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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Helith posted:

So, the Channel-billed Cuckoos have arrived back in my part of Aus for their breeding season. Got woken up very early by their distinctive screeches.
You know it's spring when you hear this delightful bird announce it's presence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL9vHNC0gLE

Interesting bird though, the worlds largest parasitic bird they lay their eggs in the nests of Australian Magpies, Butcherbirds and Currawongs to be raised there, then around February the parents and the juveniles all migrate back north to New Guinea and Indonesia.
In the Northern Territory because they arrive at the start of the rainy season they are called Stormbirds or Rainbirds.

Channel-billed cuckoos game would be so much more respectable if they didn't scream ALL night. Be more like the normal birbs and at least let people have a chance of sleeping through the night.

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BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

From that same thread



Also an album of some of the original weird birb memes: https://imgur.com/gallery/8q7cQ

BOOTY-ADE has a new favorite as of 21:52 on Nov 5, 2019

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/Sternarchella/status/1191537216796975105

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/Phil_Zylstra/status/1191821440003084288

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/rQRRHaJ.mp4

spookygonk
Apr 3, 2005
Does not give a damn

^^ amazing ^^

https://twitter.com/eddieballin_/status/1191495309488218116

Veni Vidi Ameche!
Nov 2, 2017

by Fluffdaddy
https://i.imgur.com/c16Q9ge.mp4

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

Blue-footed boobies:

https://i.imgur.com/DkyTiDC.mp4

Deteriorata has a new favorite as of 05:10 on Nov 11, 2019

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/iPNyl2k.mp4

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/MJBH0yA.mp4

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/BRWV0jM.mp4

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1192938586036768768

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/hg11Lt9.mp4

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1194697043400253440

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle




https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1194886790118809600

Okay, but what if owls are actually aliens?

don longjohns
Mar 2, 2012


https://twitter.com/onalifeglug/status/1194982482308931584?s=20
Bless this man

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/C8lm9sj.mp4

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

sound on

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Heath posted:

sound on

Damnit. Now I need to make another Walking Dead parody cover.


the Pecking Dead

Wait, no.
the Clucking Dead

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012

Get bashed, platonist!


Oh, unmute this one too for baibee noises.

Mauser
Dec 16, 2003

How did I even get here, son?!
Hello from a work trip.

These are my window buddies for my time here at the office in Burkina Faso:



ghost of a window buddy

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
I can hear the impact

Mauser
Dec 16, 2003

How did I even get here, son?!

Heath posted:

I can hear the impact

Luckily it hit an upstairs window because the downstairs windows are bulletproof !_!

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.
Hello yes here is your daily corvid, thank you and god bless

https://twitter.com/Corvid_Isle/status/1195408676649132032

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


Nordick posted:

Hello yes here is your daily corvid, thank you and god bless

https://twitter.com/Corvid_Isle/status/1195408676649132032

thank you and god bless

bloom
Feb 25, 2017

by sebmojo
https://i.imgur.com/XVErsx3.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/lX7IpXM.mp4

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

https://twitter.com/i/status/1195739669637545984

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo
Cockatoos are ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdbyUPYWvfw

Krinkle
Feb 9, 2003

Ah do believe Ah've got the vapors...
Ah mean the farts


https://twitter.com/mago_yori_BIRD/status/1195999573098942464

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

https://twitter.com/NaturelsWeird/status/1171118822490869760

meep meep

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

"Susan, the cockatoo found the cocaine stash...again...."

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1196038086670585856

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/1pJjwtZ.mp4

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

(vibrating and shimmering intensify)

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

are you ever just like, happy that birds exist? because i am

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005


The physics of this is really interesting. There is no chemical pigment in birds' feathers. They're just black up close.

The color comes from the physical structure of the feathers themselves. There are strands spaced out in them that are transparent to specific wavelengths of light, while other wavelengths are scattered. The color is the transmitted/reflected light and develops deep within the feather, rather than at the surface as with pigments.

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Heath posted:

(vibrating and shimmering intensify)

Vibrating with anger.

barbecue at the folks
Jul 20, 2007


Deteriorata posted:

The physics of this is really interesting. There is no chemical pigment in birds' feathers. They're just black up close.

The color comes from the physical structure of the feathers themselves. There are strands spaced out in them that are transparent to specific wavelengths of light, while other wavelengths are scattered. The color is the transmitted/reflected light and develops deep within the feather, rather than at the surface as with pigments.

This is actually unsettling. They're just casually whirring about while bending light with their feathers.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Today in just birds we present the South Island Robin.



This glorious birb is found on the South Island of New Zealand, primarily in the woodlands. The pictures here don't really do justice to just how long their legs are, they look like they're hopping around on stilts.

Living in a land that never really had any predators and getting accustomed to walkers means that if you're out hiking around in New Zealand there is a good chance you'll be able to get up close and personal with these friendly little folks. To the point where they'll hop up on your foot to get a bit of a better view of the ground around them when they hunt for bugs and worms.

Having just gone hiking in NZ this was something that was put to the test and while they didn't hop up on shoes they did come over have a look for tasty morsels when the trail was scuffed up a bit while they were around. It turns out they're a big fan of people disturbing the ground a little bit as it makes it easier to find food.



All in all if you happen to be on the South Island it is definitely worth getting out and about to see these little ones. NZ isn't just Kea's, Kiwi's and :parrot:

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StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/senpire_/status/1196546122682183681

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