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mrmcd
Feb 22, 2003

Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).


This is an anime.


This is a muppet.

Posters please stop trying to fool me by posting fake birbs!!

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Tawny frogmouths only get more muppet as adults.

A Sometimes Food
Dec 8, 2010

Legit curious if Jim Henson saw a frogmouth or other nightjar in a book or documentary at some point in his early life.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




i put a feeder outside my window and now i have hummingbirds either feeding or doing jetfighter duels within arm's reach every five minutes, it is good.


cia bird replacement op confirmed

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

That’s obviously some sort of muppet.

mrmcd posted:

This is an anime.

This is a muppet.

Posters please stop trying to fool me by posting fake birbs!!




drat, animated GIF didn’t work. I’m too lazy to fix it.

Bored has a new favorite as of 07:57 on Oct 26, 2021

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/zleq4CW.mp4

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


I knew kingfishers dove to get their food, just never realized that they jumped out of the water to take back off. I thought it was more of a skim the top of the water thing.

-Zydeco-
Nov 12, 2007


Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
https://twitter.com/sandiegozoo/status/1453799768602251289

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
https://twitter.com/JocAPhotography/status/1453403750111002638?s=20

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Somebody needs to get that clip to the kiffness.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/nQPSmc5.mp4

BetterLekNextTime
Jul 22, 2008

It's all a matter of perspective...
Grimey Drawer

It’s a super cool finding, but unfortunately only makes sons so it’s probably not going to be a magic bullet for increasing the population.

mrmcd
Feb 22, 2003

Pictured: The only good cop (a fictional one).


So spooky he spooked himself. Stay safe, spooky owl.

Coxswain Balls
Jun 4, 2001

It's official, bats are now birds and as such are fair game in this thread.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59115346.amp

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009



ʍɐɔ

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

wish i could do that. fun party trick.

BasicLich
Oct 22, 2020

A very smart little mouse!

Enfys
Feb 17, 2013

The ocean is calling and I must go

https://mobile.twitter.com/Birdyboxman/status/1454022065187528709

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

ro5s
Dec 27, 2012

A happy little mouse!

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

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009



According to the author, the comic was made after seeing that clip. :)

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/g61zfm4.mp4

Dumb Sex-Parrot
Dec 25, 2020

 
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being an eagle must be so loving cool!

IBroughttheFunk
Sep 28, 2012
I feel like a lot of folks in this thread knew already, but it was only yesterday that I learned that what I thought bald eagles sounded like was actually a big lie resulting from bald eagles often being dubbed over with the sound of a red-tailed hawk in movies and TV, and that in reality bald eagles actually kind of sound like squeaky toys.

Also, while pulling up that first video, I also happened upon this one of a mixed bird family.

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

They are very majestic birds, even if they chirp and eat garbage.

A while back I was driving down the highway and had this moment of driving directly behind a juvenile bald eagle in flight at my eye level before it flew up and out of sight. Very exciting, incredibly impressive to be that close to a huge bird in the air.

It had been on the road picking at some roadkill with a flock of crows.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/jbB13Yx.mp4

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

IBroughttheFunk posted:

I feel like a lot of folks in this thread knew already, but it was only yesterday that I learned that what I thought bald eagles sounded like was actually a big lie resulting from bald eagles often being dubbed over with the sound of a red-tailed hawk in movies and TV, and that in reality bald eagles actually kind of sound like squeaky toys.

Also, while pulling up that first video, I also happened upon this one of a mixed bird family.

“I know we were gonna have it for dinner, but it’s so cute and sounds bad-rear end... how bout we just go out for fast food instead tonight?”


Also, I was going to work one foggy morning via a Lyft because I’m poor and can’t affords a car, but couldn’t bear the thought of riding the bus that morning. and we go past the empty parking lot across the street from my place of work, and I see one of these wandering around with some crow bros:

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

So dapper. Of course, I had no loving idea what it was and said,” what the gently caress was that?” And my Lyft driver said,” you saw it too?”

I spent my break looking up what it was and found out that Crested Caracaras are pretty cool. They hang out with just about any scavenger and it’s common to see families of Crested caracaras chillin’ with families of black vultures, all peacefully sharing a meal of desiccated animal corpse.

Not where I am, since they aren’t super common here yet, but in areas where they have already populated.

Bored has a new favorite as of 01:15 on Nov 12, 2021

ro5s
Dec 27, 2012

A happy little mouse!

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

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer
rofl at birds

Mr.Chill
Aug 29, 2006

Look at these charming little dudes.
I would love to have a garden with a few of these and just sit back and watch them go about their day.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



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

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
surprise motherfuckers! guess who's back?!

https://twitter.com/CrazyLipz/status/1460104259077382145?s=20

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/vNJav1f.mp4

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

:gbsmith:

Dumb Sex-Parrot
Dec 25, 2020

 
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Found a news article about it: https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2019-05-10/extinct-bird-re-evolved-itself-back-into-existence-on-island-in-seychelles

The short notes are that an island in the Seychelles was wiped of all life 135.000 years ago. Then 20.000 ago years it was recolonized by the same bird species that had previously colonized it. Since the ecological constraints on the island hadn't changed, the recolonizing bird species evolved, over a span of 20.000 years, to optimally live under those constraints which also made it look almost identical to the previous island bird species, according to fossil record.

Sininu
Jan 8, 2014

Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:

Found a news article about it: https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2019-05-10/extinct-bird-re-evolved-itself-back-into-existence-on-island-in-seychelles

The short notes are that an island in the Seychelles was wiped of all life 135.000 years ago. Then 20.000 ago years it was recolonized by the same bird species that had previously colonized it. Since the ecological constraints on the island hadn't changed, the recolonizing bird species evolved, over a span of 20.000 years, to optimally live under those constraints which also made it look almost identical to the previous island bird species, according to fossil record.

That's super neat

https://twitter.com/waxwingeco/status/1461732582622650373?s=20

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Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus



That bird is a scout for the deer.

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