Berries for the birds...

I watched a mockingbird bully off a cardinal, a brown thrasher, a chickadee and a raspberry finch today. Seems he or she wants all of the pyracantha berries to his or herself. Mean ol' mockingbird.

[FBailey]

Lovely splash of red

[Mags]

@fbailey Thank you very much!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Lucky birds, it also adds lovely colors

[Milanie]

Those berries have to bring you a lot of business - very pretty.

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom LOL! Lucky if they can get a berry before the mockingbird runs it off. Thanks, Esther!

[Mags]

@milaniet Thank you, Milanie!

[bruni]

Yes, at home when I was a child in Germany, we called them Vogel- beeren. Vogel - bird, beeren - berries, but you probably figured it out. t

[Diana]

Such a fabulous sight, going to be a party there soon.

[Kathy A]

They are a glorious colour

[KoalaGardens🐨]

what a wonderful feast for them

[Susan Wakely]

A plentiful supply.

[Mags]

@bruni Thank you, Bruni!

@ludwigsdiana Thanks, Diana!

@kjarn Thank you, Kathy!

@koalagardens If the mockingbird will share. LOL!

@wakelys Just a few. =)

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. Lots of lovely red berries for the birds. Hope you show us some of your visitors in the coming days.

[KV]

Beautiful berries... so rich and such a contested source of food!

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely capture ...got to get a photo of the birds on it :)

[Santina]

beautiful image, I love the wooden beckground with all this beautiful vegetation....you will have a party in a while

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot with beautiful colors.

[haskar]

Beautiful capture and cplours.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely splash of red, it’s a good year for berries where I live.

[PhotoCrazy]

Lovely!

[Neil Forsyth]

Glad to see your berries are still going strong, as are mine.

[Lin]

Beautiful capture - I've been lucky so far, no big birds have located my back patio feeders.

[Mags]

@sangwann Thank you, Dione! I wish! I will try.

@kvphoto Yes! How do I run off the mockingbird?

@pdulis Thanks, Peter! I would love to!

@santina Thank you, Santina! Seems the mockingbird is the only taker - running off all the other birds.

@mittens Thank you, Marilyn!

@haskar Thank you very much!

@craftymeg Thanks, Margaret! That's nice to know. =)

@photographycrazy Thank you!

@neiljforsyth Thank you, Neil!

[KV]

@marlboromaam slingshot? Nope... just kidding... mockers are kind of like crows... they keep showing up.

[Chris Johnson]

Haha, greedy little mocking bird. There's so many of them too, enough to share, but birds are gonna be birds. Nicely captured!

[Mags]

@kvphoto It's odd really. I hardly saw mockingbirds around here until recently. I figured them as mainly city birds like pigeons. I've had the occasional blue jay too. Both are mean! I love my cardinals, bluebirds, chickadees, brown thrashers, finches, etc. - they don't fight with each other. The mockingbird is a bully! You'll never guess what I've named this one. ROFLOL!

[Mags]

@cjphoto Thanks, Chris! None of the other birds I mentioned are selfish. Just the mockingbird. ???

[Corinne]

So pretty and christmassy!

[Mags]

@cocobella Thank you, Corinne!

[KV]

@marlboromaam I guess you don’t have any starlings... they are some incredibly aggressive birds.

[Mags]

@kvphoto No. From what I understand, starlings like big clearings and there are too many woods around here for them. Finches and bluebirds nest in the starling house. LOL!

[moni kozi]

Plenty of berries... was there a lot of snow in the winter?

[Mags]

@monikozi We haven't had a big snow since 2011. We had a light dusting back in 2018. Maybe this year. =)