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Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
We got berries, what you gonna do bout it?

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Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/_everybird_/status/1012166624953225217

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
Did you hear that owls are the only bird that can see the color blue?



Total bullshit made up in Aunt Debbie's email forwards. How the gently caress would birds such as this handsome fella get mates otherwise? Almost all birds can see blue, better than we do.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Master Twig posted:

Did you hear that owls are the only bird that can see the color blue?



Total bullshit made up in Aunt Debbie's email forwards. How the gently caress would birds such as this handsome fella get mates otherwise? Almost all birds can see blue, better than we do.

Don't basically all reptiles/birds have better color vision than mammals, since they didn't get through an almost exclusively nocturnal phase?

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

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

Randaconda posted:

Don't basically all reptiles/birds have better color vision than mammals, since they didn't get through an almost exclusively nocturnal phase?

Yep. But my boss does a daily fact of the day in her morning emails, and yesterday she posted that only owls can see blue. It's apparently a common myth.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Further proof that birds can see blue, these fellows. My favorite backyard bird since I was a kid.

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


There are a few Blue Jays that have taken up residence in my backyard and they are some of the noisiest bastards. I thought Mockingbirds claiming their territory or looking for a mate was bad, these Blue Jays have taken it to the next level of loud.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Zil posted:

There are a few Blue Jays that have taken up residence in my backyard and they are some of the noisiest bastards. I thought Mockingbirds claiming their territory or looking for a mate was bad, these Blue Jays have taken it to the next level of loud.

If they're screaming, that's their flock alert sound - one of them probably spotted a hawk or cat or something. They can actually be quite musical when they're so inclined.

I'll still take them over that loving wren. ter-WEEET ter-WEEET ter-WEEET over and over again, starting at about 5 AM outside my bedroom window.

Elfface
Nov 14, 2010

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH

Master Twig posted:

Yep. But my boss does a daily fact of the day in her morning emails, and yesterday she posted that only owls can see blue. It's apparently a common myth.

What she meant is that owls are the only birds calm enough not to flee from Blue.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGPSx6cPN0

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

a durn pigeon can see a smidge into the ultraviolet rays
So the by our sight grey males actually look super fab to the pigeon ladies.

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
I know at least some parrots can too. Shine a uv light on a budgie's wings and there are all kinds of patterns our dumb human eyes don't naturally see.

Phy
Jun 27, 2008



Fun Shoe

Cythereal posted:

If they're screaming, that's their flock alert sound - one of them probably spotted a hawk or cat or something. They can actually be quite musical when they're so inclined.

I'll still take them over that loving wren. ter-WEEET ter-WEEET ter-WEEET over and over again, starting at about 5 AM outside my bedroom window.

This is the soundtrack of it's 4 am and I just want to go back to sleep please

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

Double Punctuation
Dec 30, 2009

Ships were made for sinking;
Whiskey made for drinking;
If we were made of cellophane
We'd all get stinking drunk much faster!

Master Twig posted:

Yep. But my boss does a daily fact of the day in her morning emails, and yesterday she posted that only owls can see blue. It's apparently a common myth.

The reason is that birds have 4-5 different cone cells and pigments in their eyes, whereas humans have only 3. The fourth pigment is typically ultraviolet, meaning they see more distinct colors in ranges humans can’t. Rare mutations can give humans a fourth pigment, but the lens of the eye blocks UV light, so a working pigment would only allow for more mixtures of colors in the visible spectrum.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Phy posted:

This is the soundtrack of it's 4 am and I just want to go back to sleep please

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

My condolences, we don't have those in Florida. My apartment area does, however, also have these who are quite pleasant to listen to.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Cythereal posted:

My condolences, we don't have those in Florida. My apartment area does, however, also have these who are quite pleasant to listen to.



Nah, we get robins, but just in winter.

Forsythia
Jan 28, 2007

You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReC85qqSpHA
Agile chicken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxaiukOJwys
Chicken isn't sure about her friend's new haircut.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Cythereal posted:

If they're screaming, that's their flock alert sound - one of them probably spotted a hawk or cat or something. They can actually be quite musical when they're so inclined.

