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Female mute swan looking for something tasty at Magor Marsh.

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

ORDER: Passeriformes

FAMILY: Passerellidae

 

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dark-eyed_Junco/overview

 

Hanover, PA

A mature bighorn ram scraping the snow to clear an area to eat. The younger ram in the background rests and watches. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, March 2025

 

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I regularly see Blue Jays flying high overhead carrying an acorn or two in their beaks above Horsepen Bayou but I have never before seen one foraging at water level. This one was well hidden until a break in the clouds put a brief spotlight on it deep in the reeds along the shoreline.

A small finch endemic to the himalayan forests and to South Asia found in the Himalayas and parts of Myanmar. This is a small bird maybe around 12-14 cms and always seen in flocks. This is the female, the male has no streaks on the breast area /underside and more less colorful. Sighted around 15+ foraging on the hillside next to our homestay. They were foraging on the ground in the step farms on the hillside and were impossible to sight. I accidentally stumbled upon them and managed this shot after they landed on a nearby pine tree.

 

The birds are altitudinal migrants and move to lower altitudes during winters from around 2500-2700 m to about 1300 m in India. There are reports of them going down to about 300 m as well (not in India though). These prefer the montane forests and eat a variety of insects, seeds of pine, alder, thistle, daisies etc.

 

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Muntjac Deer at the Kingfisher Hide RSPB Rye Meads 1/1/2019

 

Great Swamp National wildlife Refuge, NJ

Poznan, Poland

Autumn has officially begun and it won't be too long before I can wander through the forest and explore the color that will soon begin to show, such beautiful reds, golds, blues...breathtaking really! And, as you can see I am not the only one enamored with light! This was such a fantastic day spent foraging for light in the woods...

 

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I lucked up finding some decently close and focused on foraging in the grass.

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

So much rain equals lots of fungi I guess...so all good!

A late Rusty Blackbird foraging along the shore. Wascana marsh, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 21 November 2021

Young Greylag goose on Hickling Broad

A Bull Elk feeding in the evening.

A Snowy Egret takes a break from foraging in a flooded pasture to scratch an itch.

 

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Nikon D500, 200-500mm f/5.6

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Mistle Thrush in Alexandra Park, Dennistoun, Glasgow

Mom was eating a freshly caught crayfish when one of her kits came for a closer look.

Green Jays do a fair amount of ground foraging by turning leaves. In trees they are known to use sticks to pry up loose bark to expose insects, making them one of the few North American birds to employ tools.

A young roe buck taken in low light at about 6.30pm.

Large gulls seem to be endlessly foraging for food. In this instance the Lesser Blacked Gull photographed here in Blakeney Cut a channel that effectively creates an island near Blakeney has found a crab. I don't suppose it will satisfy its hunger for too long though.

 

Horned Lark foraging in the snow covered Amish cornfields near Honeybrook.

 

I like this shot because the little horns and the very long hind claw are visible.

 

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A couple of bears foraging in a grassy field, Sequoia National Park, California.

A White Ibis goes about as deep as he can to forage for a tasty meal

The little witch is gathering ingredients for a special Halloween potion.

 

Blythe a Day - Mushrooms - 10/30/24

 

Tokyo Toddler Petite Blythe

Dress and hat - made by me

cat- vintage cupcake topper

mushrooms - thrift store find

dried moss

trees and ground - scrapbook paper

 

A small Armored-Resin Bees (Osminii bee Genus Heriades, Subgenus Neotrypetes) foraging on Swamp Milkweed. (3/8 in) Home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 7 August 2022

 

Source: Wikipedia

Heriades is a genus of bee in the family Megachilidae. Fairly small and usually black, they are found all over the world. There are more than 130 species worldwide, roughly 25 species in North and Central America, but only 3 species are native east of the Rocky Mountains. European species such as H. truncorum can be found on the east coast of the US. Like other bees in the tribe Osmiini, Hoplitis and Ashmeadiella, they nest in cavities in wood excavated by other insects, or perhaps occasionally pine cones.[1] They separate the cells of their nest with resin (most of the time).[2] [3][4][5]

Taken at RSPB Lochwinnoch, Scotland.

A raccoon searches for food along a river bank in Ridgefield, Washington.

A few squirrels foraging through the snow-covered sunflower seed husks for food. Luckily the birds on the feeder above have knocked some down for them.

 

These were taken through the window at work. The platform bird feeders are filled with only sunflower seeds so the squirrels get their fair share too.

The time to see Abdim's stork (white bellied stork) in Tanzania is the dry, non-breeding season from Oct-April when it forages for insects in the dry savanna grasses. It is the smallest of the storks and it migrates north of the equator during its breeding season for the remainder of the year. Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

21/07/2025 www.allenfotowild.com

Since we are not really having a winter, hopefully spring is not too far away.

As I walk through the forest, I hear that sweet song that can’t be mistaken by non other than the white-throated sparrow. It takes a break from foraging and I snap its photo…

Eastern wild turkey foraging for food in late winter. Their strong claws scratch through the deep snow in search of seeds and other food.

Sandhill Cranes forage for food in an open corn field near the Long Point Bird Conservatory.

Tiny Chipping Sparrow busily scratching for bugs.

 

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