--- title: Meet 'Birdie Sanders': Bird Joins Bernie Sanders at Podium description: This little birdy is feeling the Bern canonical: https://time.com/4272885/bernie-sanders-bird-podium/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-25T22:11:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:14:29.626Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch a Cheeky Bird Disrupt Bernie Sanders' Rally og:description: It got social media all aflutter og:url: https://time.com/4272885/bernie-sanders-bird-podium/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62170aabc7920f9/69888ca0e20a879d8fa90241/bernie-sanders-bird.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., smiles as a bird lands on his podium as he speaks during a rally at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., Friday, March 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Cheeky Bird Disrupt Bernie Sanders' Rally twitter:description: It got social media all aflutter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62170aabc7920f9/69888ca0e20a879d8fa90241/bernie-sanders-bird.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Birdie Sanders' Gets a Standing Ovation at Rally  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 25, 2016 10:11 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders smiles as a bird lands on his podium as he speaks during a rally at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on March 25, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders smiles as a bird lands on his podium as he speaks during a rally at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on March 25, 2016.Steve Dykes—AP  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 25, 2016 10:11 PM UTC A tiny bird jumped on Bernie Sanders’s podium as he was speaking Friday, eliciting cheers from the crowd and getting social media all aflutter. The bird was already attracting attention on the stage during the speech, so when the Democratic presidential hopeful referenced “this little bird,” the tiny feathery friend hopped up onto the podium for its moment in the spotlight. The bird did not say whether it thought we need a political revolution in this country or whether he supported breaking up the big banks, but he did seem to understand the power of tweeting. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/713477675445256192) > [](https://twitter.com/politico/status/713474676765417477) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4272885/bernie-sanders-bird-podium/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4272885/bernie-sanders-bird-podium/"},"headline":"'Birdie Sanders' Gets a Standing Ovation at Rally","datePublished":"2016-03-25T22:11:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:14:29.626Z","description":"This little birdy is feeling the Bern","url":"https://time.com/4272885/bernie-sanders-bird-podium/","keywords":["animals","Speech","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62170aabc7920f9/69888ca0e20a879d8fa90241/bernie-sanders-bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc62170aabc7920f9/69888ca0e20a879d8fa90241/bernie-sanders-bird.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. 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