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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

I didn't read a page of this thread so if it's already posted then bad luck you need to see cute birbs again.

Australia has some really cute peepers. Like seriously cute. They're little puff balls of colour and energy. You wish that you could rock it this hard.

To start with I'll present the Superb Fair Wren. Not only does it have a kicking rad name, it's also kicking rad. Can you say the same about yourself? I didn't think so.

You need to understand this birb is about the size of the tiny Vegemite jars. Maybe a bit smaller. If that doesn't help then look at your dick, it's a bit bigger than that, so pretty tiny.

Much like all creatures the dude needs to dress up to get laid. Ladies are sexy by default so the dude needs to spend a bunch of points on sexification.





They're super chill around people too. Not quite cuddle up in your sleeping bag chill but definitely sneak up to your foot and snack on a bug chill.

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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

BetterLekNextTime posted:

Great username for this post. Most male fairy wrens never get to mate, and the females ignore the friend-zoned dudes that help raise her chicks and mate with the dude a few groups away.

Sorry to hear that you don't understand that having sex with a lady is the only thing that matters in life. Please go explain to forums legend cumshitter why ladies are important to happiness.

I assume that as you didn't post a better birb in retort to my post that you concede defeat but in case you think you can win this battle I present the Silvereye.



The eye isn't actually made of silver but the band around it is. As Australia is very intent on mining all precious metals it would be greatly appreciated if you could keep this little know fact to yourself.

If you ever encounter a Silvereye in the wild understand that they are very violent but are just in search of head rubs. Do not under any circumstances use your hand to rub them but some cotton tips are perfect to keep a safe and respectable distance while quelling their bloodlust.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

GoldStandardConure posted:

Splendid Fairy Wren



Splendid is OK but it's not Superb. Not going to lie, it's a pretty good bird but in a fight between me + an army of my choosing and a Splendid Fairy Wren it's not going to be a fair fight.

Obviously this is allowing me to bring in an OP character but you're not my real dad so it doesn't matter.



This is the Azure or Eastern Kingfisher. It's better at looking good than you, it's better at eating fish than you and it's also scared more military vets than you. When you see those bad arse fishing birbs gliding across the lake to snatch up a fish you're looking at an amateur. Kingfishers are called that for a reason, they're the king. Talons are for those who don't have the ability to just grab poo poo with their mouth.

I will be at the river junction I last saw a kingfisher at tomorrow at 11am if you want to fight about it. By not being there you admit that your birb choice is bad and wrong.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

RandomPauI posted:

Hey, western snowy plover lover here. We aren't moving in on your fish turf. We just want the mollusks and marine worms.

Not going to lie. I'd be intimidated by you if Hooded Sand Plovers weren't in my corner. But they are so fight me.



Seriously, these guys nest on the beach. Not a regular beach but one that is directly exposed to the Antarctic swells from the Southern Ocean. How would you feel about going to sleep at night with a decent chance that a wave is not going to just wash your morning vista away but everything you know and love? Would you feel good about it, if so then you're messed up. If you'd sit there and tell the roaring 40's that you don't care that a can of soft drink is bigger than you, you'll not only live there but thrive maybe you'll be half as cool as a Hooded Sand Plover.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

People from the USA think they're tough but understand that the Southern Ocean ate one of Australia's Prime Ministers. Whole. Didn't chew. That's who the Hooded Sand Plover use as a baby sitter.

Obviously not all our birds are that hardcore but some are just pretty awesome. For example there is the Wattle Bird.



There are a number of variants on the Wattle Bird and I won't go into them right now but all of them are awesome. The blood from a wattle tree is like candy to them (and people, it's basically solidified maple syrup) and our chill birds feast on the creatures that live off the blood of the innocent (trees) so please don't step to me because you don't have game.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019


This is no laughing matter.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Thank you kind stranger for the avatar.

Please meet the sassy Willy Wagtail.




e: rehosted

Inceltown has a new favorite as of 20:25 on Oct 25, 2019

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/m85UGP3.mp4

Is there a birb drugs emote?

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019


I just wanted this post quoted because how awesome is that birb

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Helith posted:

It's that time of the year again!

Vote for your favourite Australian birb in The Australian Bird of the Year 2019 competition!

This contest is always a mess. There are a lot of good birbs here but there is a also a lot of bin chicken noise. The never bin chickeners will rile up the never what you say crowd and get the bin chicken in by default.

People who are actually pro specific birb will be drowned out by the anti-anti bin chickeners. Tyranny of the masses is real.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Spangled Drongo is probably the bird with the most :australia: name ever.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Kind of surprised that Sulfies get in at #1 because gently caress that noise.

Need something cool like a whip bird tune or even the humble magpie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7VyROoLdiQ

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Helith posted:

Them and Lorikeets are big, loud and very noticeable so they get lots of attention. They are also all over the cities so every Aussie and every tourist will see them and hear them.
I adore magpies, their song is so beautiful and I love that I hear it every day from my garden along with the pair of Kookaburras that drop in every so often.
I haven’t decided which bird I’m going to vote for yet. Maybe the tawny frogmouth because they’re pretty cool and chill to be around.

I had a tawny chilling in the tree near me on a bushwalk the other day. Sitting by the river just after dawn with the stove out boiling water for a cuppa while a tawny settles in for the day is :discourse:

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

GoldStandardConure posted:

vote penguin, as they are the only bird that bothered to put on a suit for when they arrive at the ceremony to collect their award

Sounds like they're bourgie scum.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Megabound posted:

It was a hard choice between Currawong and Magpie but the Magpie won out in the end.

Magpie has the better song by far, Currawongs are cool and good but this

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

vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYEYc8Ge3nw

Hands down Magpie.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

RandomPauI posted:

I voted for the plover and will be happy if it gets not-last-place.

Hell yeah, those metal fuckers rule. The movie Point Break used the '50 year storm' at Bells Beach as the most hardcore thing ever. Hooded Plovers use that as the babysitter. Quite literally. They nest on the beach and use the Souther Ocean swell as a huge part of the predator deterrent.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Sydney airport worker gouged in eye by falcon living in Qantas hangar

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Stolen from another thread

https://i.imgur.com/VQnXbA3.mp4

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.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

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

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:

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Shamelessly stolen

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

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019


That's just a young skeksis.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

This is the perfect example of capitalism. Do all the work and get a little back which you're expected to be grateful for.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

What a funny old bird is the pelican
It's beak holds more than it's belly can

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

This Bird Went Extinct and Then Evolved Into Existence Again

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Have an :unsmith: birb

https://twitter.com/mswolfeywolfe/status/1213330605531750400

Quote this post with "stay safe little peeper" for more birbs to survive the fires.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/ProBirdRights/status/1215056643286634496

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

BOOTY-ADE posted:

You go to work & outclass those other drab birbs, you fancy-rear end specimen :allears:

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://giant.gfycat.com/FairPracticalGemsbuck.webm

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

xpost

Katt posted:

Just imagine that this is a tweet for wholesome birdness.




Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Pelicans are easy mode for funny pictures.







fe: that last one isn't a pelican, it's me.

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Bored posted:

Godamnit. Now I have to yawn

Probably because you're bored :downsrim:

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Megabound posted:

White-browed is really selling that birb short. I'd go with Rainbow-orb

:orb:

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/Neilham2007/status/1221735935127126021



Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

This belongs here

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://ve.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_q50d5zrl2O1vij12m.mp4

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

It's superb owl time

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Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

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

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