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Bird of the Day, theme 'Birds With Berries'

natureSep 16, 202620410,602

Today's Bird of the Day is the Birds With Berries theme, asking for any bird captured with berries in the frame. Contributors are posting close-up bird photography and yard shots featuring birds feeding on fruit and berry-laden shrubs. Standout entries include cedar waxwings fiddling with American holly berries, an American robin pictured with fruit, and an alt-theme submission of a sandhill crane for BirdyLongLegs. Look for other specific examples such as a chestnut-backed chickadee with berries and a black-throated blue warbler eating berries.

A great blue heron stepping up onto a large rock in a marina with the waters of Puget Sound behind it, and a sandy beach with dark rocks and green plants on it blurred in the background.
@andreapeterson.bsky.social793
A pair of playful Cedar Waxwings fiddling with American holly berries.
@see3trees.bsky.social372
Closeup of an American robin with gray head and orange chest facing the camera, blackberries and insect in its beak.
@leciamichelle.bsky.social376
A waxwing is perched on a cluster of bright red toyon berries. While it is leaning downwards, it is tossing its head back and has its beak open to move a berry down its throat. The berry is hanging in the air within its open beak.
@pacbirds.bsky.social287
Helen has said today's is Any bird captured with berries. Alt: Any bird with legs that look way too long for its body! A Chestnut-backed Chickadee with some ber
@lorichirp.bsky.social288
A Green Heron with long legs and an extremely long neck.
@chuck4242.bsky.social313
A heavily spotted bird with bright yellow legs, wades to the left with the sunlight coming from the right. It has a large dark eye with a complete white eye ring, long black tipped pointed beak and is primarily white with a multitude of chocolate brown spots covering it the head, neck, breast and back.
@swandiveswim.bsky.social286
A roadrunner jumps up from the ground to climb to the top of a fence post. The bird is in the air as it is about to make contact with the post.
@amygann.bsky.social261
A dark blue bird with white belly and black throat stands in a horizontal branch holding a dark blue berry in its beak. With lots of blurry green leaves in the background.
@gettoknownature.bsky.social260
A single sandhill crane stands on a dirt road with its back to the camera. Its head is turned facing the left of the frame, and a single bright eye looks back at the camera. The rising sun lights up the right side and its neck and head.
@kevin.wertman.org233
Today's ALT theme is . I think this snowy egret qualifies. Yep, I post lots of images of this species. For two reasons. They are abundant and they are incredibl
@msriffle.bsky.social237
One day I came upon a berry bush full of Cedar Waxwings. They sat there even while I stood close with my camera. The bush, the birds, the sun, and I were all in
@timbert.bsky.social221
A Redwing sitting on top of a clump of Ivy with a berry in its mouth. The bird is close up, centre of the shot, in side profile facing to the right so its right side is visible. It has a brown head with a prominent white/cream eyebrow streak. The back and tail are brown. Its flank/under its wings are an orangey red. The throat, chest and underparts are whitish, heavily streaked with brown spots. Its beak is open as it holds an Ivy berry and its yellow tongue can be seen between its beak and protruding beyond the berry. The bottom half of the shot is covered in a clump of Ivy leaves littered with berries and the birds legs and the end of its tail are obscured by some of them. The background is a white sky with three bare, out of focus branches through it.
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social212
Betty the Blackbird
@aintright.bsky.social209
Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social’s alt thene today is , any bird with long legs. Here’s a lovely sandhill crane I saw in May- posted earlier, but works for the t
@belleab.bsky.social186
photo of an american robin peeking out of a shrub, they are mostly obscured by leaves and berries but you can see their eye, beak and some of their head. they are in profile facing right and have a berry in their beak.
@crawlieswithcri.bsky.social156
Autumn is on the agenda for today's and the theme is Any bird captured with berries set by @helenbennett.bsky.social - Bohemian Waxwing captured with a very lar
@fraggenstein.bsky.social141
Black Winged Stilt
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social133
A Black-winged Stilt walks through water towards the camera. It has black and white plumage, a long bill, and long pink/red legs.
@barrie6.bsky.social126
A male Western tanager is perched in profile with a little green berry held at the very tip of the bird's pointed beak. The tanager is mostly yellow with black wings with a yellow racing stripe. There is a reddish wash just over the anterior face. The background is blurred out tree branches and a light blue sky.
@birdfan.bsky.social117
A bay-breasted warbler ready to fuel up for migration. It is perched on a branch surrounded by green leaves and small green berries and white berries.
@julielfrost.bsky.social120
The Oostvaarders Plassen on a warm evening with a few Spoonbills and some geese. In the distance is brown reed and grassland. More in the distance you see the white wind turbines in Lelystad.
@marjosl.eurosky.social109
A young male Anna's Hummingbird with only scattered iridescent fuchsia feathers in its gorgeous perched the ed on a Hawthorn berry stem, surrounded by red berries. Soft focus green foliage and red berries in the background.
@hardlikearmour.bsky.social101
Today's is Cedar Waxwing
@gladner.bsky.social101
A close-up shot of a Noisy Miner bird perched on a rough, grey branch against a soft-focus, sun-dappled green background. The bird has mottled grey and white feathers, bright orange-yellow feet, a matching orange bill, and a distinct yellow patch of bare skin behind its dark eye. It holds a small dark berry delicately in the tip of its beak.
@tarasmithson.bsky.social101
A great blue heron stalks lunch along a pond, walking left to right in profile with its right leg in the air. It is hunched down with its long neck curled in against its body. It has one feather out of place and sticking up from its wing. The pond in background is covered in lily pads.
@steddybirds.bsky.social94
A photo of an American Robin (Turdus migratorius) perched in a bush with glossy dark green leaves holding a bright red round berry in its beak. It is a medium-sized songbird with a brown head and back, bright orange breast and belly, speckled throat, dark eyes with white spots above and below them, and a yellow beak. It is facing to the left in diffuse light, surrounded by foliage and clusters of more red berries.
@hlkfotos.com98
Two Bohemian Waxwings. One is perched on a thin branch above the second bird who is hovering in the air biting a red berry.
@debmaluk.bsky.social89
Landscape oriented, 3:2 photo. A Blue Tit is hanging from the branch of a bare tree. Its green back is facing the camera but there is a glimpse of its yellow belly at the side and its head is turned towards the camera, showing its blue cap and its black and white face. The tree is covered in red berries. The background is clear blue sky.
@mostlyrambling.bsky.social80
A Song Sparrow perched on a Buckthorn branch. The Song Sparrow is a small, heavily streaked brown sparrow. It is facing away from the camera with its head turned to the left in profile. The bird is perched just to the right of the center of the photo. The Buckthron branch enters the photo left of bottom center and exits in the upper right corner. Small clusters of green leaves and black berries are placed along the branch. The background is completely out of focus, showing only shades of green and warmer sunlit greens.
@hardwaterhacker.bsky.social76

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