A medium sized bird with a russet chest and belly stretches its gray head as it faces the photographer. It is trying to figure out the best way to get the last berries off the branch with its yellow beak.

A medium sized bird with a russet chest and belly and gray back has grabbed the last berries off the branch with its yellow beak. You can clearly see the white ring around its eye that puts it in the thrush family.

#BirdoftheDay #Robins #BirdsoftheFrontRange
Usually, American Robins are harbingers of spring in our corner of the world. But this year, they just never left. By January 2026, berries were getting a little hard to come by.

Head shot of a jet black crow standing in front of a granite rock. The crow's beak is slightly open exposing its tongue.

Two-fer today! Not only is the #BirdOfTheDay #Corvidae, it's #TongueOutTuesday!
American Crow showing its tongue. From earlier this week.
#BirdsOfTheFrontRange 🌿

A jet black crow stands in snow next to a granite rock. It's beak is stuffed with soggy cereal-like stuff. If birds have expressions, it looks pleased with itself.

#BirdOfTheDay #Corvidae #BirdsOfTheFrontRange
An American Crow with a beak-ful of soggy dog kibble.

A black and white bird with a long tail perches in a pine tree during golden hour light. It has several small male pine cones in its beak.

#BlackandWhite #BirdOfTheDay #magpie
#BirdsoftheFrontRange
A magpie with several male pine cones in its beak.
From June 2025.

A black bird with white stripe on its wings and belly perches on the tip of a pine tree in the early morning light. It's long black tail drops down behind it, while in it's beak it holds at least three small male pine cones.

#BirdofTheDay #LongTails #plumescrolling #BirdsofTheFrontRange #Birds
Last June: A black-billed magpie with the male cones off the pine tree in its beak. I have no idea if it eats the cones whole, or pecks them apart to get at the pollen or ... what?
But with a magnificent tail like that, who cares?