I'll still take them over that loving wren. ter-WEEET ter-WEEET ter-WEEET over and over again, starting at about 5 AM outside my bedroom window.

Blue Jays also scream when they are saying,"Bitch! Bring out the cat food!" Or, "Cat! Get away from that cat food it is mine!" In my experience.

One flapped down beside one of my strays while she was trying to eat and started screaming in her ear after screaming at her from a perch on the bench for a few minutes didn't have any effect. She looked at it like,"What the gently caress?!" then slinked off.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/4iVfrhi.mp4

RaspberryCommie
May 3, 2008

Stop! My penis can only get so erect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80lz52F2NMU

Nordick
Sep 3, 2011

Yes.

Phy posted:

This is the soundtrack of it's 4 am and I just want to go back to sleep please

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

Over here it's this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNkTjgVCf9E

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

https://twitter.com/HaggardHawks/status/1012599047734091776

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

absolute unit

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
It's Friday. Fly away.

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
You all flew away.



Stay grounded my friends.

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.
Three in a row? Ya'll need to step it up.

Pookah
Aug 21, 2008

🪶Caw🪶





This morning when I was out walking the dog, I saw a parent rook with two big chicks following them around demanding very loudly to be fed. All of a sudden, the parent just... cracked or something; they just started screaming and jumping up and down with their wings half out, right in the baby's faces for about 5 seconds and then stopped just as suddenly and walked away. The chicks just stood there completely silently for a little while, then walked after the parent without making a single sound.



For reference: A Rook

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Sounds like a normal parent to me!

From a vacation to California.

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
I'm 27 pages into this and I haven't found one yet that hasn't delighted me:

http://birdstrips.com/

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Pookah posted:

This morning when I was out walking the dog, I saw a parent rook with two big chicks following them around demanding very loudly to be fed. All of a sudden, the parent just... cracked or something; they just started screaming and jumping up and down with their wings half out, right in the baby's faces for about 5 seconds and then stopped just as suddenly and walked away. The chicks just stood there completely silently for a little while, then walked after the parent without making a single sound.



For reference: A Rook

This is loving awesome. You got to see the bird version of "if you don't stop crying I'll give you something to cry about!"

snergle
Aug 3, 2013

A kind little mouse!

Tendai posted:

I'm 27 pages into this and I haven't found one yet that hasn't delighted me:

http://birdstrips.com/

http://birdstrips.com/images/213.jpg

Why do you do this to me bird strip

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

snergle posted:

http://birdstrips.com/images/213.jpg

Why do you do this to me bird strip

That's a bird's trip.

Krinkle
Feb 9, 2003

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


https://twitter.com/strigiformes/status/1013461459584634885
mine hates things that rattle. He lunges at me and not it because he knows the puppet master in this situation.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/Nnedi/status/1013533625369944070

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/MondayStory/status/1013353854887317506

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Master Twig posted:

Did you hear that owls are the only bird that can see the color blue?



Total bullshit made up in Aunt Debbie's email forwards. How the gently caress would birds such as this handsome fella get mates otherwise? Almost all birds can see blue, better than we do.

Sounds like Aunt Debbie's a motherfucker who's never heard of Bowerbirds.

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012



Breaking them rocks in the,
hot sun

https://youtu.be/G2Usg5Lf240

I fought the law and the,
law won

Croccers
Jun 15, 2012
Birds do not make good electricians
Careful, naughty words.

Master Twig
Oct 25, 2007

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

Tendai posted:

I'm 27 pages into this and I haven't found one yet that hasn't delighted me:

http://birdstrips.com/

This is wonderful.

This is Monday's birb

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

I'M FEELING JIMMY

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Sounds like Aunt Debbie's a motherfucker who's never heard of Bowerbirds.



This is both really cool and supremely upsetting.

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RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Man, what did satin bowerbirds even do before there was supremely blue human garbage to pick from?

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