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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAw0A47xZmo

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Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

https://twitter.com/RosemaryMosco/status/1204816645329424386

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

https://twitter.com/HanGraceMusic/status/1204373220117401600

Sir Azrael
Jan 14, 2004

Locked, cocked, and polygonally rifled... This creature fears nothing.

RoboRodent posted:


I like birds with eyebrows.

OMG Steller's Jays! So handsome!

Abongination
Aug 18, 2010

Life, it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come.
Pillbug
Just experienced a roller coaster of emotion because of this little fella.



Found him sitting on a busy street holding one wing out and generally looking like he’d been hit by a car.

Called a local vet knowing he probably wouldn’t be coming back from this but they said to bring him in and they’ll have a look. Went and got a tea towel and a box from a nearby business but when we went to grab him he was suddenly totally fine. Hopped right up, had a good flap and then stood around hoping we’d throw him some scraps.

Reallycoolname
Feb 26, 2008

Take a look! It's in a book!
Birds, especially chickens, are very good at looking at they're dead / distraughted when they're just spacing the gently caress out.

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

Abongination posted:

Just experienced a roller coaster of emotion because of this little fella.



Found him sitting on a busy street holding one wing out and generally looking like he’d been hit by a car.

Called a local vet knowing he probably wouldn’t be coming back from this but they said to bring him in and they’ll have a look. Went and got a tea towel and a box from a nearby business but when we went to grab him he was suddenly totally fine. Hopped right up, had a good flap and then stood around hoping we’d throw him some scraps.

Killdeer do the whole 'pretending to have a broken wing' thing to lure predators away from their nests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJTt5I8K4Rk

Bert Roberge has a new favorite as of 15:54 on Dec 13, 2019

A Great Big Bee!
Mar 8, 2007

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/BirdPerHour/status/1205382080240201728

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Bert Roberge posted:

Killdeer do the whole 'pretending to have a broken wing' thing to lure predators away from their nests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJTt5I8K4Rk

I was taught by a childhood cartoon that avocets do this as well (here the orthinologist explains how the golden eagle scouts its prey and how the avocet tricks it with its fake broken wing):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAqMfUlX4WA&t=111s

please dont let me know if i was lied to

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo

Reallycoolname posted:

Birds, especially chickens, are very good at looking at they're dead / distraughted when they're just spacing the gently caress out.

There's a dirt path on the way to the gym and every day there's at least one blackbird lying in the grass with its feathers ruffled looking absolutely ghastly. They'll fly away when I get close to see if they're okay, so I'm assuming they're just sunbathing.

ultrafilter
Aug 23, 2007

It's okay if you have any questions.


https://twitter.com/audubonsociety/status/1205506468344160256

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Jagged Jim posted:

I love how Ostriches were like "We're going to be the biggest, goofiest flightless birds ever!" and Emus were just like "Hold my Foster's!"
https://twitter.com/foxfeather/status/1205543793904291842?s=19

E: Also sound on, Goons!

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/z75vheX.mp4

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/annie_wylde/status/1205957098175000577

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.

Seems like a good opportunity to repost one of my favorite Tony Birbs.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Master Twig posted:

Seems like a good opportunity to repost one of my favorite Tony Birbs.



do also thank tony from me, hes v good at photographing birds

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



also for my own future reference this needs to go in here

https://twitter.com/KarenKilgariff/status/1204987065831571456

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
https://i.imgur.com/T4Ki5Hf.mp4

Somewhere in Brazil. Has subtle sound.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
Did they give that hummingbird growth hormone or is that the hand of a baby?

YggiDee
Sep 12, 2007

WASP CREW
I think that's a Rufous-tailed Jacamar.

Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007

Albino ruby-throated hummingbird


BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

Beartaco posted:

There's a dirt path on the way to the gym and every day there's at least one blackbird lying in the grass with its feathers ruffled looking absolutely ghastly. They'll fly away when I get close to see if they're okay, so I'm assuming they're just sunbathing.

Wouldn't doubt it, sounds kinda like the bird equivalent of when squirrels get hot & go spread eagle, I used to see that all the time in the summer at my old apartment

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/ErinBThomas/status/1205827216711401473

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

"Ruining my month of data" is really missing the point.

#teamcurrawong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPCa53J5EM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JxnPA6VmsI

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/tristanahigg/status/1206005167600099329

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

Apologies for the meme format, but I found this pretty funny.

https://twitter.com/sadtheropod/status/1206356079216594944

Pookah
Aug 21, 2008

🪶Caw🪶





Beartaco posted:

There's a dirt path on the way to the gym and every day there's at least one blackbird lying in the grass with its feathers ruffled looking absolutely ghastly. They'll fly away when I get close to see if they're okay, so I'm assuming they're just sunbathing.

The blackbirds where I am (Turdus merula) definitely have specific favourite spots for sunbathing; it's especially nice when you see them taking a break during the chaos of springtime babycare - Just all flatout in the sun with their beaks open enjoying the heat :)

Beartaco
Apr 10, 2007

by sebmojo

Pookah posted:

The blackbirds where I am (Turdus merula) definitely have specific favourite spots for sunbathing; it's especially nice when you see them taking a break during the chaos of springtime babycare - Just all flatout in the sun with their beaks open enjoying the heat :)

Haha yes! They always have their beaks wide open too.

A Great Big Bee!
Mar 8, 2007

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/sadtheropod/status/1206645127919362049

Forsythia
Jan 28, 2007

You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
Tony has recently done a dump of more bird photos. I'm not sure if they're new or old, or if I'm reposting or what. They're good photos and I'm gonna go back to doing a one a day bird dump.

I mean, look at this awesome birb.



He also made a facebook page for his photography. Find it here. Give him your likes.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Tell Tony he's a good cat, but not one of the cats that chase birds; a jazz cat :cool:


https://twitter.com/brooklyncybele/status/1207813746590208000
https://twitter.com/brooklyncybele/status/1208017275783188487

src:
This Funky, ‘Non-Aggressive’ Chicken Was Found Wandering The Streets Of Brooklyn

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
I have uploaded this bird for your viewing pleasure

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



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

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Master Twig posted:

I have uploaded this bird for your viewing pleasure



I have enjoyed the bird, thank you

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

That is clearly a time-traveling rooster from the 80s who got separated from the Glam rock group that he was the mascot for when he fell into a time vortex.

Pookah
Aug 21, 2008

🪶Caw🪶





Master Twig posted:

I have uploaded this bird for your viewing pleasure



Excellent bird, 100% would view again.

venus de lmao
Apr 30, 2007

Call me "pixeltits"

I too am pleased to view the birb

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012

Get bashed, platonist!

Pookah posted:

Excellent bird, 100% would view again.

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Pookah
Aug 21, 2008

🪶Caw🪶






Perfect, thank you.

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