 2018A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
Apr 6, 2019Make way for robots
Apr 9, 2020Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
Aug 21, 2021Ambassadors of the airwaves
Mar 31, 2024Happy Easter!
May 6, 2020The (Inca) empire strikes back
Nov 15, 2021Manatee Awareness Month
Dec 17, 2021Bournemouth beach huts
Dec 21, 2019Seventeen arches at sunset
Mar 9, 2021Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
Aug 18, 2025Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York