'No one's gonna take away my British identity!' Hmmm.... PUNCH cartoon by Ken Pyne 1990 #Britain #beer #drinking #drinkers #pubs #Europe #Europeans #newspapers #media #tabloids

Drinkers if there was a big goblet of deadly poison and you could take it and drink all the poison, would you do it? #Drinkers #DrinkingCommunity

‘I don’t care what you say, I still can’t see it as an Olympic sport’ You never know! PUNCH cartoon by Robert Thompson 1992 #darts #penguins #Eskimos #Inuit #cold #pubs #drinks #drinkers

Keep the music on tap! PUNCH cartoon by Michael ffolkes (Brian Davis) 1960 #pubs #bars #pianos #pianists #entertainment #beer #drinks #drinkers #musicians #entertainers

"I can't remember the name but it brought me out in a warm glow all over." We'll have some of that! PUNCH cartoon by Michael ffolkes (Brian Davis) 1951 #drinks #drinking #drinkers #alcohol #winter #cosy #effects #shopping #shoppers #retail #memories

Eared grebe slurping up a pipefish.

#BirdOfTheDay #Drinkers
Here's a grebe "drinking" a pipefish?

Barred Owl preening chest

Duck splashing about

Duck preening

Great Blue Heron preening

For Bird Of The Day...

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding #BirdLife
#photographersofbluesky

I'll go with #Drinkers for #BirdOfTheDay - here's a Starling having a drink from our bird bath on a hot day this summer.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Today @robcrank68.bsky.social named the #BirdOfTheDay theme #ScratchersAndPruners and the alternate #Drinkers. A fledgling Eastern Bluebird, just getting that itch scratched and a Bald Eagle getting a drink. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #nikon #EastCoastKin #easternbluebirds #baldeagles

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Kansas, yesterday

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry

A Common Tern skims above the water, red bill dipping into the surface and creating a small splash. It is a bright high contrast image.

The alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Drinkers Here’s is a Common Tern having an elegant sip of water.
@robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social
#Birds 🪶

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners with #Drinkers as the alternate. here's one of each

#birds #avian #birdphotography #pelican #hummingbird

Sorry; wrong tag on wrong thread, whoops. It's been a day already. #Drinkers #BirdOfTheDay

Nice capture Matt, today's theme is #ScratchersAndPruners or #Drinkers

A bulky greenish bird is standing beside little trickle, the whole beak is deep in the water, only the eye outside. Bird is viewed from the side, looking to the left. the sandy ground is beige with a slight orange touch

Here the same situation and bird like on the left, but head is outside of the water. Now you can see the huge bill, fully smeared with something very red, probably from rose hip

From @robcrank68.bsky.social:
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink). #birds
Some years ago in Helgoland:

A very thirsty female Parrot Crossbill

#BirdofTheDay #Drinkers #photography #birds

I got a nice shot of our local heron pruning itself the other day but it’s still on my camera and I’m away for a couple of days, so here are a couple of sparrows having a drink, from the archives.

I don't have many bird photos but I do have one for today. The duck family all took a drink from the puddle.
#BirdOfTheDay #Drinkers #Photogrraphy #EastCoastKin

Closeup of a male mallard, its bill partially submerged with water droplets on its emerald green head.

A mallard takes a sip. #BirdOfTheDay #Drinkers #Birds #Ducks #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird for the "drinkers" : )
Per Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social
today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners and the Alternative is #Drinkers. @alan678.bsky.social
#BirdsofBlueSky #Annapolis #Eastcoastkin

A Wilson's Snipe standing in shallow water dipping its bill in to take a drink. Its reflection is nearly perfect, but for the shore cropping the birds back. The water behind is green and brown in a somewhat striped pattern.

Rob has chosen another fun one. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

I'm going with the alternate option today with this Wilson's Snipe I saw a while back. #birds

Wood deck with white rectangle water bowl with red centre making a fountain. Dark grey pigeon having a drink.

Today’s bird of the day is local pigeon who was stealing a drink from our dog’s outdoor summer bowl #BirdOfTheDay #Drinkers

#BirdOfTheDay for Monday, 15 December 2025.
Alternative Theme #Drinkers.
Redhead enjoying a drink.
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #AlbertaBirds #CanadaBirds #photographersofBlueSky #NikonPhotography

Vincent van Gogh Pintor holandés, 1853-1890 Durante su estancia en el Asilo de Saint-Paul en Saint-Rémy, un pequeño pueblo cerca de Arles, Vincent van Gogh hizo una serie de copias de la obra de artistas que admiraba. --------- "Los bebedores" - 1890 Óleo sobre lienzo 59,4 × 73,4 cm El Instituto de Arte de Chicago. Para esta imagen, Van Gogh copió un grabado en madera de Drinkers de Honoré Daumier, una parodia de las cuatro edades del hombre.

Vincent #vanGogh 1853-1890 en el Asilo de #Saint-Rémy, hizo obras de artistas que admiraba. "Los bebedores" 1890 #Instituto de #Arte de #Chicago Para esta imagen copió un #grabado en madera de #Drinkers de Honoré Daumier, una parodia de las cuatro edades del hombre. #museoparticular

Photo of a number of flamingos drinking together at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon

Nothing says togetherness like a flamboyance simultaneously taking a drink for #Drinkers on Monday's alternative #BirdOfTheDay

#Flamingos #Birds #Nature #BirdsOfBluesky #Wildlife #Photography #Oregon #PNW

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

I've got my geese in a row!

#photography #lakepenhorn #snowvascotia

@robcrank68.bsky.social ’s #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme is #Drinkers. Here’s a Moorhen with a taste for cappuccino having a drink.😆 I must point out that this pic is from our archives and was taken years before bird flu made an appearance!

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

So here are some scratchers

Per Rob: Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners (any bird Scratching or Pruning itself), and the Alternative is #Drinkers (any bird taking a Drink).

A Northern Shoveler #scratching an itch! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin