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Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
Outdoor penguin exhibits are always fun, because their heads all jerk back and forth in unison whenever something like a dragonfly goes through their habitat

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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/Pollytics/status/1535161316549480448

Enfys
Feb 17, 2013

The ocean is calling and I must go

Awww poor reject turkey :sympathy:

Helith
Nov 5, 2009

Basket of Adorables


There’s a gaggle of Bush Turkeys living in the grounds of my unit block. They’re pretty entertaining to have around really. Haven’t noticed a rejected male as such but last spring the males were obviously establishing their pecking order and chasing each other around the place. We get babies every year and they are cute and very tiny at first. They follow the adult females around who studiously ignore them. They build one big communal nest and do no parenting once the eggs are hatched.
They love to lay in the sun and they get pretty playful at times, I’ve seen them running around in circles flapping their wings and hopping about.

Literally Esoteric
Jun 13, 2012

One final, furious struggle...then a howl of victory
https://i.imgur.com/9AKxTDL.mp4

Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007




I hope this bird is alright. :ohdear:

Also holy poo poo at the way it appears out of nowhere and rotates is kinda blowing my mind.

Phanatic
Mar 13, 2007

Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.
https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1536033520203751425?s=21&t=CsYKBlQvvGU7S_VK_w_S_A

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

:( this makes me sad. He just wants some bird friends to cuddle with

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Bored posted:

:( this makes me sad. He just wants some bird friends to cuddle with

You can't have a chad bush turkey without the incel bush turkey creeping on chickens. Nature just doesn't work that way.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Incelcoop posted:

You can't have a chad bush turkey without the incel bush turkey creeping on chickens. Nature just doesn't work that way.

Bored has a new favorite as of 02:59 on Jun 13, 2022

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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

Inceltown posted:

You can't have a chad bush turkey without the incel bush turkey creeping on chickens. Nature just doesn't work that way.

he looks very hansom to me and just needs some confidence

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys

Regarde Aduck posted:

he looks very hansom to me and just needs some confidence

I'm glad you have such regard for all fowl, not just ducks.

Meanwhile my search continues for Australia's Fattest Bird. (Probably don't google that.) Three photos from the one patch of forest a couple of days into our glorious southern hemisphere winter. Gaze upon their orblike glory



Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

We already know Australia's fattest birb

BaronVonVaderham
Jul 31, 2011

All hail the queen!

:same:

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

Inceltown posted:

We already know Australia's fattest birb



She doesn't look too bothered by it

RaspberryCommie
May 3, 2008

Stop! My penis can only get so erect.

Inceltown posted:

We already know Australia's fattest birb



"And I'll loving do it again"

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
That's the only thing stopping me, really.

A few random birbs that popped up while I was avoiding working

https://i.imgur.com/OS2fbPl.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/lFL0gTs.mp4

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
a noble creature
https://twitter.com/LoreleiKing/status/1536361235415019522?s=20&t=G0yxi55cm8SF2waWs27Mgg

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
https://twitter.com/krisgillam1/status/1536745091255177217?s=20&t=KMyVgfhutMySIqmWLSBzCw

https://twitter.com/BinAnimals/status/1537058129032224768?s=20&t=KMyVgfhutMySIqmWLSBzCw

why do they call it-

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

https://twitter.com/anthraXedamame/status/1524158324555468800

ro5s
Dec 27, 2012

A happy little mouse!

https://i.imgur.com/EPv7Z6J.mp4

Unperson_47
Oct 14, 2007




loving Owlbears are real!

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.


:aaa:
Omg! I had no clue they were nightjar looking birds! I mean, when not impersonating...imangelating a biblically accurate angel.

Bored has a new favorite as of 00:07 on Jun 16, 2022

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
A bird who appreciates a good cuddle puddle

mrmcd
Feb 22, 2003

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


Just a wee little dinosaur. :kimchi:

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/sO1xTDz.mp4

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

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

The sound on this one is great. "Unhand me, villain!"

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

https://twitter.com/kaylaancrum/status/1536898030150078464

IS THIS TRUE

Coxswain Balls
Jun 4, 2001

Here's a pigeon I found while doing spring cleaning. I set up a nest camera to stream 24/7 so I could watch him grow up and I still see him around. He joined a bird gang after his parents kicked him out.



http://burningjustice.net/img/flaps.mp4




No, not really.

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
Humans definitely domesticated a specific kind of pigeon but they've been extinct for some time

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
they are not homeless, they are free, and even now they plot their grim vengeance.

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys
I committed an art. Australian bird species palette swap. Everything looks better with a pardalote colour scheme.

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Big fan of the spotted finch pengiun.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Heath posted:

Humans definitely domesticated a specific kind of pigeon but they've been extinct for some time

They aren't extinct at all.

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

We were the sky-rats all along :smith:

mrmcd
Feb 22, 2003

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


https://twitter.com/KaylaAncrum/status/1537167296866680834

Uh, yeah, uh... ancient cultures built those because having a big pigeon roost was a low effort and reliable source of protein. The feed themselves, they stay put, they make more of themselves.

She's right in that almost all urban pigeons are basically feral descendants of domesticated pigeons. You can't just, like, capture a wild pigeon off the street and have it cuddle with you. There's lots of pet pigeon content on YouTube if you're interested, but those are breeds raised specifically to be pets and acclimated to living with people.

Maybe you could rob a pigeon nest and like, hatch and raise it and it would be ok. There's people who have done this with house sparrows-- chicks rescued after they fell out a nest or whatever-- and many of them have adorable social media accounts. They will still poo poo everywhere in your house though.

What I'm saying is go search your local highway overpasses and report back.

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
home for birdlike pets (do not eat)

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

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



re pigeons

Carthag Tuek posted:


The Pigeon Man from Copenhagen City Hall, ca. 1905. Before they were pests, they were if not decorative or allegorical, the fire alarm. Many previous city halls had burned, and having pigeons roosting there would be a good alert, much like a coalmine canary. This guy was their handler — https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/5260


The current city hall is I think the 5th or 6th, it was built 1892–1905. This photo was taken shortly after completion. The pigeon tower is the small dark tower mid right — https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/5431


The pigeon roost inside the pigeon tower, 1930 — https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/1478

Also, apparently the pigeons were traditionally invited to the first citizen's meeting of the year until the 1980s (before various bird flus i guess lol)
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tab=TT&authuser=0&sl=da&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fraadhus.kk.dk%2Fartikel%2Fduetaarnet (note that the city manager did not live on the "party floor" but in parterre = ground floor, and "pigeon stroke" is dueslag = pigeon roost)

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys
Who can take a buildinggg
Sprinkle it with poo
Cover it with feathers and an allergy or two
The pigeon maaaaan
Yes the pigeon man can

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Enfys
Feb 17, 2013

The ocean is calling and I must go

uber_stoat posted:

home for birdlike pets (do not eat)



brb going to construct bird tower in my garden

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