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===Feeding=== [[File:Male common blackbird with feed in Lausanne.jpg|thumb|Adult male feeding on cherries in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland]] The common blackbird is [[omnivorous]], eating a wide range of insects, [[earthworm]]s, seeds and berries. It feeds mainly on the ground, running and hopping with a start-stop-start progress. It pulls earthworms from the soil, usually finding them by sight, but sometimes by hearing, and roots through [[leaf litter]] for other [[invertebrate]]s. Small [[amphibian]]s, lizards and (on rare occasions) small [[mammal]]s are occasionally hunted.<ref>{{Cite web|title=We watched a blackbird kill and then fly away with a shrew. Is this unusual?|url=https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/ask-an-expert/previous/blackbirdandshrew.aspx|access-date=2021-04-16|website=The RSPB|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Elliott|first=Valerie|title=Birds get taste for tadpoles as summer heat keeps worms under ground|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/birds-get-taste-for-tadpoles-as-summer-heat-keeps-worms-under-ground-jcf99p8q68p|access-date=2021-04-16|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> This species will also perch in bushes to take berries and collect [[caterpillar]]s and other active insects.<ref name= Snow/> Animal prey predominates, and is particularly important during the breeding season, with windfall apples and berries taken more in the autumn and winter. The nature of the fruit taken depends on what is locally available, and frequently includes exotics in gardens.
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