Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male fluttering wings while perched on cherry (Prunus sp.) branch in spring, New York, USA, April.

Marie Read / American Robin (Turdus migratorius), feeding on winterberry (Ilex) fruits in winter, New York, USA, December.

Kim Taylor / Slow motion clip of a male Common blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing in a birdbath, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) catching European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers as they migrate up a waterfall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) catching European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers as they migrate up a waterfall, Ceredigion, Wales, UK, July.

David Tipling / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in garden in freezing weather with snow on the ground Norfolk, England, UK. february

Konrad Wothe / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) singing, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding chicks at nest, removing faecal sacs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Bence Mate / Blackbird (Turdus merula) fighting, splashing water, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in Rowan tree with berries in winter, Jyvaskyla, Central Finland, January.

Michel Poinsignon / Song thrush (Turdus philomelos clarkei) collecting nesting material, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April. Small reproduction only.

Donald M. Jones / Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) male, Montana