I'm not sure if I'm going to continue using #BirdOfTheDay. I was looking for a generic bird tag rather than the #SaturdayBird I have been using for years across blogs and social media. I may have to have a rethink.
An immature Eurasian Blue Tit pecking open a poppy seed head to get at the seeds in a south Cheshire garden.
My #SaturdayBird is now my #BirdOfTheDay. Saturday Bird started as a blog post many years ago and I've decided it's time to retire it.
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Thanks. I only just realised that I had posted a Holly photo as a #SaturdayBird this morning. ๐
Immature Great Spotted Woodpecker in south Cheshire, England.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in the early 1990s on Kodachrome and published in a magazine.
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A #sideways male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker with food for its young about to enter the nest cavity.
A #SaturdayBird photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the mid 1990s on #Kodachrome
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#Sideways female Common Merganser with a youngster on her back for the #BlueSkyArtShow
A #SaturdayBird photographed on Colpoy's Bay, Ontario in early summer.
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Singing Tree Pipit on Bickerton Hill, Cheshire, England in spring.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in the mid 1990s on Kodachrome.
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A summer plumage Horned Grebe on a pool near Punnichy, Saskatchewan during spring migration.
A #SaturdayBird from the late 1990s photographed on Fujichrome Velvia.
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Things are getting cramped in the nest box. 11 eggs were laid, and they all hatched.
A #SaturdayBird post from spring 1987 when I recorded the complete nesting cycle of a pair of Eurasian Blue Tits.
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A female Purple Finch on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario in spring.
Another #SaturdayBird post because it's #FemaleBirdDay apparently.
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Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photographed near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in spring.
A #SaturdayBird from the late 1990s photographed on #Kodachrome.
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A #SaturdayBird post I forgot to tag.
A male Black-throated Blue Warbler that thinks it's an oriole eating the grape jelly.
A #SaturdayBird photographed on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario in spring.
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Young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, in spring.
A #SaturdayBird possibly hatched nearby the previous year.
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Incubation continues with the male regularly feeding the female.
A #SaturdayBird from spring 1987 when I recorded the complete nesting cycle of a pair of Eurasian Blue Tits.
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Snowy Owl digesting a recent meal on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, during spring migration.
A #SaturdayBird photographed on Saturday, 3rd May 2014.
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Pair of House Sparrows mating in south Cheshire, England.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in the 1990s on #Kodachrome. Published in BBC Wildlife magazine.
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A Eurasian Jay amongst grass and daisies in spring
An Eurasian Jay at the Brown Moss Nature Reserve near Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in a spring in the late 1980s on #Kodachrome.
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A Pine Siskin on a thin branch with out of focus green cedar trees in the background.
A Pine Siskin on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in spring 2018.
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Portrait of a Common Wood Pigeon with out of focus stones and weeds in the background. The bird has an oval iris, something found in pigeons and doves.
Portrait of a Common Wood Pigeon in an orchard in south Cheshire England.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in the late 1980s on #Kodachrome.
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A male Yellow-headed Blackbird recently arrived in Saskatchewan, Canada, on spring migration.
A #SaturdayBird photographed in the late 1990s on Kodachrome.
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A Song Sparrow on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario during spring migration.
A #SaturdayBird that will either carry on northwards after feeding and resting or will stay in the area to breed.
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Northern Lapwing in spring on mud at Hurleston Reservoir in south Cheshire, England.
A #SaturdayBird from the mid 1990s on #Kodachrome.
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A belligerent looking male American Robin on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton, Ontario.
A #SaturdayBird that has just arrived in the spring and is setting up a nesting territory.
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A Killdeer on the Lake Huron shoreline during spring migration. It may stay in the area or continue on north.
A #SaturdayBird from early April 2008.
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A Eurasian Wren singing to proclaim its territory in spring.
A Eurasian Wren on Hurleston Reservoir in south Cheshire, England in spring.
A #SaturdayBird from the mid 1990s photographed on #Kodachrome.
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An adult Eurasian Jay in early spring.
A Eurasian Jay at the Brown Moss Nature Reserve near Whitchurch, Shropshire, England.
A #SaturdayBird from an early spring in the mid 1980s on #Kodachrome.
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Male Common Merganser (known as a Goosander in some parts of the world) swimming amongst sheets of ice on Lake Huron during the spring thaw.
A male Common Merganser swimming amongst sheets of ice on Lake Huron during the spring thaw.
A #SaturdayBird from early spring 2008.
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A male Purple Finch on a thin branch in sun with out of focus cedar trees in the background.
Male Purple Finch on the #BrucePeninsula, #Ontario in early spring.
A #SaturdayBird photographed as part of a 52 week photo project I did in 2018.
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Female American Goldfinch in winter plumage on a thin branch with out of focus cedar trees in the background
Winter plumage American Goldfinch on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
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